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Should CSS.net hide Post Count?
03-10-2008, 02:11 AM
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03-10-2008, 02:17 AM
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03-10-2008, 02:21 AM
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lol at raven ............ acey, there was a rating system here... but that got abused.... there were like "red clubs" and "green clubs" people in red club would give people in the green club neg rep, and people in the green club would give people in the red club positive rep...
red = people with negitive rep
green = people with positive rep.
....... so no one knew what people really were anyway
red = people with negitive rep
green = people with positive rep.
....... so no one knew what people really were anyway
03-10-2008, 02:21 AM
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i like it, bc if u ask for advice, normally someone with high post count, is logical. ya know? it shows they've been involved. also, its good feedback for buying/selling.
03-10-2008, 02:22 AM
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Voted for lounge posts not counting under post count.
Works on other car forums well, don't see why it would harm anything here. If people are going to use post count as a precursor to experience and knowledge and moderators keep threads to the relevant sections, keeping post counts out of the off topic area would be a step in the right direction under that line of thought.
Personally I could care less. I don't trust anyone's advice unless I've personally wrenched or tuned with them before, but to many, post count is a lot.
Works on other car forums well, don't see why it would harm anything here. If people are going to use post count as a precursor to experience and knowledge and moderators keep threads to the relevant sections, keeping post counts out of the off topic area would be a step in the right direction under that line of thought.
Personally I could care less. I don't trust anyone's advice unless I've personally wrenched or tuned with them before, but to many, post count is a lot.
03-10-2008, 02:22 AM
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post count dosnt help in buyin somethin, a person thats been here 1 month with 7 thousand post is still the same person if they only had 100, if anythin date joined would help decide wither to buy from someone
03-10-2008, 02:24 AM
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I know in a lot of forums the only posts that count are in the tech sections. All other lounge posts are not counted at all. That is a good way to see who actually contributes to the real "tech" posts and not the "My girlfriend just got banged by 5 black guys" threads.....
03-10-2008, 02:25 AM
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I know in a lot of forums the only posts that count are in the tech sections. All other lounge posts are not counted at all. That is a good way to see who actually contributes to the real "tech" posts and not the "My girlfriend just got banged by 5 black guys" threads.....
03-10-2008, 02:25 AM
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03-10-2008, 02:26 AM
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Voted for lounge posts not counting under post count.
Works on other car forums well, don't see why it would harm anything here. If people are going to use post count as a precursor to experience and knowledge and moderators keep threads to the relevant sections, keeping post counts out of the off topic area would be a step in the right direction under that line of thought.
Personally I could care less. I don't trust anyone's advice unless I've personally wrenched or tuned with them before, but to many, post count is a lot.
Works on other car forums well, don't see why it would harm anything here. If people are going to use post count as a precursor to experience and knowledge and moderators keep threads to the relevant sections, keeping post counts out of the off topic area would be a step in the right direction under that line of thought.
Personally I could care less. I don't trust anyone's advice unless I've personally wrenched or tuned with them before, but to many, post count is a lot.
03-10-2008, 02:26 AM
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I know in a lot of forums the only posts that count are in the tech sections. All other lounge posts are not counted at all. That is a good way to see who actually contributes to the real "tech" posts and not the "My girlfriend just got banged by 5 black guys" threads.....
03-10-2008, 02:27 AM
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What about a respect rating like airliners.net forums? Quick screen cap:
Seriously though, I'm a member there and this system works. It shows your post count and your RR like this:
"Flynavy" From United States, joined Mar 2002, 1873 posts, RR: 13
But if someone has like 4,000 posts and RR: 0 then you know they're just a ***** right... but then there's people with high RR's and lower counts and one knows they're contributions are worthy. So it's all relative, I dunno how teh ball gets rollin but the highest person gets 100 and it's all compared to that it's complicated but works.
Seriously though, I'm a member there and this system works. It shows your post count and your RR like this:
"Flynavy" From United States, joined Mar 2002, 1873 posts, RR: 13
But if someone has like 4,000 posts and RR: 0 then you know they're just a ***** right... but then there's people with high RR's and lower counts and one knows they're contributions are worthy. So it's all relative, I dunno how teh ball gets rollin but the highest person gets 100 and it's all compared to that it's complicated but works.
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03-10-2008, 02:28 AM
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whats a ***** post tho? someone posting "hey how do i put this header on" in a tech section or "hey how u guys doing today at work" in the lounge?
03-10-2008, 02:29 AM
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03-10-2008, 02:29 AM
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kinda defeating the purpose.honestly though. i look at post count and i look at joining date. both mean something to me when buying/selling. honestly. someone cudda joined 2 years ago, n have 25 posts. wud u buy something from them? NO. do u know them? no. because they aren't involved. do u know what i mean?
03-10-2008, 02:30 AM
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I'm definetly guilty of this, as well as quite a few people I chat with in other means outside of this forum. I guess its the comraderie that develops when you have something in common within a small group out of a large bunch.