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View Poll Results: Should post count be shown along with rep | |||
Yes | 3 | 21.43% | |
No | 10 | 71.43% | |
I don't care | 4 | 28.57% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 14. You may not vote on this poll |
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2012-03-25, 20:08 | Link #1 |
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Why post count is only shown in profile
I was wondering if people would like to see their post count next to their rep?
And why your post count can only be viewed in your profile? yet rep is visible when posting under your avatar. Most other forums show post count, seeing someones post count could be good to see how active they are on AnimeSuki without having to go into their profile. I don't think most people would mind other people seeing them with a low post next to their rep so is there a particular reason post count is only visible in your profile. Last edited by TimeMask; 2012-03-25 at 21:13. |
2012-03-25, 20:20 | Link #2 | |
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2012-03-25, 20:30 | Link #4 | |
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It's nice to see a person's post count if you're really interested, and so it's nice that it's displayed in the profile. There's no good reason to display it prominently outside of the profile.
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2012-03-25, 20:36 | Link #5 | |
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There are Good and bad reasons to displaying post counts but I think it makes more sense to display it since people will want to see how many posts someone has made without going into their profile so they can see how active a member is (or themselves). |
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2012-03-25, 20:49 | Link #6 | ||
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What's the good reason to displaying a post count? "You can see how active a member is?" I'll admit that I occasionally look at a user profile to see post count and posts per day (viewable in the statistics section of a profile), but that's only if I take interest in a user. If I see them posting, they're active, and does it really matter whether they're more or less active compared to someone else? Is it really that much effort to go into a user profile? Is it really that interesting to see everyone's post counts? I'm not trying to say that post counts are useless. It's an interesting bit of info about someone. I just don't think it's critical information, and it's definitely not worth the risk of spam that it tends to encourage.
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2012-03-25, 20:54 | Link #7 | |
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2012-03-25, 20:54 | Link #8 | |
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It's nice to see a person's post count if you're really interested, and so it's nice that it's displayed in the profile. There's no good reason to display it prominently outside of the profile. "You can see how active a member is?" I'll admit that I occasionally look at a user profile to see post count and posts per day (viewable in the statistics section of a profile), You say there's no good reason yet you keep listing good reasons. |
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2012-03-25, 20:58 | Link #9 | |
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There is NO GOOD REASON to display the post count under a person's avatar. I want you to understand that I agree with you that the post count is interesting. I don't want you to think that I'm disagreeing with you because I don't care about the post count. Is that better?
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2012-03-25, 21:04 | Link #10 | |
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On the poll that closed post counts only 88 people voted so not everyone got their say and the poll was nearly a tie: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...highlight=post However I don't see any mods making the post count visible anyway since most people on Animsuki don't seem to go in this section to state their opinion about having post count visible when posting. |
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2012-03-25, 21:16 | Link #11 | ||
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There is a good reason to have a post count somewhere in the forum. There is no good reason to have it shown outside of the user profile. I have explained why, and I don't see you offering any counter arguments. If you still think that I'm offering conflicting opinions then I'll assume that you're trolling. Quote:
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2012-03-25, 21:19 | Link #12 | |
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Maybe people don't complain about post count being invisible since they don't think mods will listen, I don't expect anyone to listen to me for example about making post counts visible when posting. I just wondered what people thought about this, I'm not trying to troll I was only trying to point something out to you (that you were contradicting yourself) but never mind I won't mention it again. Good reason for post counts Like I said on the 1st post of this thread "seeing someones post count could be good to see how active they are on AnimeSuki without having to go into their profile. I don't think most people would mind other people seeing them with a low post next to their rep so is there a particular reason post count is only visible in your profile." Last edited by TimeMask; 2012-03-25 at 21:48. |
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2012-03-25, 23:05 | Link #13 |
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As Ledgem already mentioned, not displaying your post count under reputation is a practical choice made to avoid spam posting habits.
When you think about it, seeing someone's post count doesn't really tell you all that much, and to show you an example, you need to look no further that my own profile: http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=32539 I have a post count of 6282 and from that, you could assume that I am a very active member here; Truth to be told, I was a lot more active in my first years than I am currently and my post count doesn't really say anything about how active I am now. While it's true that we have made recent changes based on our members feedback (i.e: the sig rules), we simply can't use popular opinion to determine everything.
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2012-03-26, 02:31 | Link #15 | |
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2012-03-26, 03:38 | Link #16 |
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Showing post count is terrible. I've seen all sorts of forums where people are derided for low post counts (Their opinions are invalid because they post so little) or other silly behavior. It doesn't add anything to the conversation really, just gives another reason for people to flame others.
Honestly if you're so curious just look at their profile. It's not that hard.
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2012-03-26, 05:08 | Link #19 | |
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2012-03-26, 06:06 | Link #20 | |
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@Daniel E. you said we can't use popular opinion to decide anything but wasn't there a poll that decided to close post count? and a poll is based on popular opinion. I don't see anyone posting who wants to see post count which probably means they know their opinion will not make a difference. Last edited by TimeMask; 2012-03-26 at 06:29. |
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