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Old Feb 15, 2008 | 1:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Spiff
tom911, would this future feature that Randy mentions in the other thread not be a better way to deal with the WOT threads for those who do not wish to WT?
It would take them out of view, but they'd still count, correct?. I don't think we should give post counts to FTers that use their number counting abilities in a number counting thread to get thousands of posts. What contribution do you make to FT by posting a number 50 or more times a day?

That's the same point of view I held when TalkBoard voted on this in 2007.

I think TalkBoard might have a better shot at restoring OMNI posts counts if they moved the game threads over into a separate area and didn't count them. I'm all for counting posts where FTers type a couple paragraphs on a topic in OMNI, but the number counting threads are just there for pumping up post counts, from my point of view.

I value my post count from years of contributions on the travel side of FT. OMNI is not my home forum. I don't think we should recognize posters who build up the bulk of their posts playing games.
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