[In the Drunk Tank]

I think some peoples would be in the hundreds of thousands considering threads like the district can get hundreds of posts in only one day, I think my post count is high enough for the amount of time I've been here so would rather they didn't count tbh

[Jack_]

See I think all posts anywhere on the forum should count. I used to be in agreement with excluding Chat & Games posts, but now, the way I see it is just that the post count should represent the actual number of posts you've made on the forum, rather than select sections' posts.

I'm not all that bothered about post count anymore, but I like it as a little reminder about how many posts I've actually made on here, and I think that's what it should be about. I know there's all the problems with spam and whatnot, but really, so what? They're still posts, and you can still sit there in the knowledge knowing that by and large, the majority of posts you've made haven't been spam.

It's just numbers, really. I just think it'd be nice for it to actually represent the number of times you've posted on here.

[Vicky.]

I'm all for getting rid of post counts altogether tbh. I just dont see the need for them and some people seem to treat others differently based on how many posts they have made (newbies especially)

[Me. I Am Salman]

What about the Random Music Video Thread in the music sub forum
That's sorta spam isn't it
But it still counts

[Samuel.]

I don't like the idea of removing posts counts altogether. I like to have a sense of how long others have been posting on here for (join date doesn't really do that)/how invested they are with the forum. It's a way I identify posters by. Plus, I'm nosey.

I agree with the notion that having all C&G posts not count being silly, especially considering it's the main focus of the forum for most of the year. And off season posters are generally better contributors anyway. The Big Brother forum gets just as spam filled.

[The Human Santapede]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

I don't like the idea of removing posts counts altogether. I like to have a sense of how long others have been posting on here for (join date doesn't really do that)/how invested they are with the forum. It's a way I identify posters by. Plus, I'm nosey.

I agree with the notion that having all C&G posts not count being silly, especially considering it's the main focus of the forum for most of the year. And off season posters are generally better contributors anyway. The Big Brother forum gets just as spam filled.

Exactly! For example that 'Johnny Depp is hosting BB13' thread.

[Z]

I think we should decide what types of threads in C&G are worth excluding from Post Counts (game chat threads; the main chat threads) and those that aren't to try and legitimise this a bit more..

[Samuel.]

Do posts count in General Interests? We could start using that for all the non-spammy off season topics.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Samuel.

Do posts count in General Interests? We could start using that for all the non-spammy off season topics.

Yeah and they also count in General Chat

[Samuel.]

Oh yeah, maybe I was thinking of General Chat. There's barely any difference between the three. Should merge them all, and then have a sub forum for chat/spam/game threads.

[Z]

Perhaps we should do a reshuffle of boards. Seems like there's growing support for separating Serious Debates and News Stories which are often totally in contrast to each other, e.g. the thread about the elephant escaping or the fat pets being in the same forum as the Justice for Trayvon thread... Separate those; re-evaluate what Chat and Games is for and move certain threads to General Chat?

[King Gizzard]

I only think the unmerge of them two needs to be looked at - If a news story turns into a debate it can easily be moved to serious debates, people have started posting news stories in general chat

atm I think the type of threads in chat and games are fine

[King Gizzard]

I only think the unmerge of them two needs to be looked at - If a news story turns into a debate it can easily be moved to serious debates, people have started posting news stories in general chat

atm I think the type of threads in chat and games are fine

[In the Drunk Tank]

Originally Posted by Zee

Perhaps we should do a reshuffle of boards. Seems like there's growing support for separating Serious Debates and News Stories which are often totally in contrast to each other, e.g. the thread about the elephant escaping or the fat pets being in the same forum as the Justice for Trayvon thread... Separate those; re-evaluate what Chat and Games is for and move certain threads to General Chat?

You would still get that with a separate news forum though, you would have the fat pet thread in there with things like the thread about the Toulose gunman

Tbh I think the "serious debates and news" section should be renamed "serious topics" or something like that, and the more jokey stories go in general chat