Originally Posted by
nroscoe
why should either of us squash each others passion (perceived or not)? Is the count hurting you or infringing on your rights? Because you find it distasteful, others should be denied something they are passionate about?
I am afraid that this is pure rhetoric. I could completely reverse it to the opposite effect: "Would the absence of count hurt you or infringe on your rights? Because you like it, it should be imposed on others who find it distateful."
See, I don't think that either your version or mine says anything meaningful. Just a succession of words or formulae without substance. Empty discourse.
As I said earlier, post count is the only metric currently active on FT that even remotely conveys ones passion. Of course I'd prefer better ones, but until that comes along...
OK. I have currently roughly 1.5 times more posts than you. Does that mean that I am 1.5 times more "passionate" about FT than you are? The ridicule of that statement, I think, makes the point that there is no relationship between passion about FT and post count. And, yes, I do find it rather distateful that some people might evaluate my 'passion' for FT on the basis of my post count and decide, on that basis, that I am 1.5 times more passionate than you and 5 times less passionate than, say,
magiciansampras. This is plainly ridiculous.