Poll: Post Count: Do you take notice?

[Mat]

Maybe we should have a Pancake Count...?

Edit: Having been here pre nuke and with over 8k posts I am obviously worth listening to which grants higher credence to my suggestion...

 

[memyselfandi]

Depends really ... if I've seen them around on the forum for a while then I'll tend to ignore it but if they've just joined within the last month and are already over 130 post then I'll probably consider them to be a dirty little spammer ...

 

[Duke]

You are more likely to trust someone with a higher post count than a tiny one on the hardware forums imo.

 

[Stewy]

Personally not a fan of the disdain new members are treated with tbh, would like it hidden.

 

[EdGey]

Even if they did make a difference, why remove them? We've clearly earned our post counts, otherwise we wouldn't have them.

I wouldn't say people treat users differently based on their post count. I would say there was perhaps a little more respect for the members with larger post counts though. Which again, they have earned.

I think its mostly the user name that makes the difference. After posting here a while you get to know who the main players are y0. Do you think Fox would be brushed aside as a worthless spammer if he had only 24 posts? Do you think twoblacklines would be seen as a well respected person of the forum if he had 24,000 posts?

 

[DampCat]

I think it does make a difference.

Regardless what the individual might think, there are people who post solely to increase their post count. Anything that can be used as a measure against someone else (in this case, post count) will inevitably be used by some as a form of competition. Some might say it was human nature.

I'm guilty of it myself. Wondering how people have so many posts so quickly and what their motive is; or seeing a post from someone that is pretty shocking and thinking "dude, with that many posts you should know better".

 

[randal]

Join date for me, post counts mean little. Although in a thread with 2 replies from a high post count user and a low post count user, guaranteed the high post count will get quoted which goes to show how people view the worth of the count.

/awaits hundreds of example proving otherwise....

 

[Wizzkidy]

Pancake is all I have to add

 

[Danthus]

Keep it. Higher postcount usually denotes someone is to be trusted more (else they'd have already been banned) and have more experience in the subforums.

Quality over quantity I say.

 

[jp_bl_68]

Keep it. Higher postcount usually denotes someone is to be trusted more (else they'd have already been banned)

This.

 

[Stewy]

OldCoals you have 528 posts in a month?!

 

[Maccy]

Pancake tbh. We shouldn't be ignoring/flaming someone just because their post count is low or they're relatively new and they shouldn't be treated differently because of this. There could be someone relatively new posting in the hardware/computing area of the forums with valuable advice/knowledge - everyone's equal (and no, some aren't more equal than others!)

 

[Cosimo]

Once you get 10,000 posts to access the porn forum then it doesn't matter.

Yup

 

[Shakeel]

i looks at how long they have been regd for

 

[Jumblejug]

I tend to lurk more than post. I guess more posts gives a sense of trust though

 

[~>Dg<~]

i love pancakes

but the posts is a good indicator for members market shows that they might not scam you

 

[Delboy]

Post counts mean nothing to me really.

 

[Delboy]

Nothing at all.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I've put down that I infrequently look and it does change but it's usually a case of check post count AND join date.
You get to know a good amount of names anyway.

 

[Delboy]

As i say, they mean nothing to me at all.