Get Rid of the 'Posts Per Day' feature
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Topic: Get Rid of the 'Posts Per Day' feature
Posted By: The Quiet One
Subject: Get Rid of the 'Posts Per Day' feature
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 17:25
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I know this is an odd suggestion for the site, but been thinking of this feature where it "states" an average of how many posts you post per day, and find it to be quite useless, though primarly could be intimidating for some. Not sure if many feel that way, so I just want to know your opinion about it, hopefully somebody will post here. Also the fact that it's not "accurate" makes it even more useless, sorry Max or whoever added the feature, don't mean to offend you. |
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 17:52
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Have you seen Tony R's profile?
Here it is: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=2153 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=2153 How someone has 537.71 average posts a DAY, I don't know... I think it is a fairly useless feature, but it is a part of nearly every web forum, so I don't think its really damaging or needs to be removed. ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 18:05
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progkidjoel wrote:Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 18:10
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^^It can't be done!
Its a conspiracy... man. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 18:20
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an inside joke.. at the expense of another collab I suspect...
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 18:23
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^^ The Man joke?
I was saying it like a hilarious Hippy 
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 18:47
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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. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 18:50
| ^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. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 18:53
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. -------------
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 19:20
I guess you could get embarrassed on either end. Should there maybe be an option where you could show how many posts per day if you want to or have possibly have it hidden? -------------
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 21:21
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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. ;-) ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 21:27
QFT Why get rid of the feature? ------------- 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: August 21 2009 at 22:22
| 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. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 00:42
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Honestly i don't see how can this suggestion improve the site ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 00:50
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 -------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 01:06
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I've honestly never noticed the feature.
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 01:37
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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. |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 01:43
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I've never accidentally stumbled upon my average post count, the couple of times I've checked it out has been from pure interest. So if someone is intimidated by whatever the number may be, I believe they can choose to leave it alone, just don't look at it. It requires a couple of clicks, you know, it's not right in front of everybody's eyes all the time. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 01:45
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? -------------
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 12:31
| Let's just all ignore this thread ever existed, shall we... |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 22 2009 at 13:59
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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. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 23 2009 at 04:27
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And while we're at it, get rid of this damn web site so I can have my life back.
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 23 2009 at 04:36
Sounds good to me... -------------
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