AndrewK

Lets have OT forum posts not contribute to the total post count... then no one would feel the need to make senseless posts that contained only a smilie or "lol".

I've seen this done on other forums and it cuts down on the junk posts. Just a suggestion --

rajah996

AndrewK

Man I never saw that one coming.

I always thought the point of the post count was to show who had contributed alot to the forum. On the R/C airplane forum where OT posts dont count, one could get an idea of who the 'respected' and knowledgeable members were, and it gave a guideline of who to trust for advice. Here that is clearly out the window...

vraa

Why not? Isn't off topic part of mbworld? You might cut down the number of posts in Off Topic but you'll only increase the amount of frivilous posts in the other forums. I know where you're going though and sometimes I agree with you. What I really want is a slimmed down version of mbworld where you can disable all graphics and such. Later on add a point system where when you make contributable information to the forum members can select to add points to you which ranks you as MVP on the forum

rajah996

lol, sorry, I had to do it. I do agree with you in
part though. The only thing is, I only hang out
in the OT of this forum, so my post count would
never go anywhere.

Petie

its a post count on an internet forum, who gives a **** how big the number is, it is in no way correlated to your ***** size, so in the end, itll all be ok.

rajah996

I am not too worried about the post count, but
when I surf the forums I weigh everyones comment
to their posts. Like if someone says something, but
only has 3 posts, as compared to someone who has
say 4500, I would discredit the 3 post guy since he is
new. the 4500 guy has been around for a while, so he
might have more insight in this case on MB's. Just my
$0.02

Petie

vraa has like 11000 posts and hes an idiot....

rajah996

you will always get some erroneous answers
in any calculation

session

2+2 = 4

rajah996

ok ok, you guys get my point though

ElDiabloJoe

lol

brianhn1

HeadTurning400E

idiot? maybe somewhat uninformed, or clinically insane, but an idiot he is not, completely.

Petie

yeah but its more fun to call him an idiot...

rajah996

I never said he was an idiot, I think Ricky is
an alright guy. I was just saying that my theory
is not always fool-proof.

brianhn1

Well there is an inverse relation for some of us.

vraa

No it's not. Just because someone has five posts doesn't mean he doesn't know jack about a car. Over here remember, most people that buy Mercedes' don't waste their time on a forum.

And if you hang out in the respective model forums, you can easily find out who knows what and who to go for for true advice.

vraa

ouch, burned.

Guest0001

I totally agree. Mods should look into this.

HeadTurning400E

Has anyone thought of the repercussions? What would become of the Post-******?

IluvS500

Noooo dont do that, I want to be like vraa some day.......10,000 posts.

HeadTurning400E

my thoughts exactly, i aspire to be one day, Out of Control!!

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0WN3d

brianhn1

I guess many of us do. But you need lots of time and when you continue posting like crazy, you will be wasting tons of time.