I've stayed out of this debate until now but have followed it daily. Personally, the only thing that really bothers me is that a unilateral decision was made by Randy to fix something that was from years ago. Then when called on it, he went into defensive mode instead of listening and weighing the options. Even when it was demonstrated that it indeed was not an error, but was acknowledge in subsequent years and even voted down by TB members. It really appears as though he felt like he was backed into a corner and refuses now to even reconsider and that's a shame.

I agree with much of what Punki posted. Quite honestly, I don't even know what my post count is and it does not matter, but I do visit the entire site including Omni on a daily basis. I do feel it is a community and will contribute to any of the sections where I feel I can contribute. I never really get into the whole thread counting games but am not bothered by those that do.

Drawing the line that Omni posts are worthless yet the endless posts of Birthday wishes and ^ posts is irrational and I feel don't contribute anything more to the community. I know I personally have learned a ton out of Omni and rarely get anything out of the Community Forum so who's to say what is of value. Let's just leave well enough alone. I would also be fine if they wanted to move the counting threads to a game forum that does not count, and I suspect the number of those games will dwindle.

It just seems that Randy is making this decision, doesn't like to be told he is wrong, and now we are all trying to find ways to defend the actions and justify the existance of TB when in fact it really does all just come down to whatever Randy feels like doing.