......but there is a HUGE amount of chaff in the way.
ninerfan posted the following (a long way ago). I think it is worth revisting (although not sure if it technically feasible):
So I have an idea that may not even be feasible but here goes...
Can it be set up that the post count would show only the posts in that forum.
For Instance I am looking for advice on AA's ff program, I get a response from three people, one of these people has 3500 post in the AA forum,the other two less than 50. Chances are that I would look a little closer at 3500 post guys suggestions.
Does that make sense ?
Is it even feasible?
This seems like a good idea to me, and would get around a lot of the issues which have been raised. Total Post Count (TPC) could still show in a members profile, but if someone has 9765 posts in the QF forum, 2012 in the BA forum and 23 in the AA forum, than the
23 showing next to their AA posts would show them to be
probably (but not necessarily) a newbie as far as AA goes, but knows their stuff as far as QF goes (because the post count shows 9765).
Not sure how well this would translate into other forums though (OW, for example, or those of us QF regulars who stray into the South Pacific forum).
Still, ways around this.
Dave