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Originally Posted by bobby28384
Ok ok, I'm not trying to say anything derogatory about anyone particular. I just want to know a couple of things.
I've noticed a lot lately around here that many things are oriented about how man posts a person does, or how long they've been a member at AF.
There are a lot of new people (like myself, I'd think) that seems to be kindly, or not so kindly, stating their opinion(s).
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I used to run a very large helpsite and discussion forum for a large company, and what you're describing there is commonplace in the majority of discussion forums.
People do post a lot, just to raise those magic numbers under their name, and often, people post a lot of shit to get the numbers up. Instead of engaging in discussion, which is the purpose of discussion forums, a lot of people will post stupid, 2 or 3 word replies, which often are absolutely pointless.
As far as those members who've established themselves on a discussion forum, I personally like to know they've been on the site a long time, and if they have a post count of 2, 3, 4, 5 thousand or more, I'm quite capable of working out for myself whether they're posting a load of shit, or whether they've an invaluable member of the site.
It's not how much you post, but what you post ... I've seen the mods and admins on here posting absolute shit, as well as the established posters, all or most of whom have made several thousand posts. My advice - just ignore posts made by such people when you see them, and maybe, just maybe they'll get the message and begin partaking in real discussions, which usually consist of more than a few short words or a smiley image.