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He only has the highest if your talking about being active. Curt has a bit higher post count then CG. CG is short by almost a thousand of being #1.
Turn off postcount for Site Feedback?
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He only has the highest if your talking about being active. Curt has a bit higher post count then CG. CG is short by almost a thousand of being #1.
Originally posted by anarres
Alexnm, thank you for proving my point!
Hey, I never said I would spam the OT forum! As a matter of fact, I rarely post there. Sure, I could spam that forum if I wanted, but I could do it in any other forum here too.
As for disabling the post count for some sections of the forum, it does nothing to stop spam. Believe me, I know. In this other forum I visit, they have disabled postcount in their OT section and spam only got worse... The mods there have to work hard everyday...
cgannon64
BOB DYLAN'S ROCKIN OUT!
But I know I'll reach it and I dread the day.
Goober
Turning Right ...
Oh, i didn't know this. Still, PC doesn't mean much, it is just a number. And the PPD (Post Per Day) really just signifies how little of a life you have . . .
As I have stated before PC doesn't mean much, if anything. I wouldn't mind seeing it gone, and seeing something more useful (maybe like which time zone the person is in) being put in.
Archer 007
Rebirth
I agree on that, but it were going to count some, we should count them all.
Silverflame
OBJECTION!
As a lurker of many other forums, I can say that postcount really benefits lurkers a lot. It's a bit hard to explain, but it does help in showing who's really active and well known, who is new, who has been here a long time but doesn't post, who loves to spam, etc. It's true that it changes nothing about the validity of the posts, but it really does help. I can't explain it, but it makes it easier to find the feel of the forum. Agh, I can't explain this at all. But don't hide postcount. At the very least put it in the profile, or maybe make an option whether to hide postcount or not for users, but don't get rid of it completely.
Goober
Turning Right ...
Now here are truly some excellent points I had not thought of before. I actually completely agree with what was stated above. I never though of PC's that way, but now that one think about it, PC's are really an expression of how much that user posts on this site, is it not? I am now seeing the light, so to speak. THIS was truly the answer I was looking for, but could not see my self (Arg, I'm getting philisophical again . . . HELP!!!).
Yup, I have to agree, do not get rid of the PC. It does have a purpose, after all . . . seperating the people whom use this site a lot, and post here a lot, the Spammers - depending on what is considered "Spam" - and those lurkers, those that just browse, and occaisionally post, yet have been here for ages. I still think that maybe you should have to go to the User's profile to see their PC, I am not sure that is needs to be so front and center (hehe, Spammers may want to stay hidden . . . ). Anyway, an answer, thanks a Bunch!!!
The Person
Deity +2
I see Silverflame's point, too, RG. You registered two months later than me, but you have about three times as many posts as me...
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Gainy
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The thing that gets me is, if people don't want a high post-count, why do they insist on making spammy threads asking that it be abolished/theirs be dropped, when that is just going to add to their post count and make matters worse? A PM would be more in order.
I relate post-count to how much someone knows about Civ -- which is horribly wrong -- so making it only apply the Civ Fora seems logical to me...
I relate post-count to how much someone knows about Civ -- which is horribly wrong -- so making it only apply the Civ Fora seems logical to me...
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This is exactly why it should be hidden! It encourages people to make judgements on what people are posting not by content, but based solely on a metric that indicates peoples propensity to post: more indicative of how much time they have on their hands than on insight and knowledge (please note that I am not implying that they are mutually exclusive).
As an example, (without mentioning specific names), there are four or five people who I regard as excellent Civ3 players, who have an intimate knowledge of the game strategies and mechanics. Yet they have very low postcounts.
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Gainy
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But it would mean you spent alot of time there, thus picking up on things. If not, then it wouldn't really matter, as people would know just how spammy you were, and just ignore any bit of advice you give anyways
Note: This post was in regard to alexnm... I agree with Ainwood though, the two posters I respect the most on this site have a post count which totals to <2k methinks, even though this is alot, it's not as substantial as some...
Note: This post was in regard to alexnm... I agree with Ainwood though, the two posters I respect the most on this site have a post count which totals to <2k methinks, even though this is alot, it's not as substantial as some...
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Gainy
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I know! Which is my point. I'm merely saying, restricting it to Civ Fora would at least give an idea of who spends time there, and who doesn't. Although for me, the date registered, combined with the amount of posts (a few hundred) gives a kind of respect from me(sad as it sounds) --- if that's from the Civ Forum(s).
I disagree with what i'm saying myself, surely you understand though?
If it's obvious that people spam without reading, then it shouldn't matter.
Aggie
Deity
It is obvious to me that post count gives a status. People with high postcounts have been critised in the Civ3 fora because we " are an elite group" and didn't care for the people that lurked or rarely posted.
That troubles me, because I think that we should listen to reason, not postcounts.
I would like to see the postcount hidden. And if that's not possible, don't count posts that are non-civ related.
That troubles me, because I think that we should listen to reason, not postcounts.
I would like to see the postcount hidden. And if that's not possible, don't count posts that are non-civ related.
Goober
Turning Right ...
AAAHHHHHH!!! Why is it that people are going at me on this issue? You guys must know I have no, or very little Social Life, and waste many a good hour on CFC (after hw, of course). I have opinions on many subjects, and I express them, thus the reason that I have my high post count. plus, I usually post in the OT, and after being in there for awhile, your PC skyrockets. But PC doesn't mean anything (after getting 300 for your Custom Avatar . . . ). A good poster with good ideas, does not need 10,000 posts, because the PC is just a number, and cannot represent that person. I would still like to see PC put in the User profile, I do not see why it has to be out in the open (everyone getting on my case about my PC, sheesh . . . ) . . .
Probably because you're going at us so hard about it by posting on the issue at a very high frequency.
What are you looking for with this statement? Pity? Contempt? Your hours are 'waste'? Does this suggest you're not being constructive with your time here? Spamming perhaps?
Yes, and it's fine that you express them but the problem is that you express them so much. You've practically threadjacked the entire Feedback forum. Give it a rest...
