Quote Originally Posted by The Rack View Post
Roten, this is for you, the whole post count thing was just mentioned as another way of distinguishing a person from another, I figured that if we did away with it it might be better. You obviously read a lot deeper into than that. And the whole making my post count high and yours really low is pretty cute but hasn't really proved anything. It is true that people will look through threads and only look at those with 1,000 plus posts and respond to those. You can believe me or not, but it's true.
Prove it.

You can go ahead and quote saying that the whole post count discussion is dead too because that'll make you look cool.
Looking cool is my primary concern. So here we go:
Quote Originally Posted by Peter_Rotten View Post
  • Post count issue = whining. And now it's pretty much a dead issue since since I really scoured the Admin page and finally figured out HOW to do it but Zilla is the only Admin with the ability/permssion to do it..
Changing the post count hasn't proven anything yet. It's only been a few hours. We probably have to give it a month or two to complete our little experiment.
Oh and not being recognized as much as an adept, that's not bullshit.
Prove it. Prove that people ignore lesser post counts in an area that matters.* And, if so, prove that this is an important issue and is detrimental to the board. Also, what do you want to be recognized for and where have you been ignored? When has your opinion been obviously dismissed based solely on the basis of you being a regular member - which probably 96% of the site is? Do you really think that 96% of the site's membership is being ignored because about 3% has its name a different color?

Never in my post was I whining or giving a bad attitutde.
It came across that way.


*Is there anyone besides Bryant? And I contend that he is talking out of his ass - no offense Bryant but if what you said is true,
Quote Originally Posted by Bryant Cook View Post
I actually don't bother reading most posts from people with low post counts. I'd just rather read people who are established as intelligent. It saves time and I believe someone with a post count of 2,000+ probably has a good idea of what they're talking about. Theres the occasional Cavius, but people know whos a giant ass.
then you read posts from maybe 16 people on this site and put more stock in what LegoArmyMan says than Anwar or BigBear.