TPM Posting Spree!

[Zak]

I've never understood why anyone cared about postcounts. I'm glad that (almost) nobody does anymore. After all, what people will remember of you is what you have said and done, not whatever number may be shown on the left side of your posts.

You don't understand the internets, that's why. I've learned from the past that it's a waste of time trying to explain to you such a thing, but here's a couple examples laid out.

-Say a new person joins, they'll see you have a high post count, they'll assume you're a respected/notorious member and in most cases reliable. Yeah, I know there are some exceptions, but what I'm mainly getting at is that if you have a high postcount, they'd assume you know what you're talking about, whether or not your a jerk or use sarcasm a lot.

-Also on the UBB when we could frequently change our own names, like if someone recently changed their name, their postcount would show they're someone that's been there for a while and not someone new.

So yeah... don't act like they mean nothing. I was never competitive about postcount and I know you generally dislike the competitive aspect of certain things and choose to act like the whole thing is pointless, but at least I'm willing to admit it has a purpose.

[Telume]

You don't understand the internets, that's why. I've learned from the past that it's a waste of time trying to explain to you such a thing, but here's a couple examples laid out.

-Say a new person joins, they'll see you have a high post count, they'll assume you're a respected/notorious member and in most cases reliable. Yeah, I know there are some exceptions, but what I'm mainly getting at is that if you have a high postcount, they'd assume you know what you're talking about, whether or not your a jerk or use sarcasm a lot.

-Also on the UBB when we could frequently change our own names, like if someone recently changed their name, their postcount would show they're someone that's been there for a while and not someone new.

So yeah... don't act like they mean nothing. I was never competitive about postcount and I know you generally dislike the competitive aspect of certain things and choose to act like the whole thing is pointless, but at least I'm willing to admit it has a purpose.

Wouldn't the displayed Join date essentially accomplish the same thing? I mean you can clearly see the day I joined. And I can clearly see the day you did as well "Jul 2001".

[Magmar]

whether or not your a jerk

*You're

I'm all four this.