Yes it is now official

 

 

 Yes, really folks -- why exactly is this a praise-worthy  "achievement?" I've been assured in the past that none of you currently handing out the "congratulations" care about post counts any more. (Coincidentally, you stopped caring after accumulating 10,000+ posts. Hmmmmm)

 

Sorry, but I think this all encourages the posting of way too much pointless, inane, self-indulgent drivel.

 

Enabling, perhaps?

 

 

 

 

 

I've never  understood this obsession with post counts, and how mere numbers supposedly equate to "rep"  (or why we should all be expected to congratulate someone for attaining any given number).

 

 Quality -- not quantity. I applaud individual GOOD posts, not mere numbers of them, regardless of content. (It's not the size of your post count , but what you do with it that matters.)

 

 

 

 Sorry for "raining on your parade," PIML. It's not personal, (and I actually enjoy your presence here) it's just an ongoing concern of mine about too many posts that essentially have nothing to say, and are of no interest to anyone but the poster. I believe, in general, that what we post here should be of at least some potential interest to others. I fail to see how a mere song title, for instance, could be of any interest to anyone, and I am strongly against the presence of threads that are clearly designed only to inflate post counts with a lot of pointless drivel. 

 

Thus I don't like post counts, and the awarding of "status" on the forum solely because of post numbers. The numbers mean nothing -- save perhaps as an indication of the degree of the forum member's obsession with the site, or lack of a social life. (And here I freely admit to having an often obsesssive/unhealthy history with this forum  -- thus my frequent breaks.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had one member here who had over 100 posts in avreage each day, reaching 1000 posts a week after he joined. He leaved after that though.

James went from 3000 to about 15000 in 3-4 months