Foo - Do you care about post count?

Well do you? Vote here.

Sorry....I'll not put the "I like pie" option this time.

To get an idea of how people would react to the idea as its been discussed now.

Couldn't care less.

It could be completely removed for all I care. That would probably be for the best.

Today is the 2nd time I ever looked at my post count.
Again the only reason I looked, is cuz its being talked about and it peaked my curiosity.

Otherwise I couldn't care less

I don't care about my post count at all, and if I did, I'd prefer to have less posts, rather than more. (Too many posts = no life?)

I don't care about my post count at all, and if I did, I'd prefer to have less posts, rather than more. (Too many posts = no life?)

Only if you type slow ;)...I have more posts than most, have a life, job, gf and I find time to ride :D

Only if you type slow ;)...I have more posts than most, have a life, job, gf and I find time to ride :D


Showoff :p

I only have 1.2 posts a day, don't have a life, I'm not working right now, don't have a girl friend, and I'm not riding my bike. What's wrong with me?! I don't think school is taking up that much of my time.

yes. Now by yes i dont mean that you should at all costs do everything to make your post count number higher. I realize that its bad to have people posting just to post and not contributing anything.

but it is a useful tool, even if it were to not be made public i want to know how many posts i have.

god love ya, KT!

yes. Now by yes i dont mean that you should at all costs do everything to make your post count number higher. I realize that its bad to have people posting just to post and not contributing anything.

but it is a useful tool, even if it were to not be made public i want to know how many posts i have.


What for and Why?

I said it before, I'll say it again--I don't care how many posts that I, you, he, she, or they have. I'll gladly sell mine to the highest bidder...

Thanks for starting this thread, KT. Its the only one I've seen today that is worth responding to, with the exception of the sticky on the top of the page. Not that the mods have seen fit to appropriately address any of the arguments made there, mind you.

but it is a useful tool, even if it were to not be made public i want to know how many posts i have.
Useful tool for what?

What are post counts? :p :D

Useful tool for what?


Determining how bad your bike forums addiction is.

The truly addicted don't even think about loking.

MUHAHAHAHAH!

What for and Why?

I look at peoples post counts all the time, when i see someone i dont know i look at there profile. If they have 3000 posts then obviously they're a established members of the forum.
I use it to compare myself to, if im in a discussion with someone it doesnt hurt to know if he has made like 20 posts on bike forums and is a real newb or is someone who has 13 posts per day for years.

now there have been plenty of threads talking about peoples post counts and who had high ones, alittle bragging was involved but i dont think thats necesarily a bad thing.

I find the page very interesting
http://www.bikeforums.net/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30&ltr=

I use it to compare myself to, if im in a discussion with someone it doesnt hurt to know if he has made like 20 posts on bike forums and is a real newb or is someone who has 13 posts per day for years.

I just don't see how post count can determine if someone is a newb. If they only have 20 posts, they are probably new to bikeforums, but that certainly doesn't mean that they don't know anything about bikes.

I look at peoples post counts all the time, when i see someone i dont know i look at there profile. If they have 3000 posts then obviously they're a established members of the forum.
Does that add validity to their opinions?



I use it to compare myself to,
How immature to compare yourself to others... compare yourself to you :rolleyes:


if im in a discussion with someone it doesnt hurt to know if he has made like 20 posts on bike forums and is a real newb or is someone who has 13 posts per day for years.
What does this say about members like MsVicki? She's been with us for years, yet posts very little. When she does it's either a very profound or entertaining contribution. How does someone who is relativly short member time, yet posts their ass off with nonsense have more esteem than she?


now there have been plenty of threads talking about peoples post counts and who had high ones, alittle bragging was involved but i dont think thats necesarily a bad thing.

I find the page very interesting
http://www.bikeforums.net/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30&ltr=

Sad, very sad.

Couldn't care less about postcount , but I do like having pointless threads from time to time.

I couldn't care less as well.

I look at peoples post counts all the time, when i see someone i dont know i look at there profile. If they have 3000 posts then obviously they're a established members of the forum.
I use it to compare myself to, if im in a discussion with someone it doesnt hurt to know if he has made like 20 posts on bike forums and is a real newb or is someone who has 13 posts per day for years.

now there have been plenty of threads talking about peoples post counts and who had high ones, alittle bragging was involved but i dont think thats necesarily a bad thing.

I find the page very interesting
http://www.bikeforums.net/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30&ltr=

EJ123 has 1793 posts.

MERTON has 7887.

Are you really going to trust their word about anything bike-related?

pssh, Yeah! But seriously, I don't think we need to start bashing other members or questioning their bike knowledge. :(

the results of the poll speak for themselves. foo must be freed from dictatorship!

It tells you nothing. Because it could be thousands of posts about movies and such. People who post very little could easily be the most knowledgable about cycling as maybe they don't post as much because they are constnatly on their bike and don't feel they need to post here and brag about it.

To compare yourself to others based on post count is quite sad and immature to be honest.


I look at peoples post counts all the time, when i see someone i dont know i look at there profile. If they have 3000 posts then obviously they're a established members of the forum.
I use it to compare myself to, if im in a discussion with someone it doesnt hurt to know if he has made like 20 posts on bike forums and is a real newb or is someone who has 13 posts per day for years.

now there have been plenty of threads talking about peoples post counts and who had high ones, alittle bragging was involved but i dont think thats necesarily a bad thing.

I find the page very interesting
http://www.bikeforums.net/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30&ltr=

I don't really care, but I do look at post counts out of curiosity since my mind likes to play with numbers.

No I don't care about post counts. (but this one still counts towards my total, right?) :lol:

Everyone knows that the smartest people have the most posts. :rolleyes:

I don't care, but it would be cool to reach 2000 posts :D

I don't care and this forum makes you a senior member after about 20 posts, so what would the point be anyway? Another forum I post on requires thousands of post to reach senior status and they have about 1/20th the members that are here. Needless to say I am only a half-dork there, after three years. I think full status is dorktard

funny, no one seemed to be offended or called immature when this thread came out.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=111402&page=1&pp=25&highlight=post+count

is that a good enough example of post count being used fairly and in good fun.

*yawn*

funny, no one seemed to be offended or called immature when this thread came out.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=111402&page=1&pp=25&highlight=post+count

is that a good enough example of post count being used fairly and in good fun.

I didn't call you immature for looking at them....I called you immature for the comment about comparing yourself to other people based on post count.

Maybe I'm a bit rash...I didn't mean to insult you. I started this thread for everyone to get a vote and be allowed to post their feelings. You have done so and I'm not annoyed that you are on the opposite side of the fence as me. I just personally find it silly.

But I'll stop now because I'm not trying to "sway" people's voting. I want it to be fair and impartial so that it is a true representation of what the MEMBERS want.

I dont mind having/showing the post count nor the amount. Though I like that it shows whether the member is active in BF.

Well, I finally got caught up with what's been happening while I was gone, so now I get to post. I really don't see the importance of a post count, I've only checked on mine to see if I was getting out of hand with posting too much. I'm guilty myself of posting things that aren't too bike related, but I also have a lot of good questions and I discuss them on the related sub forum.

I'm not sure how many people were posting just to make a high count but I truly believe that some of our threads ("person above you", "whatch doin'?") helped us to learn more about each other. It develops a knowledge of each other which can be used to enrich ourselves. There are a few posters who have contributed that I found that are almost borderline genius. Make a few friends, help out a few friends. And possibly meet a few friends in real life. Sharing the knowledge and education is never harmful if used to improve ourselves.

Padding your post counts should be a violation of forum policy. The moderators need to make a policy stating such and then enforce it. Beyond that, they shouldn't be in the business of deciding what is "intelligent" or "too silly", etc.

It is absurd that a forum entitled Foo could have posts deleted because they are not intelligent or because they are silly. Totally absurd. Either rename it or forget it.

The next question is how do you determine if someone is padding their post count? I'm no genius but most of the time it is pretty easy to tell. For example when somebody publicly states that is what they are doing, you might have a problem.

Beyond that it will require some judgement but you will be judging whether or not someone is padding their post count instead of whether or not somebody's post is intelligent or unsilly enough.

No

This post to be read while humming the musical score for the Motion Picture Platoon
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We come to BF's, yes, to talk about bicycles and cycling. But more than that, to laugh and play like children. To escape all the injustices of the world. To find like minded persons who, for an instant, deal with us on an equal level and share in our love of cycling. In hopes that somehow we can connect in other ways as well.

So, please, please, don't rob us of our text and documented collaborations expressed as posts weaving a complicated emotional attachement building the fabric of fellowship. :)

This post to be read while humming the musical score for the Motion Picture Platoon
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We come to BF's, yes, to talk about bicycles and cycling. But more than that, to laugh and play like children. To escape all the injustices of the world. To find like minded persons who, for an instant, deal with us on an equal level and share in our love of cycling. In hopes that somehow we can connect in other ways as well.

So, please, please, don't rob us of our text and documented collaborations expressed as posts weaving a complicated emotional attachement building the fabric of fellowship. :)


Post of the day! :beer: :beer:

funny, no one seemed to be offended or called immature when this thread came out.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=111402&page=1&pp=25&highlight=post+count

is that a good enough example of post count being used fairly and in good fun.


Hahaha if you look at that link, the mods that claim people care too much about post count are talking about their own post counts. Hypocritical?..... yais.

I voted that I don't care about post count, but that's not entirely true. I am addicted to statistics from using other forums so I will look at people's profile from time to time, which includes seeing their post count, but I wouldn't miss it if they removed that counter from everyone's profile.

If a member contributes to the forums I read, I'll notice it, and I don't need a number to see that they know their stuff - it's apparent, really.

Hmmm... posts!

No, dont care..wish post counts were removed.. sincerely when someone's post is interesting and it makes you want to see more of that person, do you go and check how many posts they have and then they become more interesting? dont think so!

Hahaha if you look at that link, the mods that claim people care too much about post count are talking about their own post counts. Hypocritical?..... yais.
Yes, well said..I noticed that too.

I said it before, I'll say it again--I don't care how many posts that I, you, he, she, or they have. I'll gladly sell mine to the highest bidder...

Thanks for starting this thread, KT. Its the only one I've seen today that is worth responding to, with the exception of the sticky on the top of the page. Not that the mods have seen fit to appropriately address any of the arguments made there, mind you.
Yep, instead I saw a comment i posted in another thread on the subjet of posts counts being taken out of context moved :rolleyes: in that famous thread from the mods and when I post in that thread and questionned that and voiced my desagreing opinion my post magically got lost :rolleyes:

No I don't really care, I do like to be as active as I can though.

Cheers,

Brian

HEY!! thats cool i didnt even know you could look at your posts :D:D:D:D

http://versaphile.com/fanwork/sg/files/post-it.jpg

Post count?

It's the only reason why I am the Foo Master. :)

There you have it mods.....

About 3.5 to 1 who couldn't give the south end of a north bound rat about post counts!!