I joined WHT last night, and have posted 8 times... this now being my ninth. For some reason, my post count only shows 2. Just wondering if it will eventually catch up, or if there's an issue.

Thanks.

I'm gonna have to take a guess and say that posts in the Social Issues forum do not count towards a users post count. Hopefully someone else can confirm this for you late though.

Probably a good call, Steve. Thank you.

I just looked, and 6 out of 9 posts are in Social Issues. 6 out of 10 as of this post, so I bet now it'll show four.

Edit: Yup, now it's four.

this is vbulletin, so any admin could simply have set it for no count at some sections , count doesnt matter anyway, yet for a webhosting forum, its more likely your posts "that count" are hosting related , leaving social issues and such out.

Both sub-forums of The Lounge have post counts disabled. :)

Both sub-forums of The Lounge have post counts disabled. :)

Just curious as to why??

Dan

Both sub-forums of The Lounge have post counts disabled.


time for me to tweak my post-count strategy

Just curious as to why??
I can understand the welcome subforum having posts not count, but not sure I understand the logic behind the Social issues forum not counting posts. :s

Maybe the Social issues forum is a lesser forum, and not considered as contributing to the overall community? Just my guess.

Maybe the Social issues forum is a lesser forum, and not considered as contributing to the overall community? Just my guess.
Oh it contributes, just not in a very positive way ;)

Doesn't both me either way, post count or no.

Oh it contributes, just not in a very positive way ;)

LOL... I'm glad it's there though. It's tougher telling my own friends on my forum when they're being political dummies. :smash:

I can understand the welcome subforum having posts not count, but not sure I understand the logic behind the Social issues forum not counting posts. :s

Maybe the Social issues forum is a lesser forum, and not considered as contributing to the overall community? Just my guess.

I am curious of that also... interesting.. any comment WHT mods?

I am curious of that also... interesting.. any comment WHT mods?
There's actually a method in our madness :) The controversial threads seemed to attract a few who zoomed into such threads and caused a ruckous, eventually getting the thread closed or tossed. By creating a separate forum and having 0 count in that forum we figured that the "trolls" would be less inclined to take the threads to a point of no return. It appears to have worked as we get very few reported posts from that area now :wht:

It was either that or disallow controversial threads altogether :peace:

It was a good move to setup a Social forum. The time had come for that, and it's worked out good so far, from what I can see. Not sure if there should be posts counted there or not. I don't think folks who post there do so to get a higher post count, but I could be wrong. It's been known to happen. :S

I like the 'no post count' policy for those forums. Very good logic-based decision. I wasn't even aware it was there until yesterday, but I have noticed a decrease in the number of hostile threads in the Lounge. Thanks!

--Tina

I wasn't even aware it was there until yesterday, but I have noticed a decrease in the number of hostile threads in the Lounge.
--Tina

Heh... you mean there used to be more? Things get a little heated in there as it is.

Just to tack on -- ever since people realized their post count doesn't increase while in the socials issues forum, it's died down! I've noticed some of those who posted a fair few everyday not showing up anymore.

Good choice mods.

Just to tack on -- ever since people realized their post count doesn't increase while in the socials issues forum, it's died down! I've noticed some of those who posted a fair few everyday not showing up anymore.

Good choice mods.
Don't assume that someone taking a few days break from the Social forum, means they're not posting there anymore due to posts not being counted. Maybe they're just having a break from that forum? It's a depressing forum, IMO.

The Social forum's only been running for about a month, so it's too early to start drawing statistical conlusions. Forums like that tend to be a tad hot and cold, depending what's happening in the world. It was fever hot during the Isrealie attack on the hezzies, and now it's calmed down, as that conflict has calmed down.

The forum was created at the height of the hez attacks ;) It was either toss the lot or make a place for them to be discussed. It used to be almost a full time job monitoring the reports that came in once they got heated. Now we are "lucky" to get one in a week :peace:

. . . It used to be almost a full time job monitoring the reports that came in once they got heated. Now we are "lucky" to get one in a week :peace:
Why do you think that is? Are the mods modding a little looser in the Social forum, than if the threads were in the Lounge?

Why do you think that is? Are the mods modding a little looser in the Social forum, than if the threads were in the Lounge?

It may have more to do with members who are easily offended not visiting that forum. The forum description reads: Social Issues (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=119)
This forum is for discussion of Religious, political, and other social issues. The forum rules apply in this forum too. For complete guidelines in using the Religious, Political, Etc. forum, please read this announcement (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/announcement.php?f=119).
The referenced announcement reads"Must read before posting

This forum is for discussion of religious, political, and other social issues. The forum rules apply in this forum too. However, if you're easily offended by discussions involving countries or ideals, this may not be the forum for you.

Here's an expansion of the "Be polite" rule:

Do not insult other members by calling them names or putting them down in any way.
Respect other people's rights to their opinions even if you don't agree with them. Do not criticize people for having opinions that you don't share.
If you disagree about facts, politely present the facts as you see them and back them up if possible.If threads turn unpleasant, we will close them. If some members can't post politely, we will ban them from threads and from the forum if necessary. Be polite.

If those that are "easily offended" do not visit that category, it could be a reason for fewer reports. :wht:

Of course, that's only speculation as well.

It may have more to do with members who are easily offended not visiting that forum. The forum description reads:The referenced announcement reads"If those that are "easily offended" do not visit that category, it could be a reason for fewer reports. :wht:

Of course, that's only speculation as well.
Aye, you could be right. :uhh: