Why Count Posts?

~~[MERIT]~~ · 05-12-2011, 05:33 PM

Just pondering why a forum counts it's members' posts. It is obvious that when considering the content of a member's posts, that QUALITY is more important than QUANTITY.

I would posit that whether it relates to music or not, it takes no more thought to vote in an "Album War" or to post "What You're Currently Listening To," than it does to tell us about your day or to complain in the "Bitch Box." Why one post should count towards your total, and the other not is a bit of a mystery to me.

I've been on forum's that have had "Rep" systems, and that did little to validate the actual content of a post either. Friends would "rep" each others' posts just to get their stats up, rendering the entire system meaningless.

I personally believe that an avatar, signature, join date and a username should be enough to distinguish a user's profile badge, letting their actual posts speak for themselves.

05-12-2011, 05:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	Why Count Posts? Just pondering why a forum counts it's members' posts. It is obvious that when considering the content of a member's posts, that QUALITY is more important than QUANTITY. I would posit that whether it relates to music or not, it takes no more thought to vote in an "Album War" or to post "What You're Currently Listening To," than it does to tell us about your day or to complain in the "Bitch Box." Why one post should count towards your total, and the other not is a bit of a mystery to me. I've been on forum's that have had "Rep" systems, and that did little to validate the actual content of a post either. Friends would "rep" each others' posts just to get their stats up, rendering the entire system meaningless. I personally believe that an avatar, signature, join date and a username should be enough to distinguish a user's profile badge, letting their actual posts speak for themselves.