[T*]

Originally Posted by Daniel.

What about making them count bar the chat thread? hs that possible?.

Hmm that'd be a good idea too

[Marsh.]

Tbh, I'd rather we got rid of the post counts. I don't feel the need to see the number.

But when it comes to games, do the mods have the ability to make individual threads count?
In which case when there's a new game they can allow that specific thread to contribute to post counts.

[T*]

Originally Posted by Jack_

My thought process has always been that a post count by its very nature is supposed to reflect the actual number of posts you have made on a forum.

If you start discounting certain posts, then it isn't really a 'post count' is it? All the figures are entirely inaccurate, and that to me just makes the whole thing silly and pointless

[LeatherTrumpet]

I hope this thread does not ruin Josy's weekend?

she is going away you know

[Cal.]

All this sounds over complicated.

Just make every post you make count or keep it as it is. Making random threads count is silly.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Tom*

Hmm that'd be a good idea too

You couldn't have them for games which are basically either just like chat threads or tasks that require you to spam etc

[Jessica.]

Wth just make them count, the whole point of having a post count is it showing how many posts you've made

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by Jack_

My thought process has always been that a post count by its very nature is supposed to reflect the actual number of posts you have made on a forum.

If you start discounting certain posts, then it isn't really a 'post count' is it? All the figures are entirely inaccurate, and that to me just makes the whole thing silly and pointless

This is exactly what I meant

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

They should just randomly remove post counts and leave the girlies shook.

[Jack_]

I mean I do understand why you may not want 'spammy' posts to count, but the point still stands - it isn't a post count unless all of the posts you've made count towards the total.

I have never got the 'it encourages people to spam!' argument though. Does anyone really do that? Does anyone really care that much? And if they do, spamming is against the rules anyway so just infract and/or ban them? That seems a lot easier that discounting entire subforums which essentially renders the 'post count' pointless

[Jessica.]

Removing it is better than having an inaccurate count

[LeatherTrumpet]

tbh some of my funny posts should count double

[T*]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I mean I do understand why you may not want 'spammy' posts to count, but the point still stands - it isn't a post count unless all of the posts you've made count towards the total.

I have never got the 'it encourages people to spam!' argument though. Does anyone really do that? Does anyone really care that much? And if they do, spamming is against the rules anyway so just infract and/or ban them? That seems a lot easier that discounting entire subforums which essentially renders the 'post count' pointless

I agree completely with this

[Jessica.]

But this thread is just going to be ignored no matter how much we pour our hearts into it

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Tbh, I'd rather we got rid of the post counts. I don't feel the need to see the number.

This, I don't even see the point of post count even being a feature tbh. Removing it would solve all the problems of "oh this section should count but this other section shouldn't" etc. And it would be less intimidating for new members.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Jack_

My thought process has always been that a post count by its very nature is supposed to reflect the actual number of posts you have made on a forum.

If you start discounting certain posts, then it isn't really a 'post count' is it? All the figures are entirely inaccurate, and that to me just makes the whole thing silly and pointless

I agree.

But in answer to OP, I Dont think it would encourage people to use the forum more

[Ashley.]

I'm happy with how the post count works. It's not like many of the posts within Chat and Games contribute much to the forum, and that's not meant in a negative way.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I hope this thread does not ruin Josy's weekend?

she is going away you know

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

I'm happy with how the post count works. It's not like many of the posts within Chat and Games contribute much to the forum, and that's not meant in a negative way.

Shade at my 8k?

[T*]

Originally Posted by Hayden

This, I don't even see the point of post count even being a feature tbh. Removing it would solve all the problems of "oh this section should count but this other section shouldn't" etc. And it would be less intimidating for new members.

I disagree. Taking them completely away will just make the forum look like there's another common feature absent from this one that's available on basically any other forum

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Tom*

I disagree. Taking them completely away will just make the forum look like there's another common feature absent from this one that's available on basically any other forum

So? It doesn't actually do anything.

If they were removing an image posting feature or something that actually makes a difference to the forum then that would be an issue but a post count doesn't do anything.

[T*]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

So? It doesn't actually do anything.



If they were removing an image posting feature or something that actually makes a difference to the forum then that would be an issue but a post count doesn't do anything.

It just makes it look inferior which in turn makes people not want to stay here

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Tom*

It just makes it look inferior which in turn makes people not want to stay here

If someone wants to leave the forum because they have a problem over a post count feature then maybe we don't want that person here in the first place.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Tom*

It just makes it look inferior which in turn makes people not want to stay here

Who has left, or is considering leaving because (mostly) spam posts do not count towards their total?

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by Tom*

It just makes it look inferior which in turn makes people not want to stay here

Well you'd be surprised at the amount of times I've seen "20K posts? Get a life." or something along those lines in the year that I've been here.