Why Count Posts?

~~[MERIT]~~ · 05-12-2011, 08:05 PM

You guys make good points. I guess that when glancing at a profile badge when posting, the numerical values (join date and post count) tend to catch your eye (or at least mine anyhow) pretty quickly.

I just don't consider someone's opinions more valid than anothers' based on those statistics (again, I'm not saying that you guys do either, simply thinking out loud).

But I still don't see why a well thought out lounge post does not count when an arbitrary music-related one does. Either way, it would inflate post count. If we are valuing posters' content, I don't think that we should count ones that simply require posting what song you're currently listening to.

When I joined, ALL posts counted. Then they deleted the count for all Lounge posts. Again, I could care less if I have a hundred posts or a million, but I guess I'm aiming for a little bit of continuity across the boards.

**Janszoon** · 05-12-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by oojay

But I still don't see why a well thought out lounge post does not count when an arbitrary music-related one does.

Because the Lounge is only viewable by registered users. I don't think posts in the Mod forum count toward someone's post count either and it sort of makes sense if you think about it: the only posts that count are the ones that are viewable by absolutely everyone.

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05-12-2011, 08:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,823	You guys make good points. I guess that when glancing at a profile badge when posting, the numerical values (join date and post count) tend to catch your eye (or at least mine anyhow) pretty quickly. I just don't consider someone's opinions more valid than anothers' based on those statistics (again, I'm not saying that you guys do either, simply thinking out loud). But I still don't see why a well thought out lounge post does not count when an arbitrary music-related one does. Either way, it would inflate post count. If we are valuing posters' content, I don't think that we should count ones that simply require posting what song you're currently listening to. When I joined, ALL posts counted. Then they deleted the count for all Lounge posts. Again, I could care less if I have a hundred posts or a million, but I guess I'm aiming for a little bit of continuity across the boards.