It seems that only some members care about post count while most care about quality of posts; why not make an option to hide/show post count? Also, I pay attention to the people with the red names a lot more

(or the different icons).

LonelyMargarita

1845 Posts

June 19 2010 03:09 GMT

#284

How about removing location and using the space that frees up for join date? Either that or actually verify location by IP address. As it is, a significant number of users just lie about it, and there's no point wasting precious real estate on lies!

Chen

United States6344 Posts

June 19 2010 08:48 GMT

#285

On June 18 2010 23:03 Executioner.zealot wrote:
Join date is more useful I think. But I find it interesting that right now 40% want to keep it while 60% dont care, want it moved out of forums or want it changed all together. I figured considering there are a lot of people with high post counts, there would be more then 40% that would want to keep it.

EDIT: Made it purti

biased =/ I could easily say that only 24% of people, less than one in four, want it moved or removed. 76% of people dont actively want it to be changed.

is it possible to institute both? add join date right beside the post count? seems it would satisfy both sides. theres plenty of room on that line to add something

Wargizmo

1237 Posts

June 19 2010 10:42 GMT

#286

Don't care personally, but it would probably cut down on the spamming and one liners if it wasn't displayed so that would probably be a good thing IMO.

I have a low post count and a recent join date so people will think I'm a noob either way, having moved over from BW to War3 when it came out I have missed out on the TL bandwagon until recently.

seedfreedom

Canada38 Posts

June 19 2010 15:15 GMT

#287

Post count should go. Its nothing more than e-penis material.I have been on this site long before i sent my first post, and my average post count is almost nothing mainly because i never post on the forums i join. But i've been watching/playing SC1 forever and have a good understanding of the game and stratagies.

infinity2k9

United Kingdom2397 Posts

June 19 2010 15:50 GMT

#288

On June 16 2010 05:46 shimpoe wrote:

Show nested quote +

Words cannot express how true this is. Changing it from one thing to another doesn't actually fix the problem, it just rewords it.

Just the notion that you're automatically good at Starcraft if you post on forums a lot is completely laughable, and that's putting it nicely. It's just sad when you come to a "forum" and think, "Well I can't be validated in Starcraft until I raise my post count, so I guess I'll just go post in the movie threads until I'm considered a legitimate Starcraft player." Excuse me while I roll my eyes.

Edit: the second part wasn't directed at you oo_xerox

No one is saying that 100% of new posters are bad players, why do people have to see things so black and white. In my opinion it usually is helpful personally, i there's a correlation between bad advice and low postcounts. Not 100%, but a correlation definitely.

Challe

Afghanistan58 Posts

June 19 2010 20:17 GMT

#289

keep it how it is

Roblin

Sweden948 Posts

June 19 2010 20:27 GMT

#290

to be honest, I just don't care.

sporkify

United States31 Posts

June 19 2010 21:39 GMT

#291

We could make everyone who joined post beta announcement have sc2 unit icons, while pre-beta folks keep bw icons.

Or we could use icons to signify time as a member and keep post number. Or keep icons the same and put date joined. Right now, the icon and post counts are kinda redundant. (yes, the icons also are limited by time joined, but I doubt that they are the limiting factor.)

Trifid

United States23 Posts

June 19 2010 23:10 GMT

#292

I guess post count helps make certain posts seem more important than others based on someone having 10 posts over someone with 2,000. But for me, I don't pay attention to that - I don't think too many people should.

Whole

United States6046 Posts

June 19 2010 23:29 GMT

#293

For all of those who are looking for examples of post count discrimination, this thread has good examples: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=131773

The discrimination posts in that thread are the reason why I think it should be removed. It almost derailed the thread before a mod intervened. We wouldn't have this garbage with post count not being showed.

shimpoe

88 Posts

June 20 2010 02:06 GMT

#294

@Whole

It's good to see at least some people being warned for that behavior, but it's still hilarious that there are certain people who believe it doesn't exist.

NicksonReyes

Philippines4431 Posts

June 20 2010 04:48 GMT

#295

Oops! Trying to click "I don't care" but clicked remove

Sorry

Two_DoWn

United States13684 Posts

June 20 2010 05:07 GMT

#296

I like the post count because it inspires respect. Older posters should be more respected. And while post count is not always indicative of quality or length, it is a great demonstration of dedication to the forums themselves.

DemiSe

883 Posts

June 20 2010 05:08 GMT

#297

Voted "I don't care", because I don't care.
It's about quality rather than quantity --> I might "enjoy" a comment from a member with low post-count rather than a guy with more than 1000 posts. I don't think people read the post-count and base their decision wheter or not they are going to read the post.

EDIT: After a bit of thinking I rather incorporate some ranking system based on posts so people can see who's a veteran and not. Or just keep the post-count. (wink wink)

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

June 20 2010 08:57 GMT

#298

On June 19 2010 08:17 Craton wrote:
Keep it as is. It's a useful reference when looking at questionable posts.

I agree with this, now i'm not saying that a person with a higher postcount is always the better poster (we all know for a fact that it's not true) but it's a good way to know if someone is a decent poster or not.

Vhalin.rsgaming

United States18 Posts

June 20 2010 09:40 GMT

#299

Post Counts are about as useful as a dull blade,and judging ones intellect based solely on their "Post count" is just ignorant. Also judging by how long they have joined the community isn't going to solve matters as well. Post are basically ones interpretation of what has been said, on that given topic. Whether or not they are right or wrong will be up to the people reading the post. Now some comments may be ignorant and some may be very proving and intellectual, regardless they should be taken as is. Most of the post that are made by people who are basically talking out their rear, will basically make fools of themselves eventually and will be known as "Ignorant,Stupid,Enter Text here_____________" We are all adults here and in some manners there should be post that should be "erased or moderated" no doubt. While I personally feel that the post of "peoples opinions" who are obviously wrong should be left up there and torn apart by others in our community just as they are now on these forums. This will only show their level of knowledge and hopefully make them think twice before posting an "Idiotic statement". Well seeing that I don't have much post myself and tend to browse more than post I will end on that note.

My answer: Post Count - Removed and Join Date - Removed for they really don't have any importance to the forums if you want to see your statistics go to the Profile button to see your post and get your brief moment of satisfaction. If I had to pick between the two I would say Join Date would have more importance than Post Count because plain and simple any one can post a million times a day whether or not they have something important to say is another thing.