Up your post count

[Obligation]

Lol :d :d :d :d

[Obligation]

Why did that happen ?

[Robert602]

but i wonder if nyone whos been upping their post count in very good threads will join in here instead of sidetracking other threads

theres nothing more annoying than seeing a new post. clicking on the link and finding that the same thing is happening regularly to very good threads. total waste of time. dont see anything being said by the mods then. several people in chat have agreed this happens.

so, weve dont this thread to prove a point, and also, only people clicking here will get upset, if they can get upset considering the title, but it may be wiped out

Ok - fair point. Random chat is certainly better placed here than in the middle of more serious threads. I still don't think anyone should really feel the need to up their post counts for the hell of it but it seems that some do so we might as well give them a controlled outlet for it.

The thread can stay as far as I'm concerned. In fact, I might even use it as a dumping ground for chat that pops up in other topics. Maybe rename it though to something a little less blatant?

[Obligation]

It's all just a bit of fun really, it's not like you get pay-per-posts..

[Semih_Sayginer]

Rob

im fairly sure the pont has been made.

far be it for us to go against rules, but it happens

this thread was more to highlight it happening...not so theres an outlet for it to continue

im fairly sure April wouldnt mind the thread being locked, and perhaps even a mod editing a users post in future who they feel posts regularly to up their count, with a link to this thread.

alternativively, my suggestion would be

0-100 Newbie

101-200 - Regular

201 + Elite user

and then the mods could special rank anyone else they felt deserved it

that way, thered be less spamming

or

make the amount to go through the colours a lot less, then theres not much to aim for by posting to up a count

[Curtis]

I like the post count colour indicator - I don't think it needs to be removed due to the action of a few people.

If some of you do not want to see the posts from certain people, click their member name to view their profile and add them to your ignore list.

[..KiD DyNaMiTe..]

Keep the current post count indicator. It's good

[Curtis]

April and Semi - I can see you are upset with this issue and we will try to curb the off-topic posting as best as we can.

What I do not understand is both of you have offered great advice and a strong contributors, but many mebers have a fair number of posts that could be seen as 'post-inflating'. I know that is not the case, but new members may not have the same impression.

One example:

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1763.html

No one came to me with issues of post count then...

Looking at this from a new member's point of view, would you not think that general banter and postings of this type are welcome here?

[Obligation]

I don't see the problem with this thread, if people don't want to see it, then un-subscribe, and if they do want to have some friendly banter, then contribute.

[Obligation]

And is there a reason why my post count does not go up when I post?

[Alex0paul]

What I want to know is why is everyone so interested in their post count?!

There are more pressing matters like North Korea.

[Curtis]

And is there a reason why my post count does not go up when I post?

I removed the post count from the Off-Topic forum.

[April madness]

April and Semi - I can see you are upset with this issue and we will try to curb the off-topic posting as best as we can.

What I do not understand is both of you have offered great advice and a strong contributors, but many mebers have a fair number of posts that could be seen as 'post-inflating'. I know that is not the case, but new members may not have the same impression.

One example:

http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1763.html

No one came to me with issues of post count then...

Looking at this from a new member's point of view, would you not think that general banter and postings of this type are welcome here?

Curtis, I am aware lots of my posts can be viewed as upping my post count, because it's on offtopic section. I do not care a lot about my ranking title or colour or whatsoever - I'd really be happy if you could zero my post count. Still, I think even on offtopic threads I usually try to contribute and make a point. Even when that's friendly banter. I am trying not to go on snooker threads when I don't have anything valuable to say about snooker. What can I say. I just wanted people to post offtopic here. BTW, Semih just have given some examples of the posts on meaningful threads at the very start of this one...

[April madness]

I removed the post count from the Off-Topic forum.

So that you can easily find who's offtopic on the main sections? The post count uppers will go from here, if I understand correctly...

[hegeland]

I removed the post count from the Off-Topic forum.

I have to say that was a very wise decision! Should have been made much earlier though.

Maybe we can separate the off-topic threads from the list of latest posts too?

I'd like to see more intelligent posts and less banter. I am part of it myself, of course, and I don't mean that people shouldn't writr what they like but sometimes it gets a bit too much IMO.