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Originally posted by PKRWUD
LOL. Honestly Jim, the post count seems to mean more to you than anyone else. You erasing your post count is the first and only act that I have seen in weeks that was done as a conscious effort by an individual to change that persons count. I am no longer aware of one single person that posts just to increase theirs. In fact, nobody, other than you, even mentions it anymore. It's still a big help having it there, and the members I know enjoy having it, but you are the only one that seems to get so worked up by it. Kinda like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I find it very helpful in my daily routines here. I'm sorry that you feel so troubled by it. I hope whatever it is you're trying to accomplish by wiping out your count goes well for you.
Take care,
~Chris
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LOL to you too, buddy.
Honestly Chris, your perception of my comments is way off.
The Deuce asked me about my post count and I simply responded. Had no one asked, I would not have mentioned it and I didn't make a formal announcment about it. Your interest and concern about my personal decision on this minor matter is rather interesting but other than that, my post count - or lack of one - is of no consequence to anything so I saw no need to belabor the subject other than to respond to a legitimate question.
I never accused anyone of anything other than to repeat my contention that there is generally too much interest in the post count, which I see as a fact indicated by the many mentions of it over the past year from others celebrating their milestone count (100, 500, 1000 whatever) and entire threads - that I was never a part of - discussing how many posts until so-and-so has 'X' posts. Prehaps you missed those threads but - I think not. Unlike you Chris, I'm well aware of posts made mostly for increasing a count but that's just a fact of any internet messageboard; I do a lot of web surfing and I see it elsewhere on many different types of sites.
Your statement that a post count 'troubles' me is also a bit of an over-dramatization of my actual position. I first mentioned it some time ago as part of a poll/thread that was discussing changes to the post count feature. I never initated the subject, I only commented on it. Later, it grew into a slighted heated discussion but eventually it faded out as a popular subject with the majority of the members indicating that they liked the post count feature. Dan has said that he probably won't drop it so I consided the subject closed and I haven't mentioned it since.
So, for my own purposes, I zeroed out my count. You were the very first person to comment on it and I thank you for your interest. I'm well aware that you consider the count vital to your use of the forums so we disagree regarding it's usefulness. So what? The only thing I hope to accomplish is to show - to myself, if no one else - that a post count is basically meaningless.
i.e. You post some really excellent tech stuff and quite a few non-tech goodies. Do you think anyone on the boards for a week or so doesn't know the quality of your information once they see who posted it? Does your high post count make anything you post then increase in quality? Of course not. It's just a number and can be added to with dreck or with highly useful or entertaining material.
Same here. I accumulated my near-6000 posts by posting a lot of helpful information to many, many people over five years, plus. I also posted things like
'Welcome to Mustang Works' about 500 times, as well as
'Wecome back", 'Get a 3.73 rear' or
'Use 10-30 oil'. Junk posts? Not at all, but they build up a big number that says nothing about me except that I post a lot, which, as a moderator/administrator, is quite natural.
So, no, Chris; I'm not 'troubled' by post counts, I simply don't consider them vital and necessary to my enjoyment of the website, as you say you do. The counts for the other 20,200 members - yours included - are still there and of course my post count isn't really lost; I may change my mind and restore it eventually. Who knows...and who cares? Still, thanks for your concern.
Now, lets get back to the important stuff.