Originally Posted by
oneant
Very logical. I can see how counting those posts would be ok. So lock OMNI down, call it a Cont'd Discussion or Overflow forum, allow only mods to create threads in that forum (either new or moved from another forum), and set post-count = yes. Then create another forum for the totally non-FT-related stuff (counting down, etc.) where posts are not counted.
But without separating out the actual FT-related discussions and the "I was abducted by gay aliens" threads, not counting all posts in OMNI is the logical choice.
So where would a thread about Airline Mogul (web based game where FTers have a strong dominance) be started in this case?
OMNI has real value to FT once the post-padding through OWOT is controlled. This issue (IMHO) has always been about post-padding through OMNI and I think both sides agree something needs to be done about it. One side would like a more surgical approach to fixing OMNI (which I personally side with) and the otherside appears to just want to get rid of OMNI (or at least devalue its presence).
Just my two cents since no one wants to touch my question Ive asked a couple of times now...