Post count or no post count Thread

Today was a interesting day over at interlopers with post counts being removed to stop the increasing noob bashing of new ppl by high posting members, even though here i run with everyone else making a woo 3k post thread, I agreed with the interlopers members...
I feel removing post counts from the forums would help ppl get off there high horse and back to reality... we where all noob once and im sure you wasn’t bashed about it...

So my question is post counts are they needed?

if so why?

I don't think the post count is the reason most noobs get bashed.
It's because they've all come up with a brand new original idea to make OpFor 2.

not realy the question at hand dude...

Well. Like you say post counts often denote the seniorty of members, and that is pretty important for alot of people. It gives you your position in the community, roughly. By taking away post counts you're taking away a person's pride at having been part and participant in the community.

To hit this argument from another tack, does post count affect this community in a bad way? I can't say I've seen anyone badly abuse a position of authority, due to their post count. I've seen obnoxious, rude and thoughtless posts from some of these community members, but then I've seen them from less experienced members too. I feel that the current warnings system does alot to help prevent rule breakers and noob bashers, in the whole of the community (although often this has been quite harsh imo.. it depends on the mod I suppose), and this is another reason why I don't think removing postcount would be a great idea - there is already a pretty effective system to prevent it's effects.

Thinking about it, removing the count would be an interesting experiment nonetheless. If it could be removed temporarily for say, 1 or 2 months, to see if the effect is positive or negative, I'd be interested to see the results.

post count shouldnt matter its the content and the context that posts are made that is important, with the seniorty a senior member option could be placed or somthing that denotes the member as being a community contributer, i for one look more at join date than i do of post count for a idea of how senior the member is

Fuck you, you can't take away my hard-earned 10k+ posts.

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and you will have ppl like ippo and cheapalert that wont like the idea

Agreed, I've never been too bothered by post counts either way - a person talking utter crap is still talking utter crap whether they post it one time or one thousand. Likewise a good point is a good point whether it is their first post here or their thousandth.

Taking away post counts won't stop noobs saying stupid things, and with or without post counts some senior members are going to lose their temper once in awhile at the actions of the most willfully ignorant and annoying noobs. There's very little problems on Moddb, and the few times it has got out of hand the mods do a great job of calming things down. Moddb is great with postcounts, and it would be great without them. So since postcounts aren't going to make or break moddb, and some people are proud of their postcount, and want to make the odd fun thread celebrating it, why deny them that bit of fun?

I think post counts are daunting to new members whether you like it or not. I mean when I always join a new forum you always feel like an idiot asking for help when you have only 1 post to your name. It is rather intimidating.

So I would not be opposed to removing post counts from forums. I'm not sure others would approve thou!

Edited by: INtense!

Lol, I was only joking. I think a Senior Member appointment would be great to have, if only to keep the egos in check. I'd be up for it.

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interlopers used a bar system

thoughts?

yeah thats pretty smart

I don't know how easy it would be to implement, but what about some sort of 'kudos' system, whereby instead of a postcount people are awarded points by their peers for making a particularly valuable/insightful post. There could be a 'Kudos' link next to 'quote | anchor | modify', which users click to award a post.

I don't know how much use it would get, but I reckon it would be much more representative of a person's value to the community than a simple postcount.

COMMUNISM!!! (<spelling?)

What do you have over the other little ones now, knowledge? experience? an understanding that you need to be able to make a mod to make a mod?

Not on my watch...

Personally I barely even look at it, mostly it's me going. Damnit I hit 1 k posts 10 posts ago, It's too late to make a thread about it now!! Thoguh sometimes when I look at like ippo's or others and see that they have like super ammount of posts. I'm just wow, they have been here a long time, they must know a frikin' lot about mods. Which isn't always the case, (points to self). But I do feel sort of not intimidated but I have a sort of respect for them. Since when you joined doesn't entail too much.

I think post count seriously sometimes can show how good of a modder you are, i mean u can't stick around this forum long enough without getting into some kind of modding related materials... it also shows dedication to the community, and speaks when words have no meaning to n00bs, so like if you only had 10 posts, i don't think they'd listen, but if you had like 5,000, theyd be like hey that guy knows what he's talking about.

I could take either side. Post counts can often point out members who have been contibuting to the community and may offer help. However, as you said, it may scare off some newcomers. Though I can't really say I've seen a situation such as this on Moddb.

Text_Fish wrote: I don't know how easy it would be to implement, but what about some sort of 'kudos' system, whereby instead of a postcount people are awarded points by their peers for making a particularly valuable/insightful post. There could be a 'Kudos' link next to 'quote | anchor | modify', which users click to award a post.

a similar system is used over at face punch forums
a thanks system where you can thank some one. it seems corny and miss used, abused however its a feature non the less

Salohcin wrote: as you said, it may scare off some newcomers. Though I can't really say I've seen a situation such as this on Moddb.

True. I'm new here and I've been pleasantly surprised by the lack of elitism.

I don't really like post counts...those 'kudos' systems might be good. We definately need something to denote members who have been here for a while. People like me who usually post unless they have something to say generally have far less posts then other people even if they have been here for similar amounts of time.

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TKAzA wrote: not realy the question at hand dude...

What I was trying to say is that the post count isn't the issue, and that I see no point in removing it.

Text_Fish wrote:

Salohcin wrote: as you said, it may scare off some newcomers. Though I can't really say I've seen a situation such as this on Moddb.

True. I'm new here and I've been pleasantly surprised by the lack of elitism.

^What they said. ^

its tends to be seasonal like a migration, school holidays and release of new games, again why do we need post counts and if we do why?

TKAzA wrote: again why do we need post counts and if we do why?

Maybe we should come up with our own system instead of riding off of others. Pave the way for innovation rather than following in the steps of those in the past. The more creations we come up with, the better it makes ModDB and its community look.

Quick, competition to see who can come up with a new forum system! Winner gets stuff...

Ooooh stuff, I like stuff. What kinda stuff?

My post count is not the reason I'm on my high horse.

Karuto wrote:
Quick, competition to see who can come up with a new forum system! Winner gets stuff...

A system that distributes points or takes away points based on member's opinions of somone would work. "Oh no, some ass on his high horse was mean to the n00b lets give him some negative points for that!" Reputation points I guess, there is also that karma system which is the same thing. Can my award be some points and a dungeon Siege 2 modding category for my mods if I win!? and a reciprocal link from mod DB....

Edit: Oh you said innovation and the system I'm describing has been mentioned. I got an innovative idea but it's far too complex.

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