I am proud to say I seconded and voted for this motion in May 06 (which at that time failed) :

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=563745

Moved by ScottC and seconded by ozstamps

Quote:

that posts made in the "Omni" forum of Flyertalk do not count towards ones visible post count. This will not be implemented retroactively, but will take place if the motion passes on any new posts made in "Omni".


Very pleased to see Randy has now decided to take this exact path. ^ ^ ^

There were figures given on the private TB forum at that time of some members having 10,000 plus posts, or nearly their entire post counts, in "Counting down from 10 Million" or "Mongolian Word Association" threads, or "Guess what Toothpaste Brand I'll use tomorrow" etc, etc.

Fun for some, but it adds nothing whatever to points and miles and travel knowledge, which is what FT was founded for, and is truly what it should do better than anyone else.

I am sure if FT added an on-line Sudoku portal, it would gain millions of posts too ... from folks who do may not have any clue about travel and miles and points - or interest in either.

The manic yells and screams and hollering from those here likely to be impacted can be still seen on the public thread from that time. @:-)

Anyone who wants to waste several hours a week adding to "Counting down from 10 Million" should be free to do so .... no issues at all with that, except they might consider asking for a "Get A Life" book for Christmas - IMHO.

Now those posts will not count, which is how it always should have been - IMHO.

IIRC at an earlier time Randy REMOVED all OMNI post counts from member tallies, so the current move seems more than fair, and could have been a lot worse, I'll remind those complaining about it.

No TB member voting for the current motion represents this member's POV, and I hope if by chance it succeeds, that Randy ignores it.