Originally Posted by
Dovster
You would undoubtedly be impacted more than I would if we restrict this to Omni posts, but I think we will be in the same position if we get rid of all the non M&P posts.
I did some checking today -- I have 16,801 posts on non M&P forums (not counting the private TB forum). In addition to that, I have 1918 posts on the Delta Forum Lounge Thread and 635 on its predecessor, the Unabashed Cholula Spam Thread. That is a total of 19354 posts which had nothing to do with showing someone how to get a better and/or less expensive trip.
(As I don't have access to the private TB Forum anymore, I don't know how many posts I have there, but I would not be surprised if they represent another 500-1000 of my total.)
If someone is judging my expertise in the core issues of FT based on the number of posts I have, wouldn't it make more sense not to mislead him with the roughly 20,000 posts that shows up in my count?
It's funny you bring this up because I think it speaks to my point above. To me, Dovster, you are like Mr. FT. When I think of Flyertalk I think of a couple of people, and you're one of them. It really has nothing to do with miles/point knowledge (I don't even know what airlines you like to fly), nor should it really, I don't think.
Finally, one other point: isn't the place to convey knowledge about miles and points the programs info under our names? I think it is a lot more revealing about my United knowledge that I am a 1K than it is that I have 20k+ posts. @:-)