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oo_xerox
United States852 Posts
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t3tsubo
Canada682 Posts
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flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
I feel like I'm in a special position. I didn't join TL until the tail end of December 09, so I'm most definitely not an "old" poster. However, I have multiple thousands of posts, and besides konadora I don't think I've seen another poster with, on average, more posts per week. I have a Pen. You look at my account from a thread, and it seems like I'm a respectable person. I spend quite a bit of time on TL. I'm not afraid to admit, I spam quite a bit. I read many articles in many sections of the forum every day. I post quite a few one-liners, and of late my posting quality has probably dropped a bit. I used to actually LR, with comments about builds and games; now I'm more prone to just say something like "oops that was a fail scarab," a comment that is worthless in the sense that it wouldn't edify somebody reading through the thread without watching the stream. I moderate Mafia games in the hidden sub-forum, and most of those posts are good, since they tend to keep games going. I've written a few things now, and I'm going to continue writing. I believe those count amongst the "good" posts I make. In short, I (believe I) contribute to this forum, though I "take" from it as well, in the form of my rapid output of menial posts. Post count isn't necessarily a good or bad thing, and the 200-odd comments in this poll have already touched base on both sides of the issue. Legitimacy and veterancy (oops according to Chrome, this isn't a word) on TL isn't found in post count alone, nor is it found in time spent. Lurkers can stay here for years, and shitty posters (I am one of them!) can rack up multiple thousands of posts. True, the argument that "bad posters are recognized and banned if they try to spam" holds for most cases and is bolstered by the recent addition of the report system (which ironically I can't use, oops), but moderation on Teamliquid is handled by people, not machines. Sometimes, bad posts just slip through the cracks. Sometimes, people get away with stuff. There are some users with a lot of posts that still like to mess with other people, and there are "veteran" users that belittle newer posters. The icon system is nice--it allows one to quickly gauge the status of the person posting. You can spam a lot and have a thousand posts in a month, but still be only a worker due to the second imposition--time. You can have been a "silent forum veteran"--AKA lurker, since 2005, and still have only 50 posts. Some of the best posters and biggest contributers on TL have very few posts--look at Marcoso, aers, Arrian, etc. They all have around 500 posts but each and every one of those posts makes the site a better place. You have "quality" posters--the Trozzes of Teamliquid. You have the contributing spammers--konadora, myself, CM, etc. Some mods and administrators have thousands of posts. Others like riptide don't even top 2000. On the subject of "e-peen", I've already briefly mentioned that people like to belittle others. The internet is a cruel and anonymous place, yes. While I can say that I've never looked down upon anybody just by their post count or icon (I judge by the quality of the post itself) since I remember my metaphorical roots, I know of a lot of higher-level icon posters that don't even bother to read low-post count posts. Hell, there was a website feedback topic not long ago complaining about the lower-tier icons, wanting some way to phase them out. Okay I'm about done ranting. Icons are good, they help distinguish. Stars are good. Join date and post count are both good. To be honest, I don't see a need to have post count AND join date both placed in the thread. If somebody really cares about your online posting veterancy, I'm sure they wouldn't mind taking the extra second to control-click the "profile" tab to check. I do it every time, and it lets me get a much better sense of everybody on TL. Cheers. | ||
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joe.kukish
Costa Rica14 Posts
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Badjas
Netherlands2038 Posts
On June 17 2010 13:59 joe.kukish wrote: I think that the join date is more useful than the post count. It will be useful to add this information. Join dates are already visible in the user profiles. You joined on Monday, 12th of April 2010. | ||
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meathook
1289 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
Some of you guys are still missing the bigger picture. All of that information is tucked away inside the person's profile. As flamewheel pointed out it takes one click. ._. | ||
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
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sCuMBaG
United Kingdom1144 Posts
i don't care about anything else, but that would help quite a bit | ||
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DanceCommander
United States1808 Posts
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
On June 17 2010 21:39 StarStruck wrote: F.W. stepped into the light. Some of you guys are still missing the bigger picture. All of that information is tucked away inside the person's profile. As flamewheel pointed out it takes one click. ._. Welcome to Web 2.0 where ease of access doesn't require a click anymore. Seriously though FW does make a valid point, but the community as a whole has done a good job of indicating the good and bad posters. The exceptional posters and content providers are rewarded by the mods for the various icons and stars etc... those who participate in the activities like liquibet or fantasy (I'm not sure about either since I've never used them myself) get rewarded for participation. Then there's the rest of us who just post to have fun here, or post to belittle people, or post because we're bored at work, or post because we want to help in other ways, or post because we have an opinion. The idea of someone being a "bad" poster varies between the interests of the person vs. the interests of the site. Like I don't participate in liquibet or fantasy does that make me a bad poster? Because I don't follow the pro-league does that make me a bad poster? Most of the time I read threads here as opposed to posting... that's what I like to do... but at the same time I find more worth in post count generally, and I have an example... Prior to the SC2 beta when I viewed the BW strategy forum there was a clear difference between a shitty poster and a good one... guess what held true? Yeah the person with more posts MORE OFTEN THAN NOT had a better post than someone with an inferior post count. There is a "sorta" grey line after you hit a certain post count where higher quality =/= high post count I stated before in this discussion that yeah this is not exactly the case anymore, but it's a better representation than lets say.. registration date. I registered in 2005 and rarely posted until 2007... does that mean I am automatically a better poster in 2007 regardless of post history? (The answers no because I was a real dick for my first couple posts) | ||
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
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skronch
United States2717 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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0mgVitaminE
United States1278 Posts
It seems like if a thread already has 10 + pages and i don't have a completely new idea that will just launch a new conversation -which i usually dont- i am probably not gonna post. Respect through post count is somewhat ridiculous to me anyway. Around 1000 posts is where i meaninglessly draw the line between someone i would take advice from and someone i normally wouldn't, but whether someone has 1000 or 20000 doesn't make much of a difference. | ||
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MorningMusume11
United States3490 Posts
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Executioner.zealot
United States60 Posts
EDIT: Made it purti | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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iloahz
United States964 Posts
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Ioannis
Greece62 Posts
On one hand i'm ancient in the forums and tlq as a whole... then again, i don't post much ... But all in all... i don't even care about having special icons or people seeing how many posts i've made so that they can show me more respect... whatever .. This place isn't about that... it's about having something good to say and share with everybody ... and being good in Starcraft ... On the other hand it would be good to have an iccup high rank icon maybe.... maybe something similar for starcraft 2 as well... cause no matter how many posts you've made ... a noob is still a noob | ||
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