I often feel that post count (and member count) determines, to some extent, whether or not I join a board.

I dislike joining a new board, unless I feel it has potential. Often, boards open for one week, close, then I get a new e-mail, and it just keeps on coming. It gets annoying after a while.

yeah I feel ya on that one...

too many times I have fallen in love with a small board only to see it fail :(

I am way more comfortable with high post count and a long history

quality over quantity everytime please :D

If I had a choice, I'd disable post count completely, for it's just a number, and isn't a good bit of information to use to determine if user A is more experienced than user B, because user A could've spammed to get a high post count.

I would determine experience based on the quality of that user's posts instead. Proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling helps out as well.

If I had a choice, I'd disable post count completely, for it's just a number, and isn't a good bit of information to use to determine if user A is more experienced than user B, because user A could've spammed to get a high post count.

I would determine experience based on the quality of that user's posts instead. Proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling helps out as well.

sorry to go offtopic here... but I have always wondered what the hangup is with grammar... do admin of boards really feel so pressured to have such well behaving cattle? or do admin of forums want a forum where people feel compelled to come back to be it for info, or for fun or whatever reason people come to a forum...

I am not knocking people with the grammar issues... but is that really the kind of thing that is so important to a forum? what about members from other countries? should they be stuck to such high standards as well?

sorry to go offtopic here... but I have always wondered what the hangup is with grammar... do admin of boards really feel so pressured to have such well behaving cattle? or do admin of forums want a forum where people feel compelled to come back to be it for info, or for fun or whatever reason people come to a forum...

I am not knocking people with the grammar issues... but is that really the kind of thing that is so important to a forum? what about members from other countries? should they be stuck to such high standards as well?

There's a difference between "hey guyz u wnt 2 ch@t abot sutff n hang out??????" and "im sorry, i don't speak english well, but perhaps one you could help me?"

I myself push for grammar and correct punctuation, but not actively. I make sure all my posts are correct, and other members do as well. Eventually other members catch on and follow suit, so there's really no need to enforce the rule actively, but I do it on a rare occasion and point it out to someone.

sorry to go offtopic here... but I have always wondered what the hangup is with grammar... do admin of boards really feel so pressured to have such well behaving cattle? or do admin of forums want a forum where people feel compelled to come back to be it for info, or for fun or whatever reason people come to a forum...

I am not knocking people with the grammar issues... but is that really the kind of thing that is so important to a forum? what about members from other countries? should they be stuck to such high standards as well?

Now now, where in my post did I say I enforce such a rule?

I didn't. I myself only strive for proper grammar and such, and I would never enforce such a rule. You must be mistaken!

There's a difference between "hey guyz u wnt 2 ch@t abot sutff n hang out??????" and "im sorry, i don't speak english well, but perhaps one you could help me?"

aaah, but that's the thing... people who dont speak english well would say thing more like "high from (insert country name here) I dont spek good english"

Now now, where in my post did I say I enforce such a rule?

I didn't. I myself only strive for proper grammar and such, and I would never enforce such a rule. You must be mistaken!

no one said that they enforce it, but my point is more that overbearing rules can sometimes drag a community down. I see grammar rules (enforced or not) as diterants to what could potentially be very active productive members.

On the one hand I like smaller forums because you can actually get to know a selection of other members (well) and it's "better" interaction. However, with a larger forum you get a greater variation and that's good too. I think it depends on the type of site whether a post count is of any value.

For a help/tutorial/similar type site, a larger community can certainly be advantageous if you're needing answers to your questions.

/end ramble

post count shows how much you like this forum and your activity.