Originally Posted by dhammer53
I think that if post counts are removed, many people will post 'useless or filler' info. Some of us may be aware (or care) about a high post count; and, will reconsider posting something that may not be relevant. ie check one of the Benjamin Do threads in Community for example...
Then there are some who are posting anything and everything, including responses that include just "
" in what could appear to be a race to reach "evangelist" status as quickly as possible.
...I like seeing how many post someone has. Many times it will help me to decide on the validity of what's been posted. Arguments against of course...
I see your point, but unfortunately many posters (particularly those new to FT or new to a forum) may take only post count into consideration, and not have any idea as to the "quality vs quantity" w/r/t the person's post count. I can think of many FTers with high post counts who have been very helpful in providing information to the FT community. Likewise, there are a few around who have a high post count and a high number of those posts consist of nothing more than telling a poster that they are incorrect without bothering to correct explain what the misinformation is or provide the correct information, posts that contain nothing but smilies or other smilie-related comments (ie, making up "smilies" of one's own definition). Why should posts of that sort be considered any more "valuable" than posts from OMNI?