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Feb 23, 2008 | 3:38 pm

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Originally Posted by magiciansampras

This I completely disagree with. I think most people have the intelligence to understand that post counts do not convey anything about information; it merely conveys activity.

Then let's eliminate them entirely. I'm up for that, too.

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If I have 30k posts due to the United forum and I wander in to AA, what is my 30k post count a barometer of?

A helluva lot more saavy and potential knowledge about Flying than "Counting backwards from 1 million."

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I would almost argue the exact opposite of you: post counts can convey bad information that posters know something when they don't.

Okay, so let's eliminate them completely.