topic Re: # of posts count accurate? in Community Chat

# of posts count accurate?

KathyPet — Thu, 18 May 2017 00:58:20 GMT

DO you think the # of posts shown under the posters nicknames are accurate? THe reason I am wondering is that some posters show a post account in the mid 5 figures. IF you use their start date and do some simple math some posters have a average of 5-6 posts a day every single day 365 days a year. THat seems like such a high number to me. I do look,at the forums almost every day and I scan the topics in various categories and respond to,some. Some I just read but if I am not interested or don't feel like I can contribute anything I just pass it by. I don't think I could even find enough topics to post 5-6 times a day about.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

tansy — Thu, 18 May 2017 01:19:24 GMT

I don't remember the details, @KathyPet, but some posters, like me, kept all or most of their post count when the boards changed. The majority of posters lost their posting history or a large portion of it.

ETA: Some of the people with really high counts are probably on the games forum, too. For some reason, that forum is hidden from view😏

Re: # of posts count accurate?

Kachina624 — Thu, 18 May 2017 01:22:10 GMT

When we made the big transition from the old boards, all the joined dates and most of the posts were lost. My original date was the same as everyone who was a member when we had the last new boards... Some date in 2004, I believe. I lost about 11,000 posts on my count. I think what you see is accurate as of 3 (?) years ago next month.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

itiswhatitis — Thu, 18 May 2017 01:29:24 GMT

@KathyPet wrote:
DO you think the # of posts shown under the posters nicknames are accurate? THe reason I am wondering is that some posters show a post account in the mid 5 figures. IF you use their start date and do some simple math some posters have a average of 5-6 posts a day every single day 365 days a year. THat seems like such a high number to me. I do look,at the forums almost every day and I scan the topics in various categories and respond to,some. Some I just read but if I am not interested or don't feel like I can contribute anything I just pass it by. I don't think I could even find enough topics to post 5-6 times a day about.

This sounds ok to me. Some people post every day and some don't. Even you have posted everyday and on some days it has been more than two or three posts. Just depends on how lively the boards are @KathyPet.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

SydneyH — Thu, 18 May 2017 01:34:58 GMT

Mine is not accurate, there's no formula involved in my posting habits as I suspect may be the same for most people here......

Re: # of posts count accurate?

phoenixbrd — Thu, 18 May 2017 01:42:17 GMT

Same as @Kachina624....I lost all my posts when the board changed so mine indicates much lower than reality.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

Moonchilde — Thu, 18 May 2017 01:47:06 GMT

I post according to how many threads there are that might interest me on a given day. Some days, not very many and other days fast & furious.

I don't consider 5-6 posts a day as outrageously active or unrealistic. Some people post twice that.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

Drythe — Thu, 18 May 2017 02:49:39 GMT

Both my post count and my registration date are incorrect.

Lost @ 4000 posts with the new system, and first registered in 2006.

No big deal, a curiosity that some changed and some didn't.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

SurferWife — Thu, 18 May 2017 02:54:09 GMT

My post count is accurate. You might see a slight surge in my number during the weekend. That generally coincides with my number of glasses of Merlot. 😜

Re: # of posts count accurate?

x Hedge — Thu, 18 May 2017 03:29:39 GMT

My post count is accurate. I noticed the total drops one if I delete a post.

Some posters write a lot of one liners and I could easily imagine them writing 10 posts a day, or more.

And we've all seen the compulsive posters, who go to the trouble to write posts like,

'Sorry, I don't know anything about this subject.'

Re: # of posts count accurate?

september — Thu, 18 May 2017 03:39:35 GMT

I think there are many posters who post back and forth on their favorite threads. Just like posting on Facebook, some of the responses might be just quick one or two word sentences. So yes, it's easy to get that many posts/day.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

pitdakota — Thu, 18 May 2017 03:56:16 GMT

I lost all kinds of posts during the last change over, but it doesn't matter to me at all.

However, when that change over occurred those that had been posting for some time received a new sign up date. At one point most of us at that time all had a sign up date for some month in 2010. I have no idea how they assigned how got what month in 2010. lol

So many may have a high post count that didn't lose posts during that change over, but their sign up date is 2010. In that case, they may have been here years before that date, but their post count carried over.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

OnlyShopsOnline — Thu, 18 May 2017 04:05:17 GMT

I've been here since October 2006. I've lost posts a couple of times. I have no idea how many I should really have.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

sunshine45 — Thu, 18 May 2017 04:36:53 GMT

my date is wrong and my post count is much lower than it should be......this happened during the BIG SWITCH.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

Moonchilde — Thu, 18 May 2017 05:20:00 GMT

@x Hedge wrote:
My post count is accurate. I noticed the total drops one if I delete a post.

Some posters write a lot of one liners and I could easily imagine them writing 10 posts a day, or more.

And we've all seen the compulsive posters, who go to the trouble to write posts like,
'Sorry, I don't know anything about this subject.'

And not to forget that when a thread is poofed, all of your posts in that thread are subtracted from your post count, as well as any hearts given to you in that thread. Same thing if you have posts removed by the moderators but the thread stays - your individual numbers will go down for each poof.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

Lindsays Grandma — Thu, 18 May 2017 06:06:21 GMT

No, my post count is not accurate. I lost many posts along with my initial registration date when the boards were changed. My original registration was in 2007 not 2010 which is shown. I will never understand why the registration date and the post count was changed.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

Highlands72 — Thu, 18 May 2017 07:12:17 GMT

Moonchilde write

And not to forget that when a thread is poofed, all of your posts in that thread are subtracted from your post count, as well as any hearts given to you in that thread. Same thing if you have posts removed by the moderators but the thread stays - your individual numbers will go down for each poof.

I have lost more posts to thread deletion than I have posts remaining in my post count.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

qualitygal — Thu, 18 May 2017 09:31:28 GMT

I don't think they are correct since when it got switched over, all mine disappeared. Noticed one the other day.........had so many posts, they just didn't seem real. So I really doubt it.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

dooBdoo — Thu, 18 May 2017 10:54:36 GMT

Moonchilde wrote:
Hedge wrote:
My post count is accurate. I noticed the total drops one if I delete a post.

Some posters write a lot of one liners and I could easily imagine them writing 10 posts a day, or more.

And we've all seen the compulsive posters, who go to the trouble to write posts like,
'Sorry, I don't know anything about this subject.'

And not to forget that when a thread is poofed, all of your posts in that thread are subtracted from your post count, as well as any hearts given to you in that thread. Same thing if you have posts removed by the moderators but the thread stays - your individual numbers will go down for each poof.

This is a common misconception. In actuality, when posts/threads are removed by the moderators it doesn't affect our post count. Easy way to see proof of that is to look up one (or more) of the repeat-spam "trolls" we've seen on the forums (the ones with the "upset" tales of woe on multiple websites). Another case in point that comes to mind, since it was mentioned in a thread a day or so ago, is the troll we saw on Christmas... that particular account has a high post count but zero posts remaining.

Re: # of posts count accurate?

dooBdoo — Fri, 19 May 2017 22:52:41 GMT

The new platform was launched in June 2015, and there were several announcements pinned at the top of the forums prior to the move. One of the notices stated that some of the registration dates would be modified and some post counts would be changed. Because of that advance notice, a few posters recorded their actual start date and post count and I think some of them have added that info to their signature line.

My registration date is accurate... post count was never important or significant to me so I think mine was lowered but I don't know if it was a major change. As others have said, it's really fairly meaningless since some posts are a single word, a single image, some people participate in daily chats, some post a lot one day and then nothing for days or weeks. I do recall people being mocked for large post counts, and others challenged as being questionable if they had a low count. As with many things, we're darned if we do and darned if we don't... 😉