Originally Posted by
Punki
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.
Try
reading this thread. Several people have either put that logic out there or linked to at least one proposal that did.
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....0&postcount=17
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....0&postcount=20
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....4&postcount=95
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=131
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=133
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=140
And if that's not enough, you could've used the search function (or clicking on the link in a very early post in this thread)
and read 100+ posts on the subject when it came up before.
Let's talk, for a second, about what has come up before. You wrote in the current thread:
Originally Posted by
Punki
It is a gauge of how often a member visits and participates on FlyerTalk. ^
Originally Posted by
Punki
Those two elements, join date and number of posts, work together to give us a glimpse of a member.
Less than a year ago, you wrote:
Originally Posted by
Punki
I don't care much about post counts and never give them any credibility at all.
So which is it?
In this thread, you said:
Originally Posted by
Punki
I really would rather know that a member has been devoted enough to FT that they have (one way or another) managed to rack up 10,000 posts, than to not know anything about them at all.
Last year, you said:
Originally Posted by
Punki
The other part of me says, let it be. Sooner or later, FlyerTalk Evangelist, especially for members who have only been around a few years, will become a symbol of folks who just spend way too much time on the computer.
So which is it? Post counts and titles either mean something to you or they don't, but you have been of at least two different minds in the last year (or so your words indicate). But wait:
Originally Posted by
Punki
Part of me says, yes, restrict all OMNI post from post counts so we can see how many non-OMNI posts each member has.
That's when you had it right.