Number of Posts
Sorry if this has been asked before and I've not seen it.
Is there a reason why unlike most other forums there appears to be no record of how many posts a user has made?
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Our Malcolm used to be attacked/accused of doing just that MSF, He's still with us & He's not changed a bit-gladly
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I think in the main, 'starchasers' was a word that was used as a weapon by folk to hit who they wanted to OP
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Most forums that give a post count, usually excluding posts made in off topic areas, can do so because they are using off the shelf forum software. The Club decided not to go down that route. I tend to agree with others that we need to concentrate on getting what we have right first before embarking on new features.
David
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What does it matter how many posts we each make? Hundreds or thousands of posts made playing games in the trivia section are no indication of a poster's knowledgeable input.
Rocky made a very relevant point in that stars were used as a weapon by some to have a go at others and a post count could, and would, be used in exactly the same way.
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Perhaps it's best ....not to know 🙈🙉🙊
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TW
I think there is a difference between Club Together and other forums. Many forums appreciate long serving members whose post count is usually highlighted in some way. As I mentioned earlier, posts in what we call the Social Room are not counted which suggests someone with a lot of posts is actually contributing to the well being of the forum. That may be knowledge wise or just giving a welcome to new members but at least it is showing a sort of commitment. Whether, at the end of the day, it makes much difference is of course questionable however many traditional forums are suffering because of Social Media and I think most would welcome any input!
David
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I'm sure they do welcome input, David, and what other forums do is up to them but I don't want to see yet another divisive measure introduced to CT.
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why do you want to know catherinef?
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on most 'package' forums, when a post is liked, it lists who liked it, saving the hundreds of pointless '+1' posts.....
the poster can see straight away who thought '+1' without having the thread lengthed unnecessarity.....and with only 10 posts a page, this means even more (snail like) paging around a thread.....
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the poster can see straight away who thought '+1'
Don't get this at all BB, you can only add a '+1' if you press the quote button (like I have done now) so the OP can straight way who has +1, just like you can see I've responded to you.
I'll show you:
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see you knew straight away that came from me
I don't think +1 are pointless, it's a quick succinct (def: concise, short, brief, compact, condensed, crisp) way of agreeing with a post. If you are worried about thread being lengthen unnecessarily then what is shorter a +1 or a statement with a few lines?
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and I liked yours
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It was only a few moments ago that this thread jogged my memory about having a few Stars under my name before the Forum 'big change'.
Can't say I miss them but I can't help 'bragging' that I have a Gold Cup, Anorak and Poet Awards on one forum - so there!
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Brue, who are the 13 posters who 'liked' Merves OP in his 'thriving without 240v' in the 'caravanning cheaper' section?
those no doubt will have been spread out over time and finding thrm in the recent activity (even if it showed it) would be a chore, to say the least.
other forums keep a permanent record of likers against the 'liked' post, so in my example of Merves post, it would list the 13 likers, so he could tell at any time (and without having to use another search facility) who liked his post.
no need fo '+1' to tell him, the post itself will show it.
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Is this a new group BB?, the 'likechasers'
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no idea, Rocky, merely explaining the difference in other forums where threads dont get cluttered with an extra post to show its been liked.
you just dont see '+1' posts on other forums...the '+1' is implicit with its recording against the 'liked' post.....it actually gives names of likers, not just a number.....
and with CT only having 10 posts per page (against 50 or even more on many forums), unneccary posts that lengthen the thread just cause more page scrolling, not good on a forum thats really slow.....
IMHO.....of course.
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Personally I treat CT as a joke and not to be taken too seriously, I think thats why some use it like facebook.
Who likes who, how many posts they make or how many threads they start are a total irrelevance to me. It wouldn't make a jot of difference to me if there was a count. As I said previously there are far more important issues with CT that need sorting.
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is anyone that vain that they need to find out who liked their posts? Really people do that?
btw I don't and never have
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