I can't disagree.

But that doesn't change the overall fact that post counts have been corrupted and, in my view, are meaningless.

And I understand that position. Except that, if your FF balance was wrong because it didn't capture all of your travel for a certain period, you'd be mad as a hornet and you wouldn't accept that kind of inconsistency.

I totally agree. The only time posts really count to me are when someone is below about 25.

I feel like there has been a good debate. And further we have seen some movement toward a 'compromise' of having OMNI count but potentially creating a OMNI games sub-forum. That's a positive outcome of this collaborative debate, imho.

Oh yes I would.

Unfortunately, that's what happens when poorly-thought-out decisions are unilaterally made as, imho, is what happened when Randy decided to stop counting OMNI posts. So we are stuck with making the best out of what we've got. And we are further limited by the software FT is on.

So all we can do is the best we can under the circumstances, and be more thoughtful in the future.

I'm sorry to read this.

I read the......as a response to.....and not as a response to......at least, that was my interpretation.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

If a title is that important to them, why don't we resolve this all by blanking out titles and people that have a premium account can make their own title as long as non obscene?

I just don't get all the hoopla over 'posts' and 'evangelist' 'legend' etc, such a waste of time.

We really want to make FT into the post-a-thon board here? Really?

lol: what I meant is that I would be mad as a hornet and would not accept it if my FF balance was wrong because it didn't capture all of my travel for a certain period,.

And I don't like it in this case.

But the inconsistency Randy created can't be fixed due to software limitations.

All we can do is do the right thing going forward.

OK. Thanks for clarifying. Sorry I misunderstood! :)

That belief about me is not it at all. Rather it is far more akin to what you posted earlier.

No worries!

BTW, I was just doing some looking around, and was reminded that there would be no inconsistency at all if the majority of the TB and/or Randy had just listened to me back in February of 2008 when I was trying to get Randy to reverse his imho ill-advised unilateral decision:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/talkb...st-counts.html

:)

My bolding.

With all due respect, I have tried to both be creative and compromise;

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/17788547-post276.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/17781312-post173.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/17780696-post170.html

Most posters unfortunately seems to be black and white, NOT willing to discuss any of this:td:

Problem is that one wrong cant be fixed with another wrong. The inconsistencies with historical posts counted or not cant be reversed, and we will keep this discrepancy between members going forward. The reason behind post count is scarcely discussed. If we want the number to have any meaning, we need to establish this meaning first- and if there is one, then discuss how can this be best reflected.

Well, given most of my flights were never credited to a frequent flyer program despite having the chance to do so prior to 1998, I can't say that it would get me mad. I would still understand that others may be mad if in much the same circumstances.

The meaning of post counts should be headed to be what it was before, a count of all posts made on FT.

Well, given most of my flights were never credited to a frequent flyer program despite having the chance to do so prior to 1998, I can't say that it would get me mad. I would still understand that others may be mad if in much the same circumstances.

That does not mean that posters are being treated differently. One of us can go to Wal-Mart and spend $3 for a tube of toothpaste and the other can go to 7-11 and pay $5 for the exact same tube.

We made the choice of where to go and we both would be treated exactly the same by each store.

I am certain that I have a lot of Omni posts in my count. I am also certain that most of my Omni posts are not in my count. So what?

Should I be thrilled by the former and devastated by the latter?