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It will be constantly in the air, as mentioned ay other members aswell. There are 2 sides, @laffen and the members. The question is, what is more effective for esato itself. The truth is some where between the 2 parties, but when a few persons has to control some thousands, they are worth to own privilegs by deciding in questions like this. We ll meet this dilemma in the next future, thats for sure.
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Posted: 2004-06-23 12:21:17
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well for the admin of the board it is obviously simple to look into stats of numbers of posts of members. Because HE wants something does not really mean we HAVE to be able to see it too. He can tweak the board and our permissions any way he likes.
So I think you misinterpreted him. I think he meant he sees it as convenient for US, mere mortal members, to be able to distinguish members by things such as their postcount.
correct me if Im wrong
Personally I've never had much trouble recognizing members, but that's probably coz I mostly interact with the same group so I have some idea who's who anyway
And looking at ones postcount usually sheds no light for me...
but that is just me
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Posted: 2004-06-23 12:44:04
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Posted: 2004-06-23 12:55:45
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@boba
Please elaborate.
@all
The question is one of divisiveness, the post count serves no purpose other than conferring non-existent 'status' to some members who feel that the number of posts they have made is somehow a measure of their standing on Esato.
If the moderators need to know how many posts have been made by members for whatever reason, then that information could be kept to the moderators only. The idea of ignoring the post count is not really very practical, as I stated before.
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Posted: 2004-06-23 13:00:51
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Well lemme just say that i find the post count very usefull indeed. I quite often look at how long the person has been a member and how much they post. It's a quick sign of how active the person is, and how much they should know.
It's not entirely accurate, but it gives the quick indication if i dont recognise the username
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Posted: 2004-06-23 13:49:00
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But all the same, other members feel 'superior' because they joined earlier than others, so let's get rid of the join date as well.
Ohers feel superior because they have a more expensive phone than some (or pretend to) so let's get rid of the avatars as well!
I, finally, feel superior because I
am and there is no getting rid of me
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Posted: 2004-06-23 13:50:06
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sorry, had some gprs problems. all the comments here are very interesting. personally i dont take care of the posts, all i can say to this a wrote before, so i ll accept any decision. thats it.
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Posted: 2004-06-23 14:04:23
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On 2004-06-23 13:49:00, MixiN wrote:
I quite often look at how long the person has been a member and how much they post. It's a quick sign of how active the person is, and how much they should know.
the amount of time spent online typing is an indication how much a total stranger should know??
That sounds rather silly imho
An accurate answer is the only
true indication of what someone knows.
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Posted: 2004-06-23 14:14:43
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The post count is harmless as long as people don't use it to give themselves more status than they actually have; I think we have all seen someone castigating someone else because of their low post count or assuming that someone doesn't know much because they have a low post count.
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Posted: 2004-06-23 14:22:26
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Here is another suggestion if you want to change the looks of the "Post counter".
Instead of ">500" lets continue the count to ">1000".
Not a great suggestion I must admit but what the...
Anyway regarding the "Day counter" it is obvious that there is an indication that says "Joined on 5th, June, 2002" etc. so why bother?
Now here is a last minute suggestion. We all have the avatar identification but what if we could add our photo. A photo small enough like the avatar size view. Only those logged (on-line) could watch the photo like in the "Orange Scribble". In this way not a lot of bandwidth will be used.
This are my suggestions but not the best apart from the photo thing but laffen will have the last word. Maybe its better to leave the whole thing as it is... or not?
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Posted: 2004-06-23 14:32:00
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