tom911 writes:
I'm glad you were able to raise the issue that I posted about on April 6, 2007, in the TalkBoard forum prior thread on OMNI post counts. If you were already discussing this topic internally, why the rush to come out with this motion that didn't address games?
The idea behind the motion, as I understood it, Tom, was to just back up, maintain the previous status quo, and give the TalkBoard a chance to put our heads together, with
Randy, to think the problem through, get more feedback from you all, and come up with a more workable solution. That is what I am still hoping we will be able to do.
Thank you very much,
Randy, for allowing this discussion to continue and give folks an opportunity to express their feelings and opinions.
I, personally, went into this discussion with no feelings one way or the other about OMNI post counts. It is this discussion that has driven me to look at OMNI and, quite surprisingly, I found that IMHO has tremendous value to FT. It is vibrant, funny, usually intelligent, and informative. Moreover, it has a wonderful sense of joy and freedom that I just don't see anywhere else on FlyerTalk these days. (Maybe I should also check out the Delta Lounge forum.
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I am hearing from the people who want OMNI posts to count that they believe they should count because OMNI is an important venue for building community on FT, and I tend to agree with them.
I am hearing from the people who don't want OMNI posts to count, either that they "think it would be better for FlyerTalk", or that "since
Randy says so", they agree. What I haven't heard from anyone is
why, and exactly how they think that removing post counts will benefit FT.
It would be most edifying for me to hear very specific answers to these questions. Thank you.