Proposal: Do Not Consider Posts in OMNI For PostCount
May 10, 2006 | 7:30 am
#46
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Originally Posted by Cholula
A couple years ago it was decided that posts in OMNI weren't going to be included in a member's post total. And all previous posts to OMNI were then retroactively removed from everybody's post total. I remember some posters losing several thousand posts overnight.
A few months later a decision was made to reverse this and to include OMNI posts in a member's post total. That decision still stands today.
Just a FYI.
A few months later a decision was made to reverse this and to include OMNI posts in a member's post total. That decision still stands today.
Just a FYI.
1/2 of them are there probably because of baseball. 
Have any of you ever watched "Who's Line is it Anyway"? Whether the English version with Clive Anderson or the California version with Drew Carey, the message remains the same: the points given out just don't matter.
Same thing with post count in FT; it means nothing.
May 10, 2006 | 8:04 am
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Back to the topic, the proposal is to not count non-travel related forum posts in the count. I don't see the reason for this to be an issue.
The only situation where there is a real benefit from a higher count is getting access to OMNI and Coupon Connection.
It is OMNI posts that are the ones that wouldn't be counted.
You can't post in OMNI before you have access.
All of the posts that got you the higher post count that gave you access to OMNI must have been in travel-related forums.
There is no benefit to removing the non-travel-related forum posts from the post count.
Q.E.D.
The only situation where there is a real benefit from a higher count is getting access to OMNI and Coupon Connection.
It is OMNI posts that are the ones that wouldn't be counted.
You can't post in OMNI before you have access.
All of the posts that got you the higher post count that gave you access to OMNI must have been in travel-related forums.
There is no benefit to removing the non-travel-related forum posts from the post count.
Q.E.D.
May 10, 2006 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by MovieMan
Additionally, blatant post padding is not allowed in the lounge threads or Community Buzz. No such rule in OMNI.
If post counts do count in OMNI, then the policy as written in the sticky in that forum needs to be updated to reflect the same.
May 10, 2006 | 12:43 pm
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Originally Posted by MovieMan
Yet in reality they are not--two examples: a) posters with large enough post counts are labeled "Evangelists," with obvious connotations as to their "knowledge;"
and b) in general, many FTers naturally also tend to give more credibility to posters with more post counts than those with less, whether deserved or not. This happens both everyday and during special occasions such as the TB elections.
I think this is an important enough issue to be addressed by the TalkBoard.
May 10, 2006 | 6:32 pm
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Originally Posted by MovieMan
Additionally, blatant post padding is not allowed in the lounge threads or Community Buzz. No such rule in OMNI.
Also how does one quantify what "blatant" post padding is? On some of those large lounge threads some of the participants have over a 1000 posts........would that be called post padding?
May 10, 2006 | 7:42 pm
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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan
...If an FTer had 7,000+ posts, it is very unlikely that they would waste so many hours of their life typing "I agree" or just a smiley....
or the like, and you'd see a significant postcount drop in those cases.
May 10, 2006 | 8:01 pm
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Originally Posted by outtolunch
What "obvious" connotations? Don't you think people are smart enough to understand that these types of labels are simply hokey features of the BB software?
Originally Posted by outtolunch
Do you have some evidence of this? Again, people here are savvy enough to not give credence to a post based on simply the number of posts.
Originally Posted by outtolunch
I think it silly that people get their panties in knot over post counts. Good grief.
May 10, 2006 | 8:05 pm
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In order to discuss whether or not posts in OMNI should count towards post stats, I think we need to understand why we have posts displayed at all.
If it is to connote some kind of knowledge, then OMNI posting should be a liability
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If it is to stroke egos, as is the goal of frequent flyer programs in general (in my opinion), then we should keep them and allow OMNI to count.
If it is to merely keep track of how big of a loser one is for posting all day on an internet forum, then they should be kept.
So the question is, what do the post counts do for us? Once we answer this, we will have a better idea of whether or not OMNI should count towards them.
If it is to connote some kind of knowledge, then OMNI posting should be a liability
. If it is to stroke egos, as is the goal of frequent flyer programs in general (in my opinion), then we should keep them and allow OMNI to count.
If it is to merely keep track of how big of a loser one is for posting all day on an internet forum, then they should be kept.
So the question is, what do the post counts do for us? Once we answer this, we will have a better idea of whether or not OMNI should count towards them.
May 10, 2006 | 8:15 pm
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Originally Posted by magiciansampras
So the question is, what do the post counts do for us? Once we answer this, we will have a better idea of whether or not OMNI should count towards them.
Cheers
May 10, 2006 | 8:30 pm
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Plan on taking out the CC posts too, while the TB is at it.
May 10, 2006 | 11:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Q Shoe Guy
Another problem in those lounge threads is that sometimes they are used by certain cliques to berate other FT'ers.......
Also how does one quantify what "blatant" post padding is? On some of those large lounge threads some of the participants have over a 1000 posts........would that be called post padding?
Also how does one quantify what "blatant" post padding is? On some of those large lounge threads some of the participants have over a 1000 posts........would that be called post padding?
May 11, 2006 | 3:20 am
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Originally Posted by cawhite
Actually there are at least a few of them who have done just that. Take away the posts that consist only of "wrong" or or the like, and you'd see a significant postcount drop in those cases.
or the like, and you'd see a significant postcount drop in those cases.- Every post in a travel, miles & points related forums adds one to the post count.
- Every post in OMNI subracts one from the above post count.
I can just picture certain posters going around with negative post counts now.
May 11, 2006 | 3:24 am
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Originally Posted by AJLondon
Agree entirely! So how about something like:
- Every post in a travel, miles & points related forums adds one to the post count.
- Every post in OMNI subracts one from the above post count.
May 11, 2006 | 4:36 am
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I propose that posts about post counts do not count towards ones post count.
May 11, 2006 | 5:34 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
I propose that posts about post counts do not count towards ones post count.