Originally Posted by
lin821
You really don't get it, do you?
Post count by itself is just a number. It can be from number zero to ∞. Every FTer gets a number. There's nothing TOS about it.
It's all about the principle. It's about the TOS.
It's troublesome to me when FTers (should) know post padding is not permitted but still perform the act. After getting caught or spotted, the individuals in question just proclaim they don't mind their post counts reset.
Can you at least see the difference (post padding vs. post count)?
I can clearly see the difference, but what I don't get is that
some members seem almost obsessed with other members postings and if they are TOS violations (despite an effective moderator team that keeps such violations to a minimum). Randy explicitly encouraged repeat posting/entries in the Amsterdam thread, so repeated posts were not considered "padded" and did not fall under TOS violations. It's pretty clear to me that the contest was a rare, but clear exception, and by most accounts it was a huge success.
If you see a
true TOS violation, and are not already very intimately familiar with the "Report Bad Post" button, you should use it to report problem posts. I found the moderator team to be quick to respond.