Post whoring

Simple solution, disincentivise by disabling post count.
 
Whoring is not about numbers, it's about reputation.
Once labeled a whore, getting rid of that reputation is where the true skill lies, and, no killa, this approach will not work.
 
Some forumites do have an unhealthy obsession with post counts, and would probably go completely bonkers if their own post count was invisible.

It would be insightful to first see what happens if post counts are not displayed for a period of say 7 days, before any decision is made collectively by forumites and rpm as to whether or not post counts should be permanently hidden.

I'm personally in favour of not displaying post counts, luckily it's not a decision I can nor would want to make :).

I think it would be cool to not have a post count as well, but perhaps keep the newbie/master/grandmaster/Sgrandmaster stuff.. or a date joined.
 
32 317 posts in 7 years = 4616 posts per year. Now if you really want to think Post Whore I give you...

MickeyD Closing in on 8000 posts in 3 months :eek:
copacetic 24 000 posts in 13 months :twisted:

Feel free to expose oops I meant add more whores to the list :D:p

How much time are these people spending on these forums? Not healthy ...
 
How much time are these people spending on these forums? Not healthy ...

Some of us are immersive, ie we're online permanently (some of us since the very beginning), we have good multi-tasking skills, and enjoy bantering about with pals while crafting.

I've been gardening, took my dog for a walk, cleaned the kitchen, read several news sites and attacked a village in TW, all while being here too :)
 
I'm against removing post counts

I was trying to find a post from CheriN where she refused to be insulted by one with a lesser post count than herself.

Well I'm almost there.
 
I post 4.9~ 5 posts a day... but they all are bloody useless, if not the worst posts your eyes will have to endure passing over... does that make a whore?
 
I am just wondering if i am considered a post whore but in general it is not just rubbish tk threads posts, no this is not some ego thing.

What is a post whore, 20 posts a day? 15? 40 or 50?

Are you a post whore if you only post in threads that interest you?

I am tired of this post whore BS, would like some clarity on the issue.

Oh please! Don't flatter yourself. You're just a plain ole whore!

Heheheee :D
 
Some of us are immersive, ie we're online permanently (some of us since the very beginning), we have good multi-tasking skills, and enjoy bantering about with pals while crafting.

I've been gardening, took my dog for a walk, cleaned the kitchen, read several news sites and attacked a village in TW, all while being here too :)

Uh! You left out the most important activity!
 
I think if post counts were invisible people would go crazy :p
I think they should stay visible, to me post count shows to me if this person contributes to a forum. Lets say if post counts were invisible I see a guy who joined 2, 3 years ago, you would think wow this guy has probably contributed a lot due to his join date but actually on has 5 posts and those 5 are competition entry posts. It also helps with sales, if you see a person ahs lots of posts and has been here long enough you would want to do a with him. Instead of a guy who has been here for 2 years but only has 1 post, but you wouldn't see that 1 since its invisible.
 
if there are no post counts being viewed then there would be no whining when it comes to competitions on MyBB.
 
There should be a competition section with post requirements and join date requirements.
 
I just rejoined another forum and needed 20 posts to be able to PM someone or start a thread.
 
No matter how hard I try, I just can't get myself to post useless crap in a thread. On the other hand, I wish I was a bigger post-whore than MickeyD.
 
Lol Mickey is always dragged into a convo that has to do with posts.
 
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