TalkBoard Topics - Eliminate Post Count for Travel Safety/Security

Look at this part of FT, it is becoming more and more OMNI like and it appears to have several former OMNI refuges that are now regular posters in TSS.

If the post count was the reason they left OMNI, perhaps some of the visceral threads in TSS will go away. A good amount of threads that are born in TSS end up being borne by OMNI later.

The lions share of the threads in TSS have nothing to do with travel and points and are in the same class as OMNI.

Thoughts?

I'll be honest, I read TS/S, but not regularly - and when I do, it's often times the first few pages of a thread before I get bored & move on.

I'm not sure I'd want to remove post counts for TS/S because then it sets a precedent for suggestion the removal of post counts from all non-airline/hotel/car specific fora (or removing them altogether).

OMNI isn't travel related, so I can understand & appreciate the logic behind removing post counts from there - but TS/S is travel related & I feel that if FT was to remove post counts from that, post counts would need to be removed from all other non-program-specific fora.

And that's a can of worms, I'm not sure we need to open.

Completely agree with bhatnasx.

I'm not sure I'd want to remove post counts for TS/S because then it sets a precedent for suggestion the removal of post counts from all non-airline/hotel/car specific fora (or removing them altogether).

OMNI isn't travel related, so I can understand & appreciate the logic behind removing post counts from there - but TS/S is travel related & I feel that if FT was to remove post counts from that, post counts would need to be removed from all other non-program-specific fora.

And that's a can of worms, I'm not sure we need to open.

Exactly. A solution in search of a problem. No thanks.



The lions share of the threads in TSS have nothing to do with travel and points and are in the same class as OMNI.



Can't say I agree with this statement, but if you feel a thread has been mis-posted, use the RBP button in the lower-left hand corner of the first post in the thread.

Since it only will take one more TB member to post against to sink this proposal, I'd say its destiny is sealed, but I'd like to add my disagreement as well.

Even if the posts are more argumentative than many other forums, someone has to be the advocate of the frequent flyer on this issue and if those advocates get a bit worked up in the process, it's perfectly ok with me.

Completely agree with bhatnasx.as do i

if those advocates get a bit worked up in the process

A bit worked up? There's an understatement.

A bit worked up? There's an understatement.
:D no kidding, I'm behind the keyboard, c'mon you sheeple what don't you understand!!!! give me liberty or ..... wait I mistyped.;)

TS/S is almost pure OMNI IMO, but I don't see the need to eliminate post count.

The lions share of the threads in TSS have nothing to do with travel and points [...]
Points accumulation is a bit of red herring because that standard isn't met by any number of travel-relevant fora.

'Lion's share' means 'all or nearly all'. There is an empirical question here to which you've offered only conjecture. Could you provide some data to substantiate your claim?

TS/S is almost pure OMNI IMO, but I don't see the need to eliminate post count.
By what metric is TS/S almost pure OMNI? Because if TS/S's coefficient of travel-relatedness isn't sufficient then Women's Travel, Travel Products, Gaming, iDine and (lord knows) S.P.A.M. are suspect, too.

If it involves getting one from point A to point B, post counts need to stay. Security, or rather the joke that masquerades as aviation security, is an integral part of the modern travel experience.

ETA ...

How's this for conjecture: I think whatever is really bugging the OP about TS/S has nothing to do with post count and invite him to examine in greater depth his motivations for starting this thread before upping his own post count once more.

ETA ...

How's this for conjecture: I think whatever is really bugging the OP about TS/S has nothing to do with post count and invite him to examine his motivations for starting this thread in greater depth before upping his own post count once more.

If I were in the 10,500 range... maybe true... :p

ETA ...

How's this for conjecture: I think whatever is really bugging the OP about TS/S has nothing to do with post count and invite him to examine in greater depth his motivations for starting this thread before upping his own post count once more.

Sometimes, wading through so many posts is just a pain the the AZ

This is entertaining. TSS certainly has political content, TSA was invented in a fury of political reactions that had everything to do with politicians and nothing much to do with security. Many fora have political content, but that does not make them ONMI material. besides this forum is a necessary part of air travel now, even private air travel.

This is entertaining. TSS certainly has political content, TSA was invented in a fury of political reactions that had everything to do with politicians and nothing much to do with security. Many fora have political content, but that does not make them ONMI material. besides this forum is a necessary part of air travel now, even private air travel.

IMO, political content should be encouraged in all forums. Limiting what components of a subject one can comment upon limits the usefulness of the individual forums.

IMO, political content should be encouraged in all forums. Limiting what components of a subject one can comment upon limits the usefulness of the individual forums.

Then Make it a subforum of OMNI @:-)

Then Make it a subforum of OMNI @:-)

But why? What is the hangup over appropriately placed political statements? If there is a political split over whether or not United and Continental should merge for example, and those with a liberal disposition want to prevent the merger, while conservatives want it to happen (all hypothetical of course), I would expect to see some political commentary around the subject. A natural discussion on the subject might even contain a few tangents here and there. I don't understand why such discussions need to be curbed.

Then Make it a subforum of OMNI @:-)

It's fine right where it is, as it is. @:-)

It's fine right where it is, as it is. @:-)

But why? Things can not be changed?

Many of the comments there are a POX on the rest of the FT Community, no other forum would permit such hatred and political bias.

But why? Things can not be changed?

Many of the comments there are a POX on the rest of the FT Community, no other forum would permit such hatred and political bias.

Don't you pay attention to the DL forum? How about paying attention to OMNI? Want to shove the DL forum into the OMNI category while at it too? How about those threads discussing persons of size, children in the premium cabins, and a host of other topics where opinions are quite often polarized? How about threads in the TB and ORP forums?

But why? Things can not be changed?

Many of the comments there are a POX on the rest of the FT Community, no other forum would permit such hatred and political bias.

Can't say I agree with your statement at all. Things can be changed when there's good reason to do so. Not so in this case.

So much for free speech. :rolleyes:

as do i

Me, too. +1

T S/S threads that become predominantly political (or religious for that matter) do get moved to OMNI/PR. I understand post counts of those who posted in the moved thread get reset whenever such threads get moved.

If the OP or anyone else is concerned about a specific thread being political rather than relating primarily to travel safety & security they are more than welcome to use the RBP icon to let us know their concerns.

T S/S threads that become predominantly political (or religious for that matter) do get moved to OMNI/PR. I understand post counts of those who posted in the moved thread get reset whenever such threads get moved.

If the OP or anyone else is concerned about a specific thread being political rather than relating primarily to travel safety & security they are more than welcome to use the RBP icon to let us know their concerns.

I suggests to asks not to do post about religious or politics thread are not permitted on the TSS forums. If you are follow the capable rules onto the FlyerTalk forums. If you are civilized to have follow the specific rules on the TSS. It will be automatically to be discplinary actions against the members. It could be violations of FlyerTalk forums.

Let's try to do review follow the capabilities rules on the FlyerTalk forums.

You have to stay within the rules. Here I have a things to do follow the specific rules:


If you are good manner to others members.

You cannot allow to post there on TSS forums with religious or politics are not permitted on TSS forums.

You are not permitted about terrorize organizations on FlyerTalk are not real specific time on the aviation forums and if you do post in OMNI/PR is more convenient. If you do post in the OMNI/PR and not to do post on TSS forums.

If you do post on the forums is off-topics thread are not permitted to bashing in the forums. It will be automatically to be disciplinary actions or subject to be result banned from FlyerTalk for 30 days due to violations of the forums rules.


You have try to be cooperation and be more respectable with others members to stay within the rules.

I don't have a strong opinion on post counting in general, so I don't see a pressing need to make a change.

I hope that some day we can have post ratings and ability for users to mask low-rated threads. That would get at the root of low-value discussions and other forms of forum pollution.

How about double post count in some threads, treble in others, x4 odds on the pass line, and you get x50 if you are the last poster in a thread? Perhaps that would keep it simple? :D