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05-08-2003, 08:43 AM #1Newbie
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Post Count
i've posted twice, and it still says my post count is 1 . Please help.
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05-08-2003, 08:43 AM #2Newbie
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i've posted 3 times and my post count is still 1.
Please help!
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05-08-2003, 08:51 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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Posts only count in the Main Forums category. They do not count in any of the advertising forums or the other forums
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05-08-2003, 08:59 AM #4Newbie
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ohh... why is that?
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05-08-2003, 01:51 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by beric
ohh... why is that?
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05-08-2003, 05:02 PM #6Aspiring Evangelist
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Maybe because running ads doesn't contribute to the community?
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05-09-2003, 04:46 PM #7Disabled
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That's one of my friends.
But I dont' see why posts in the lounge don't count towards post counts.
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05-10-2003, 07:56 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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But I dont' see why posts in the lounge don't count towards post counts.Dinsol.com Web Hosting Since Year 1999 Open Running Stable
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05-10-2003, 08:06 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Shikha
Yeah, I also wants to know the answer.
Because we said so .
This is a technical forum and communicating technical information is the primary goal of the forum -- the lounge is not technical.
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05-10-2003, 08:30 AM #10
And it cuts down on the number of "whoohoo postcount" threads.
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05-13-2003, 06:08 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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05-13-2003, 10:12 AM #12Disabled
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neither did mine, lol
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05-13-2003, 02:05 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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05-14-2003, 09:17 PM #14WHT Addict
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What is mine at?
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05-14-2003, 09:33 PM #15Dennis Johnson
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Originally posted by catfishing
What is mine at?
Looks like eleven from here.There is no best host. There is only the host that's best for you.
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05-14-2003, 10:32 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by allan
See above:
Because we said so .
This is a technical forum and communicating technical information is the primary goal of the forum -- the lounge is not technical.
I just can't understand the mods feeling that contributing to the forum isn't important. Whether or not its general discussion (the lounge) or helping someone with a PHP script. Post counts are just post counts, to this day I've never understood why Robert and company are so gung ho about making sure some input on these forums "don't matter". I've always considered the post count part of the "This is how much I contribute" count. This would be one of the big reasons I don't participate in this topic often. If the administrators don't feel that this forum fits any "primary goal" of the overall community why should I contribute?
It seems like SO much work for you guys to make sure some posts don't count, I just can't understand why you'd want to work that hard for some absurd rule. Just my "opinion that doesn't count" .A well-reasoned assumption is very close to fact.
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05-14-2003, 10:34 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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Fortunately, it is no effort. Just a couple of clicks in the admin control panel. But I do appreciate your concern about how hard the mods have to work.
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05-15-2003, 01:52 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by allan
Fortunately, it is no effort. Just a couple of clicks in the admin control panel. But I do appreciate your concern about how hard the mods have to work.A well-reasoned assumption is very close to fact.
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05-15-2003, 02:00 AM #19
The post count issue has been ongoing for quite some time now, and before Allan became a moderator. The number of people using the boards hasn't reduced because of it, (maybe marginally, but a tiny margin) The amount of new posts hasn't reduced either, and especially not in the forums where posts don't count.
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05-15-2003, 02:08 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by comphosting
Reading that makes me wonder if it was a smirk or an actual reply. I'm truely starting to get the feeling that the administration and *some* of the moderation staff really doesn't give a crap about the community's opinions. But, WHT isn't a democracy, so I guess that's life now, but just as a side note, a community without its members isn't really a community. I'm beggining to wonder where WHT is going, but since the Mods and Administration seem to think that there has to be a "Mystery" regarding nearly every decision made I'll have to just wait and see with all us "other" people.
There is no mystery about post counts: This is a technical forum, posts of a technical nature are in-line with the goals of the forum, so those posts toward increase the little number under your name. Just because you do not like an answer that was given does not mean that an answer has not been given, and this answer has been given ad nauseum.
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05-15-2003, 02:32 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by allan
Actually, it wasn't so much of a smirk as it was a "throwing my hands in frustration and saying, 'please shut up about the friggin post counts already'". Your opinion, and the opinion of the other few dozen people who have complained about posts counts have been duly noted. Now, contrast that against the 30,000+ members who have not complained about the post counts/don't care about the post counts and it tells me that we are listeining to the community.
Once again I appologize for having made my opinion public, in this public forum. From now on I won't even visit this topic and WHT can burn in hell for all I care.A well-reasoned assumption is very close to fact.
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05-15-2003, 03:11 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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The days of old (When Chicken ruled the roost) are no longer! I believe that post counts didn't become an issue until Chicken was nearing his decision to leave WHT. I have an idea that the reasons he told the community about, were true ok... but it was not the sole reason he did so.
Someone told me recently (when I commented about chicken and how good he was at what he did here), that chicken was an arrogant *bleep - bleep*. It surprised me at first... slowly though, it amazes me that someone can make such a comment, yet act the way they do.
Jan's comment about the fact that the post counts have gone down very little since a few of the almighty mods took them away... should sorta smack those mods in the face. Wasn't the reasoning behind such to stop all of the one lines and smiley face replies? Of course, now that won't be the reason for stopping them. It's all about this being a "technical" community! *cough*
Just like the surge of new moderators were to keep a tighter rein on the advert forums... yet the RO&O and JO&O forums are as bad now, as they once were. I guess that's because certain mods don't feel they 'contribute' to this "technical" forum. Yet a couple of the mods have found use for them when it was needed.
The moderators are 'supposed' to be enforcing the rules... not breaking them at will!
As for allans comment:
Actually, it wasn't so much of a smirk as it was a "throwing my hands in frustration and saying, 'please shut up about the friggin post counts already'".
If you guys want to start cleaning house... start with your own doorsteps first. If the rules state that moderators cannot own a hosting company (or be involved with one)... then get rid of those folks. My strong feeling is that most of the current mods (other than the mini mods that are "allowed because they are only "helping") are lying about this fact... one or two or just don't discuss it.
The old saying of "you have to go along, to get along," is crap. Just as it's crap for our elected officials to have their pockets padded to vote yeah or nay for things... so that they can continue on the under the table payroll of big business.
comphosting... don't sweat the small stuff man. The attitudes thrown in your face only show that there are more "styles of moderations" that should not be welcomed at WHT. I suppose it's all about whose lining what pocket... or who shoots the bigger line of crap.
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05-15-2003, 05:19 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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i for one can honestly say i dont own a hosting company, but i think its public knowledge that some mods do run them but keep them seperate from the forums
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05-15-2003, 06:44 AM #24Dennis Johnson
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And I for one can honestly say, the post count issue is just silly.
Silly, silly, silly.
The decision to take them away was done in haste. The decision to return them should be done in kind.
I've said it before and I'll say it again; if post counts don't matter, let them count. I have seen no valid argument for their removal. I do like their removal from the Lounge though. I just like the idea of being able to post anything (what the Lounge is) and not being accused of padding my post count.
The difference between WHT with Chicken and without, is that what Chicken said was law. Now mods must agree before initiating whatever they feel will better the community. And, being as we're all different, we all don't agree. So, things go undone. Not many things. But this is a prime example.
I don't have a clue what shoney is going on about. It seems like some vague attempt at, yet another, conspiracy theory. What makes a good conspiracy theory is to state an actual conspiracy. But, when your argument is, "it's all about whose lining what pocket... or who shoots the bigger line of crap," it's a little too wide open. It would make a pretty poor movie.
hmmm . . . . "WHT - The Movie."
I'm lible to be flogged for publicly stating an opinion contrary to other moderators, but this is something I feel strongly about.
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05-15-2003, 06:55 AM #25Originally posted by XTStrike
i for one can honestly say i dont own a hosting company