Keeping score

[Sly]

I suspect to deter those who post merely to "up" their tally.

Oh, OK. Up another one!

[Lone Wolf]

I suspect to deter those who post merely to "up" their tally.

i'm pushin 10,000

[Roland]

i'm pushin 10,000

Yeah, but your count is slowing down, now that you purchased an "edit" button.

[Lone Wolf]

Yeah, but your count is slowing down, now that you purchased an "edit" button.

yeah no ****in ****

[Jester2000]

I suspect to deter those who post merely to "up" their tally.

I don't do that.

[Jester2000]

I don't do that.

Or maybe I do.

[Jester2000]

Or maybe I do.

Nah, I definitely don't.

[Mags]

There is a reason I don't post my Trail name on WB.

Its called humility.

Rick,

What does posting a trail name or not posting a trail name have to do with humility?

I'm honestly not sure I understand what you mean.

Mags (family nickname,what people call me in town and trail name..)

[BlackCloud]

I definitely don't understand that humility comment, and would like to hear fromt he source as to why it was disabled.

THX

[ed bell]

No idea, Troll would have to answer. Personally, I like to see it as it would be easier to welcome new members. <snip>

This came up during a recent post on Ward Leonard. Being able to instantly recognize and welcome new members is pretty important, IMO. I know I was welcomed and encouraged to participate in the begining (for better or worse) and it went a long way towards making me feel at home here. Just .02 more cents.

[Jack Tarlin]

I think the figure should be restored.

The figure does indeed give people an idea about a particular poster.

And I'm not saying that a great number of posts is necessarily indicative of someone being a "good" or significant poster. Maybe it just means they have a lot of time on their hands! Lord knows a lot of my posts over the years could have been skipped. Likewise, there are lots of people here who post infrequently or hardly at all, and it'd be a mistake to infer that their opinion doesn't matter or should be ignored because of the infrequency of their posts.

But on some occasions, we see brand new, or very infrequent posters saying things or advocating things that can indeed be questioned based on the infrequency of their posts or their new-ness to the website. Sometimes, it's quite useful to discover that someone who is particularly outspoken actually has had minimal contact with, or minimal previous connection to the website.

In short, I don't see anything wrong with providing the number of posts that any one individual has contributed, and I'm curious as to why this was changed.

I also like the way that new folks are immediately welcomed to the website when people see their first post, and I'd like to think these early greetings give people a good feeling about Whiteblaze, and encourage further participation.

[Lone Wolf]

the figure will just show i have no life due to the major amount of posts i have

[Jack Tarlin]

But they have pith.

[Lone Wolf]

But they have pith.

yes. they lack bloviation. like yours.

[Roland]

whodathunk I could expand my vocabulary at WB?

From bloviation to moosecock, I've learned a lot of new words.

[ed bell]

Moosecock is my favorite new word. Pithy resonse though it may be.

[rickb]

Rick,

What does posting a trail name or not posting a trail name have to do with humility?

I'm honestly not sure I understand what you mean.

Mags,

The context was lost when Wolf's post regarding the size of my manhood was deleated by the mods.

Rick

[BlackCloud]

Mags,

The context was lost when Wolf's post regarding the size of my manhood was deleated by the mods.

Rick

How immature of the mods...

[ed bell]

Looks like the post count has been re-instated. Gotta say I think it's a good thing. Score has nothing to do with it. Nice to welcome new members.

[FatMan]

+1.......