likes/posts ratio

[JACink]

TalkBass Trade Gone Bad <---- straight up fraud and the member still participates in both the forum and classifieds. (EDIT: I see this user finally figured out they can change their name and did so to cover their tracks.)

Do you remember @iualum ? He was a fairly regular poster. I'm sure he still posts here but just with a new handle. He burnt somebody in the classifieds too. At least he didn't try to come back and act like nothing was wrong. Additionally, his case as not a high profile one like the one linked above.

Don't get me wrong, I like having some kind of feedback system I just wouldn't put much stock into it.

No system is perfect, but having a history on the other party at least helps point you in the right direction, in the majority of cases.

I only have one transaction in the classifieds, and the seller was good enough to trust me without any feedback. I proclaim to be a serious buyer, although sometimes not all transactions go through (due to circumstances like import issues etc.), but I completely understand when people don't want to perform the transaction based on lack of history. At least searching posts by the user gives you a better feel than nothing.

 

[Mike N]

Why not get rid of post counts & join dates all together?

Make ever member equal.

Stop keeping score and give everyone a trophy??

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Stop keeping score and give everyone a trophy??

I like giving this trophy for a good zombie thread revival.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

With over 200 transactions here, I completely disagree with this statement.

As the person in charge of the Classifieds and as a person who's banned innumerable spam accounts that sign up to try to rip people off through the Classifieds, I can tell you it's nowhere near true.

 

[Fat Freddy]

I just checked my post-per-like ratio.

974 likes/439 posts=2.218678815489749 likes per posts.

Most of my posts are smart-aleck comments of little value (other than entertainment).

So many other members posts are much more useful, and helpful to others than mine that I don't consider it an achievement.

Yep!.....Maybe we should start a club

 

[Chicory Blue]

I like to think my like-to-post ratio means my contributions are meaningful and my presence is appreciated, and I tell myself it does, but if you broke it down to the actual sources I think it has more to do with one time I said cellos were cool and the entire forum apparently agreed.

But I'mma keep telling myself it's because people like me.

--^@

 

[5544]

Stop keeping score and give everyone a trophy??

If you need an older join date and higher post count than someone else just to feel better about yourself, you might as well seek professional help.

 

[Mike N]

If you need an older join date and higher post count than someone else just to feel better about yourself, you might as well seek professional help.

Where did I ever say that?

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Where did I ever say that?

You didn't. Not even close.

Let's keep this thread civil, folks.

 

[DirtDog]

I didn't realize people actually cared about that....

It's the only way to obtain Good Ol' Boy status on TB!

 

[Trabeen]

I'm reasonably certain that a fair portion of the heaviest posters in Off Topic don't actually, umm..., you know, play bass.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I wasn't playing bass for at least three months & at the time had no inclination to take it up again...
Everyone here seemed fine with that, but the folks on the guitars forums (yeah, I also sold my guitar) were having none of it & conspired against me, by reporting everything I did.

 

[5544]

I wasn't playing bass for at least three months & at the time had no inclination to take it up again...
Everyone here seemed fine with that, but the folks on the guitars forums (yeah, I also sold my guitar) were having none of it & conspired against me, by reporting everything I did.

Interesting because I find guitar forums tend to be more laid back and don't really care if you read music or not.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I guess I was on the wrong ones then or my character doesn't jive with those folks.
Even on FB groups, I tend to get chafed with the guitarists more than with bassists.

 

[5544]

I'm on a couple Fender based forums. I do read some of the bigger ones when looking for specific answers through Google search but that is about it.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Fender's forum is extremely slow, traffic-wise, and the TDRPI forum is probably the same folks, but just with more to say.
Those guys are fine as long as your guitar is a Strat, a Tele, a Les Paul, or SG, or a copy of one of those, LOL

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Yay!
likes/posts = 2.06

 

[the harp unstrung]

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Maybe if I could stop getting into arguments with naysayers I could get my ratio up to 2.09

 

[Chicory Blue]

I'm getting hecka close to 3:1 and pretty shocked about it.
Obviously I need to blunder into more noteworthy misadventures, advocate for more people to cannibalize their bandmates, and say more nice things about cellos.

--^@