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catherinef
catherinef Forum Participant Posts: 647
edited September 2017 in How to use Club Together #1

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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  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,144 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #2

    The short answer is useless website designed by the clubs IT department.surprised

    There may be some way to find out although its not something that bothers me, I think there are more fundamental issues to be sorted 

  • mickysf
    mickysf Forum Participant Posts: 6,474 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #4

    Probably right, I've been around from onset and always questioned the need for those stars. It might be true that many of the purple chasers have since disappeared or largely disappeared. 

  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited September 2017 #5

    Our Malcolm used to be attacked/accused of doing just that MSF, He's still with us & He's not changed a bit-gladlysmile

  • Oneputt
    Oneputt Club Member Posts: 9,144 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #6

    There are quite a lot of people (not star chasers) who posted before and still post at the moment

  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited September 2017 #7

    I think in the main, 'starchasers' was a word that was used as a weapon by folk to hit who they wanted to OPfrown

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,856 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #8

    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

  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,134 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #9

    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.

     

     

  • compass362
    compass362 Forum Participant Posts: 619
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    edited September 2017 #10

    Perhaps it's best ....not to know 🙈🙉🙊

  • huskydog
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    edited September 2017 #11

    It's not the quantity,it's the quality of the post that is more important cool

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,856 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #12

    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

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited September 2017 #13

    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.

     

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #14

    At least you can look in your profile (or others) and see all individual actions including reviews, discussions, stories etc. That's enough for me. smile

  • Cornersteady
    Cornersteady Club Member Posts: 14,425 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #15

    why do you want to know catherinef? 

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited September 2017 #16

    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.....smile

  • Cornersteady
    Cornersteady Club Member Posts: 14,425 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #17

    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:

  • Cornersteady
    Cornersteady Club Member Posts: 14,425 ✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #18

    -1

    see you knew straight away that came from mesmile

    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?

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #19

    You can also see in latest activity who has liked a post. smile

  • Metheven
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    edited September 2017 #20

    +1 innocent

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited September 2017 #21

     And if you look on latest activity you can see it was me,  Brue,  who "liked" Corner's post....easy! laughing

  • Cornersteady
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    edited September 2017 #22

    and I liked yourslaughing

  • KeithandMargaret
    KeithandMargaret Forum Participant Posts: 660
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    edited September 2017 #23

    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!

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited September 2017 #24

    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.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
    Rocky 2 buckets Forum Participant Posts: 7,101
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    edited September 2017 #25

    Is this a new group BB?, the 'likechasers'laughinglaughing

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited September 2017 #26

    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.

  • Oneputt
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    edited September 2017 #27

    Personally I treat CT as a joke and not to be taken too seriously, I think thats why some use it like facebook.laughing 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.

  • Cornersteady
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    edited September 2017 #28

    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

  • brue
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    edited September 2017 #29

    I've said my bit, maybe the OP will respond? I'm happy to be able to track down my posts and reviews via my profile. "Likes" are just transitory responses that can be seen at the time of posting if needed.

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited September 2017 #30

     Spot on H/D. !!  -----People padding out their post count with meaningless " +1 s"  does nothing to add to the subject of the thread.  It merely shows that those people don't really have anything meaningful to say. 

    K cool

  • huskydog
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    edited September 2017 #31

    +1 coolwink

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