Originally Posted by
PTravel
I still don't understand what are the perceived upsides of this policy decision.
Said best in the post below yours. But beyond that, there is no downside, except for the people who (as
Spiff pointed out) chose to toss temper tantrums in other forums over it. I'd submit that's not a downside to the decision per se as it is a liability brought by those very members (which would rear it's ugly head at some point or another anyway).
Originally Posted by
SAT Lawyer
Assuming he made this decision, I applaud it. I, for one, think it makes sense to restore an exclusive and solitary focus on posts likely made in advance of FlyerTalk's core purpose of furthering our collective understanding of "miles and points." I hope to see my aggregate post count reduced accordingly to discount an embarrassing number of OMNI posts. While I will continue to partake in the debates and discussions in OMNI going forward, I have no problem in not having my post count artificially inflated by my dalliances there.
FT, at it's core, is about miles and points. What Randy really ought to do is whack post counts out of everything that's not miles and points. Including this forum.