Do away with post counts
Aug 25, 2005 | 5:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Dino2020
Hmmm funny how most* of the people who post a massive amount in OMNI dont see there is need for a change, yet others who post on travel related boards want the change.
I wonder, however, if this is realistic - - I assume that Randy would want to keep the overall post counts high for ad revenue purposes, so deleting a huge numvber of posts from the count would not be in his best interest (but I admit know little or nothing about how the advertising rates actually works, so help me out if I'm wrong).
Aug 25, 2005 | 5:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Dino2020
Hmmm funny how most* of the people who post a massive amount in OMNI dont see there is need for a change, yet others who post on travel related boards want the change.
* excluding Kiwiflyer
* excluding Kiwiflyer
"Most* of the people who post a massive amount in OMNI" who "don't see there is a need for a change" -- why is there a "need for a change"?
-- would just post in the other travel forums and/or "Community" ones if "post count" was a motivator. That said, I think my previous post said what I wished to say. 
Would some people be happier just deleting OMNI -- posts, post counts and all?
Aug 25, 2005 | 5:46 pm
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Originally Posted by bamalawdawg
I don't like I need to pad my #s just to get back into CC
I choose my posts carefully
I choose my posts carefully
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...48&postcount=8
Aug 25, 2005 | 6:29 pm
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Originally Posted by cactuspete
I post quite often in OMNI
I would call that more than "often"
Being serious for a minute though I take back my statement that most people who post in OMNI dont like the idea, I have been proved wrong. Peace to all.
Dino
Last edited by Dino2020; Aug 25, 2005 at 6:39 pm
Aug 26, 2005 | 4:03 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Would some people be happier just deleting OMNI -- posts, post counts and all?
Aug 26, 2005 | 4:17 am
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Originally Posted by civicmon
i'm padding my postcount, see? I need all the exposure I can get. 
Aug 26, 2005 | 4:21 am
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post counts or not 
(No I am not running for talkboard and don't put any weight into actual post counts when checking out is someone is credible or not. I have found some of the biggest trolls are those with high numbers of posts)
(No I am not running for talkboard and don't put any weight into actual post counts when checking out is someone is credible or not. I have found some of the biggest trolls are those with high numbers of posts)
Aug 26, 2005 | 5:18 am
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I have only ventured into OMNI-land once or twice. Many of the frequent posters there with 4,000,000+ posts I had never even seen before in my daily viewing of Flyertalk (since spring 2003). I sometimes almost think of it as two different boards.
I also often look at a Join Date, see it from 1998, but they only have 1,000 posts. Even though someone has 9,000 post since they joined in January, I still value the "wiser" FTer.
I do sometimes, though, come across a newbie who probably flys laps around most memebers here, and there posts reflect their experiance. Not all FFers have found FT....yet!
Just my 2 cents. (And YES, one more post!)
I also often look at a Join Date, see it from 1998, but they only have 1,000 posts. Even though someone has 9,000 post since they joined in January, I still value the "wiser" FTer.
I do sometimes, though, come across a newbie who probably flys laps around most memebers here, and there posts reflect their experiance. Not all FFers have found FT....yet!
Just my 2 cents. (And YES, one more post!)
Aug 26, 2005 | 6:14 am
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Originally Posted by alanw
Would the OOTs go with it?
Aug 26, 2005 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by Dino2020
4 of your last 100 post have been in travel related forums
I would call that more than "often"
Being serious for a minute though I take back my statement that most people who post in OMNI dont like the idea, I have been proved wrong. Peace to all.
Dino
I would call that more than "often"
Being serious for a minute though I take back my statement that most people who post in OMNI dont like the idea, I have been proved wrong. Peace to all.
Dino
Aug 26, 2005 | 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by Dino2020
4 of your last 100 post have been in travel related forums
I would call that more than "often"
Being serious for a minute though I take back my statement that most people who post in OMNI dont like the idea, I have been proved wrong. Peace to all.
Dino
I would call that more than "often"
Being serious for a minute though I take back my statement that most people who post in OMNI dont like the idea, I have been proved wrong. Peace to all.
Dino
My question - to those who favor change - would be, what has happened that a "need" has arisen to change the status quo (i.e., what "problem" has suddenly popped up out of the blue that has been created, in some way, by displaying post counts)? How would the change "resolve" the "problem"? Will this change improve the FT experience, have no impact, or will it detract from the FT experience?
FT, to date, has been pretty dang successful. I don't think we want to be tinkering frivolously or pointlessly with something that clearly works for the vast majority.
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Aug 26, 2005 | 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by Dino2020
Being serious for a minute though