Removing automated titles and postcount.
Gumbo
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I don't think either of these should be visible to all users. They should be private statistics. Just because you have 4000 posts on a forum, it doesn't mean they aren't all shit.
I think instead, if somebody does something truly noteworthy, they should get a custom title granted by administration or something.
Yeah, it's fun to pick on the noobs "stfu acolyte" whatevs. But man, that is not a good way to attract new members, or to build a drama-resistant community. You should be known for your contributions and personality, not your invincible posts-per-day.
Here's an example. I have 90 posts. Will I contribute anything worthwhile in the next decade? Probably not. But by the end of it, I might have as many posts as our most active members have now. And believe me, I'll lord it over newbies. HARD. Why not pre-empt this sort of thing? I'm sure there are other douchebags like me around here.
I think instead, if somebody does something truly noteworthy, they should get a custom title granted by administration or something.
Yeah, it's fun to pick on the noobs "stfu acolyte" whatevs. But man, that is not a good way to attract new members, or to build a drama-resistant community. You should be known for your contributions and personality, not your invincible posts-per-day.
Here's an example. I have 90 posts. Will I contribute anything worthwhile in the next decade? Probably not. But by the end of it, I might have as many posts as our most active members have now. And believe me, I'll lord it over newbies. HARD. Why not pre-empt this sort of thing? I'm sure there are other douchebags like me around here.
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Join Date
07-02-2010
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91
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Join Date
07-12-2010
Total Posts
3,571
LOL!!!!1!!!!11!!!!11!!!!!!1!!!!
Post counts are serious business bro.
Yeh, you're slowly closing the gap, mothafucka :mad:
My e penis may be smaller than yours but my IRL penis is larger:o:o Plus I is in the top 6 with posts counts anyway:o
Goes without saying
I accept my physical setbacks
I don't know if I agree with that. This is a very small forum, still. It doesn't have a big community of writers. The old TOTSE had a pile of text files, and the people who liked to read/write them were all over the forums. That's why I stuck around.
I ended up getting scared off posting back then because I got flamed purdy hard for being new. I lurked for a long time, and now I'm posting again because I don't give a shit anymore.
The thing is, back then was when I was at my most creative. I would have contributed much more stuff. Nowadays, I'm a lazy jerk. I like to think that people shouldn't have to deal with too much shit just because they're new.
It may cause shit in the short term, but I honestly think that this forum would be better with hidden postcounts and titles.
Mayberry, again. Ouch. Damn dude.
Thanks, that means a lot coming from you man.
Also: The only person on that other thread who was on my side of the postcount deal is da teacha. :facepalm:
da teacha is a huge failtroll. You've been posting quality stuff. I was trying to be lulzy earlier with the whole listing reg and post count. People on totse did that all the time to be funny and I wanted to carry on the tradition. For real though no one cares. I forget I have so many posts. I just see a lot of threads to respond to and I do it.
Yeah we all like you. Flaming is just the totse way so stick around. Plus Gumbo is fucking delicious.:D
I think maybe I've given the impression that I'm like, all worked up and massively asspained over this. Taking some flak isn't a big deal to me, but is it really worth shooting down some potentially awesome posters that way?
I did read the entirety of the other thread, too. I guess this debate has been done. You guys can lock the thread if you like.
The thing is we don't want butthurt members. If they can handle some mild flaming then they should be good members.
Quite a few of us have proven the ability to destroy these types of members
anybody who says they are oblivious to their post count is a fucking liar, liar, liar!; the biggest post counts are usually sums of the kind of posts that don't really need to be posted and probably wouldn't have been if the tally wasn't recorded. There is a huge e-dick factor and theres nothing to be ashamed of - i'm so tired of this humanity is so evolved attitude; as if our behavior isn't at all founded on animalistic urges and instincts.
A big motive for my posting patterns is the same reason I scribble on shit like tables at uni; it's just self-confirmation really; just saying 'hey guis i wus hur!' and in the end; who really cares, if the forum wasn't driven to the point of consuming the posting community into a level of comfort in which they can express the insane, then why bother?
Actually if you set post style to legacy then post count is visible.