Originally Posted by ozstamps
Not sure if anyone has posted "tens of thousands" of times in the one "game" thread
Kathy. Indeed, the post record appears to me to be a mere 4,267 posts by a single FT'er in this one thread in the 4 months since it started. You are there with
1, which for the record is 1 more than myself.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/misc....hreadid=309875
Who Posted?
User Name - Posts
Kiwi Flyer - 4267
jfe - 3641
myefre - 1732
Canarsie - 1379
empedocles - 1365
500 miles at a time - 1269
Cholula - 1113
FewMiles - 857
flamboyant1 - 814
Jenbel - 800
RobotDoctor - 680
rkt10 - 468
redbeard911 - 421
ralfkrippner - 350
UALOneKPlus - 258
Arcolaio99 - 257
Gaucho100K - 255
inkoherent 209
chrislacey - 209
I-flybynight - 199
Richelieu - 182
ScottC - 157
MapleLeaf - 153
CameraGuy -127
etc, etc, etc
I guess as we often read post count was 'never the reason' for anyone posting on this or the many similar threads, these totals above will surely all pretty much double in the next 4 months?
Even though the posts do not NOW count to the user's incremental tally, as far as I can see the number of posts per user per thread
still remains visible to all via the link I have posted here. I'll be rather curious to see if the above tallies are
doubled in the 4 months come years end. @:-)
I never really did care much about milepost counts, one way or the other.
However, because I am the one who launched the
Who Will Be The Next FlyerTalk Member To Post? An OMNI Game thread, I am
in favor of the exclusion of increasing one’s milepost count in OMNI because it eliminates the argument once and for all that that thread is used only to pad one’s milepost count.
I have not had a chance to post the latest standings in that thread (let alone answer my private messages and read all of the FlyerTalk threads that I would like to read) just yet, but I have noticed that — despite the new rule now in effect eliminating the ability to increase one’s milepost count in the OMNI forum — posting to that thread by FlyerTalk members does not seem to have decreased in the least, which proves that those who post in that thread are not posting there to increase their post count.
Furthermore, even when no prizes were offered in the game (as prizes are currently offered at the end of every quarter to those who score the most points), the thread was still quite popular.
I like to think that FlyerTalk members post to the
Who Will Be The Next FlyerTalk Member To Post? An OMNI Game thread simply because they enjoy it. Everyone else is welcome to post to that thread where virtually everything —
including miles, points and travel — is discussed.
Beyond this, milepost counts on FlyerTalk really do not matter much to me. However, milepost counts may matter to vampires who fly frequently...