Originally Posted by
Jenbel
Because nonsense posts in other forums are not accepted - in OMNI they are. In other forums, anyone trying to get the entire page filled with posts they have posted to last would be an issue - in OMNI it's just someone having fun - or someone post padding. How do you tell the difference between someone having fun and someone post padding. If you post to the thank <insert deity or person here> it's Friday threads, are you doing it for the challenge of getting them in order, or to pad?
I find a lot of nonsense posts are accepted in other forums. I posted a link a couple of pages back about a post in Travel Safety that was essentially an OMNI post but yet is treated as completely legit and valid because of the forum it resides in. I asked for someone to explain to me how that thread was any different from the majority of what happens in OMNI.
I haven no issues with removing post counts in OMNI as long as the other forums are cleaned up accordingly too. OMNI has gotten out of hand WRT how posting is allowed. There are a few people who abuse the OMNI system to pad their counts but the majority of people are good honest brokers in OMNI. Yet something like the decision that was made by Randy (and the subsequent motion being discussed here) show me that in the grand scheme of things that OMNI is less important to FT than other (IMHO) equally spammed forums.
OMNI and post counts is not the problem. People abusing the unmoderated OMNI forums to pad their post counts is the problem. Fix the problem...