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talisker · Aug 11, 2002, 04:34 PM

It just struck me it would be rather nice if you could disable your post count on these boards. I'm sure there's a lot of people like myself who cant stand the "Oh look at me I've got a really high count, therefore my opinions are more important than those of a new member" attitude that a monority of people here seem to have, and this would be a simple way of distancing ourselves from that.

andymcdeee · Aug 11, 2002, 05:31 PM

Ah, yes. But there are waaay too many americans on this board for that to work. We know that they thrive off that sort of thing.

Oh, and by that way, I have more posts than you so I don't care what you have to say.

DNA man · Aug 11, 2002, 05:39 PM

I have more posts than both of you but I'm from Scotland too and who give a s*** about post counts.

I'd like to disable them too.

andymcdeee · Aug 11, 2002, 05:42 PM

Ah ha! But I've been around longer than both of you so therefore my nob must be at least six feet longer than yours. (Assuming you're male of course).

So there!

PS. Sorry to have degraded this topic.

talisker · Aug 11, 2002, 05:45 PM

Originally posted by andymcdeee:
Ah ha! But I've been around longer than both of you so therefore my nob must be at least six feet longer than yours. (Assuming you're male of course).

So there!

PS. Sorry to have degraded this topic.

You only posted that to get your post count up anyway. Ooops, so have I! Mine grows another inch...

DNA man · Aug 11, 2002, 05:47 PM

Originally posted by andymcdeee:
Ah ha! But I've been around longer than both of you so therefore my nob must be at least six feet longer than yours. (Assuming you're male of course).

So there!

PS. Sorry to have degraded this topic.

I feel we might be letting ourselves fall prey to potential sheep jokes due to our georaphical locations

BTW, six feet LONGER, that's pretty long!!!

MacGorilla · Aug 11, 2002, 06:05 PM

I have almost as many posts as all fo you combined

Though I do agree with the idea of turning off the post count.

andymcdeee · Aug 11, 2002, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by DNA man:

I feel we might be letting ourselves fall prey to potential sheep jokes due to our georaphical locations

Ah. Good point. One must step with caution from now on.

? another post for me.

MikeM33 · 06:23 PM

Well I had almost 5k posts under my MikeM32 name, until it got banned or deleted or something. Anyway, I don't give two sh_ts about post count anymore and I'm american. Whatever they can give you they can also take away.

I've totally changed my outlook on the whole post count thing and it's meaningful-ness. It would be great to just be capable to switch them off post count shouldn't be used as a motivation to keep people "in-line" or for one to try to keep a specific user name or be used to rub into other peoples faces "ooh look at my post count" etc., etc.

MikeM32

IgoByte · Aug 11, 2002, 06:49 PM

Hey, I have absolutely no problem with it...

but that's only because I'm new here and have the fewest posts...

J/K

Either way is fine IMO. . .If anyone cares.

driven · Aug 11, 2002, 06:51 PM

Originally posted by andymcdeee:
Ah, yes. But there are waaay too many americans on this board for that to work. We know that they thrive off that sort of thing.

Oh, and by that way, I have more posts than you so I don't care what you have to say.

Do we have to bring ethic/racial/biggoted remarks into EVERY thread here?

talisker · Aug 11, 2002, 06:57 PM

I think this should definitely be optional. If people want to display their post count fair enough, but it would be cool to be able to turn it off as an option in your profile. Mods, would this be possible?

dillerX · Aug 11, 2002, 06:57 PM

Woohoo! One more post to my count!

rampant · Aug 11, 2002, 07:00 PM

+1

(keep posts, turning them off would be stupid)

IgoByte · Aug 11, 2002, 07:09 PM

Here's one more for me...just because I'm a noob...

el lindo · Aug 11, 2002, 07:16 PM

Yeah, this was just too tempting.

Cellery · Aug 11, 2002, 07:25 PM

Originally posted by el lindo:
Yeah, this was just too tempting.

You can say that again.

MGossett · Aug 11, 2002, 07:25 PM

You should be able to carry over posts from other forums. For example, I have almost 900 posts at the Macworld forums, yet I'm a newbie here. What's up with that?!?!

-Mike

andymcdeee · Aug 11, 2002, 08:01 PM

Originally posted by driven:

Do we have to bring ethic/racial/biggoted remarks into EVERY thread here?

Just having a jab to see who would take a the bait.

Congratulations, you're the winner. No go find yourself a sense of humour. (sorry, "humor"

)

rampant · Aug 11, 2002, 08:06 PM

Remember, I know people at other forums with 45,000 posts or more. Fat, bloated, wasted husks of people with 45,000+ posts.

Montezuma58 · Aug 11, 2002, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by MikeM33:

I've totally changed my outlook on the whole post count thing and it's meaningful-ness. It would be great to just be capable to switch them off post count shouldn't be used as a motivation to keep people "in-line" or for one to try to keep a specific user name or be used to rub into other peoples faces "ooh look at my post count" etc., etc.

MikeM32

Sure anybody that's been on this board since '90 would have so many post they just don't care

One feature I would like to see is the ability to set your own title instead of the automatic "junior member", "senior member", etc. With the exception of "Moderator" of course. Isn't the title redundant with those stars and post counts.

Footy · Aug 11, 2002, 08:54 PM

Originally posted by MikeM33:

MikeM32

Registered since Apr 1990? Is that even possible?

talisker · Aug 11, 2002, 08:54 PM

What I dont understand is what the post count and member classifications are supposed to achieve? Strikes me as having come about simply because it's technically easy to do, not because there's any possible justification for it.

ReggieX · Aug 11, 2002, 08:56 PM

Everything's fine the way it is.

Fallout · Aug 12, 2002, 04:37 AM

Originally posted by MGossett:
You should be able to carry over posts from other forums. For example, I have almost 900 posts at the Macworld forums, yet I'm a newbie here. What's up with that?!?!

-Mike

Yeah, that'd be slick..I have 1600 posts at Stile Project Forum and 500+ at a few others.

postcount++;

Cipher13 · Aug 12, 2002, 04:47 AM

Originally posted by Footy:

Registered since Apr 1990? Is that even possible?

No, it isn't.

Profile corruption, it's an error. It was nowhere near 5000 anyway

I don't get what the point of this thread is. You want post counts turned off? Why? I mean if they're so unimportant to you, ignore them. Is that so difficult? That's what I do. I don't give a **** about post counts.
Anyone that judges a post based on how many posts the poster has is a fool, and let them be sucked in by it...

Things are fine as they are. It's optional to let it influence you, y'know.

AlbertWu · Aug 12, 2002, 06:47 AM

don't judge by post count, judge by location!

example above: driven, who is from atlanta, GA, is a bible thumping conservative who wouldn't take anything as a joke even if you shoved it up his ass

(that, by the way, was a joke

)

digimage · Aug 12, 2002, 01:11 PM

Originally posted by andymcdeee:
Ah, yes. But there are waaay too many americans on this board for that to work. We know that they thrive off that sort of thing.

Oh, and by that way, I have more posts than you so I don't care what you have to say.

GO **** yourself. We are not all like that, that's like me saying that all kiwis from christchurch are sheep shagging missionaries.

Prick!

driven · Aug 12, 2002, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by AlbertWu:
don't judge by post count, judge by location!

example above: driven, who is from atlanta, GA, is a bible thumping conservative who wouldn't take anything as a joke even if you shoved it up his ass

(that, by the way, was a joke )

Jokes are meant to be funny.

Kinda like that chip on your shoulder.

Bible thumping? Why? Because I'm from Atlanta? Uh .... ok.

philzilla · Aug 12, 2002, 02:30 PM

can someone pass the salt please?

scaught · Aug 12, 2002, 11:11 PM

Originally posted by rampant:
Remember, I know people at other forums with 45,000 posts or more. Fat, bloated, wasted husks of people with 45,000+ posts.

thats really sick.

+1!

more and more posts for this post hungry american dog! BOW DOWN MOTHER ****ERS!!!!

el lindo · Aug 13, 2002, 01:15 AM

Originally posted by digimage:

GO **** yourself. We are not all like that, that's like me saying that all kiwis from christchurch are sheep shagging missionaries.

Prick!

Yet another moron that can't take a joke. You're spazing over nothing. Just chill out and be proud of your fancy post count. Idiot.

mac freak · Aug 13, 2002, 02:20 AM

*sigh*
Why do you all care so much?

+1

Mac Zealot · Aug 13, 2002, 05:24 AM

geez who cares, man, you suck.

dillerX · Aug 13, 2002, 05:41 AM

Stupid, stupid I say....

+1

AlbertWu · Aug 13, 2002, 05:49 AM

anyone noticed that all the people who react rashly to the jokes are from the south?

philzilla · Aug 13, 2002, 07:36 AM

can someone pass the salt please?

Worst. Episode. Ever. · Aug 13, 2002, 07:43 AM

/me hands philzilla the salt shaker

philzilla · Aug 13, 2002, 08:27 AM

cheers dude!

xi_hyperon · Aug 13, 2002, 09:28 AM

Perhaps we should look into a post-count bartering system, for those who really think post-count adds weight to their comments.

ringo · Aug 13, 2002, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
Perhaps we should look into a post-count bartering system, for those who really think post-count adds weight to their comments.

Hmmm...I'd consider selling my ID and password if someone really wants green stars

driven · Aug 13, 2002, 11:06 AM

I'll be happy to put my account on e-bay.

(Seriously: I've seen some folks put their shorter ICQ numbers on e-bay.)

MACNN: High-Post count! 7 Days only! Bids start at $4.99 .... <GRIN>

chris v · Aug 13, 2002, 11:10 AM

But... my opinions ARE more important that some noobie's.

+1

CV

xi_hyperon · Aug 13, 2002, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by chris v:
But... my opinions ARE more important that some noobie's.

+1

CV

Hey, what I've got to say is, well <glances at postcount>, almost as important as anything you've got to say!

sambeau · Aug 13, 2002, 09:20 PM

Originally posted by xi_hyperon:

Hey, what I've got to say is, well <glances at postcount>, almost as important as anything you've got to say!

You can turn them off. But only once my post count is more than 300..

sambeau · Aug 13, 2002, 09:21 PM

Originally posted by sambeau:

You can turn them off. But only once my post count is more than 300..

WOO-HOO!

fulmer · Aug 13, 2002, 10:07 PM

well, it's kind of an indicator. I use post counts this way:
1. idiots/trolls with high post counts, I know that most of their posts are rubbish.
2. cool/rational/helpful people with high counts, I know that what they have to say is worth something. You know, a kind of conundrum of

"He who knows does not speak.
He who speaks does not know."

ooohh. and enlightenment shall fall upon thee...

Brit Ben · Aug 13, 2002, 11:55 PM

Originally posted by driven:

(Seriously: I've seen some folks put their shorter ICQ numbers on e-bay.)

You have got to be kidding ! I have a five digit ICQ number, and it's *worth* something ? How sad. I'll gladly sell it for a number of alchoholic beverages, something that means something in the real world.

Are people really that sad ??

Ben

What would be cool is if the different post counts actually gave you stuff, like the ability to use different smilies etc

But that would result in even more crap being posted that is currently done today.

P.S. err. +1

driven · Aug 14, 2002, 12:00 AM

Originally posted by Brit Ben:

You have got to be kidding ! I have a five digit ICQ number, and it's *worth* something ? How sad. I'll gladly sell it for a number of alchoholic beverages, something that means something in the real world.

Are people really that sad ??

Ben

What would be cool is if the different post counts actually gave you stuff, like the ability to use different smilies etc But that would result in even more crap being posted that is currently done today.

P.S. err. +1

Yup ... that number is worth something on e-bay. Do a search on ICQ number ... they show up now and then.

Brit Ben · Aug 14, 2002, 12:06 AM

Originally posted by driven:

Yup ... that number is worth something on e-bay. Do a search on ICQ number ... they show up now and then.

Oh this is truly sad. A seven digit number is worth $5.50 US, with 4 days left on the auction, and three bids made.

Maybe I'll hang on to it for 20 years and you'll see me on antiques roadshow one day

Ben.