Get Rid of the 'Posts Per Day' feature

Slartibartfast wrote: And while we're at it, get rid of this damn web site so I can have my life back.

Sounds good to me...

I like the idea of us all choosing our own post counts, okay, maybe not.

I think at least it would be better in some ways if it was optional if we want to have our post counts show (It can be useful for mods to be able to see the post count, and perhaps when we hide it, they could still see it ).  It can be helpful to for members to see if someone is a regular poster (might be, generally, forgiving of those who err who have low posts counts).

At a site I was on before, we did away with post counts because there were those who were spamming in order to raise them (we didn't have a just for fun section, and "chat-chit" was discouraged.  The old mods expected more thought to go into the posts, and we're far more tolerant of off-topic posts here []EDIT, I should read my own posts -- that should be far less tolerant of off-topic posts than here].  I wanted a letter or word-count instead of post-count option there (later on when things got more relaxed, we had a couple of posters with huge number of posts who only regularly posted in a "word association" thread and a ridiculous "count to a million and back" thread.  Plus, I have tried to keep my post count down because I didn't like having one of the higher post counts in the past.  I don't care any longer, but I was kind of embarrassed, or it made me feel guilty.  It was a reminder that I was neglecting responsibilities to spend time at the board, and in that way it did provide positive encouragement not to over-post, and the more I post the more time I spend there, of course (not just when posting, but awaiting responses for discussion to develop.  To make matters worse, I had several personalities there, and three of them were top posters.


Edited by Logan - August 23 2009 at 11:15

p0mt3 wrote: If you'll read my post, you'll see perfectly why I think it should be done. I agree, it isn't a matter of life or death, but since everybody agrees that it is useless anyway, and I'm sure it won't take much effort at all to do away with it . . . well . . . why not? Now if getting rid of this feature requires the site admins to put work in that is the equivalent of scaling Mt. bloody Everest, then leave it alone. Otherwise, though, I say go ahead and get rid of the butt-ugly thing.

I agree with that, actually... Its not really at all useful, and it doesn't achieve much, but why should the Admins bother with killing the feature now?

Edited by progkidjoel - August 22 2009 at 01:46

If you'll read my post, you'll see perfectly why I think it should be done.

I agree, it isn't a matter of life or death, but since everybody agrees that it is useless anyway, and I'm sure it won't take much effort at all to do away with it . . . well . . . why not?

Now if getting rid of this feature requires the site admins to put work in that is the equivalent of scaling Mt. bloody Everest, then leave it alone. Otherwise, though, I say go ahead and get rid of the butt-ugly thing.

memowakeman wrote: Honestly i don't see how can this suggestion improve the site

I understand the points some people have raised as to why it should be removed, but I don't see how they're sincere problems.

IE - I agree.



-Joel

I say take it down, personally. Deleting things from the site isn't always easier than adding something, but a feature as default and basic as this I'm sure could be rid of quite quickly and fairly hassle-free.

If you are embarassed by your posts per day you can either stop being embarassed and give into the internet's abyss, or you can stop posting. It's simple, really. ;-)

The Quiet One wrote: ^That's not the intimidating way I was stating, quite the contrary Jeff to tell you the truth. I meant that people with very high "posts per day" can feel intimidated or ashamed, which I'm starting to feel kind of, though I'm sure some others feel the same.

I kinda know what you mean... My friends called me a "form whore" when I told them I had over 20 posts a day

I didn't/don't really care to be honest, though.

All jokes aside, I actually kind of like the feature. Sure it doesn't do anything meaningful, but it is kind of fun I guess to keep your number of posts above a certain average.

I would just say to not go through the hassle of deleting it, when there are no really negative sides to it, but there are some people who may like it. As for being intimidated, well I don't have that problem at 4.5 posts per day, but I guess those people with less than one post a day may feel it a little, but that's only because they aren't dedicated to the forum in the first place.


Edited by J-Man - August 21 2009 at 18:47

an inside joke.. at the expense of another collab I suspect...