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Post Count?

#222
I am all for getting rid of post count for all. Beyond that, I agree with Darren, only he said it better than I did. I mainly come to TB for OT, it isn't that I don't have an interest in the other stuff, but that I like the community that is OT. I contribute my $60 a year because of OT, not because of the rest of the site.

lowsound
 
#223
I vote don't get rid of the post count. Here's why, and its only for this reason: it a pretty good indicator of who is a solid person to deal with on the TB classifieds. Particularly in the case of low feedback users, if they have a far back join date and a lot of posts, chances that they will rip you off are lower. I like being able to check both how long people have been here and how active they are as part of my due dilligence in deals. Of course, I have no objection to making the post-count part of the "feedback" system of something similar, but its a useful piece of information in that context. That said, if you really want my $0.02 worth, I think removing it from OT and the Lobby is pointless and arbitrary. It has a snowflakes chance in hell of reducing the actual "fluff" in OT which will continue regardless and there is just as much "valueless" crap in other forums. Basically, my gut feeling is that this change will have no effect in the desired direction and will only serve to upset users. Perhaps that's a trite observation at this point. That said, I have over 10,000 posts so you n00bs can stick it! :D
 
#224
Chris Fitzgerald said:
So what is a newbie to do if they want to check into who is giving them advice? Looking at the post count of any member can at least tell them who has been active in the topical music forums, and to what degree they've been active. This isn't much, but it's at least something. If someone with 10,000 posts on a music forum gives you what seems to be good advice, you might be inclined to take their steady activity on the forum to possibly be a sign that they're at least well-read on the subject. Would you think any differently if you discovered that 9,900 of those posts weren't about music related issues at all, but were instead about things ranging from "Asian chicks rule" to "The return of the son of man laws, part 17", to "who thinks farting on an elevator is funny?"? I know that I'd rather, if i were going to be looking at post counts at all, be looking at a count of music related posts.
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What if one theoretical poster had 10,000 posts that were all Fieldy-pwns-related and the other had 9,900 Asian Chick posts and 100 posts providing the knowledge they had about technique or the finer nuances between the available aftermarket Musicman-style humbuckers? The newbie might think that theoretical member number 1 was well read, but he'd be wrong. In actuality he's only "well-posted".

Mike
 
#225
Bryan R. Tyler said:
And boy, I wonder how many man laws Maki has broken in this thread- talk about needing to call the waaahmbulance :D
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"Was it something I said?"

- "It was not really what you said. It was how you said it."


:D


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I'm sorry Maki.

Seriously, you made some good points here.
You've been a member longer than me and TB might mean different things to both of us.

Plus when others go into autumn depression I go into über cheerful mode.
 
#226
mike_v_s said:
What if one theoretical poster had 10,000 posts that were all Fieldy-pwns-related and the other had 9,900 Asian Chick posts and 100 posts providing the knowledge they had about technique or the finer nuances between the available aftermarket Musicman-style humbuckers? The newbie might think that theoretical member number 1 was well read, but he'd be wrong. In actuality he's only "well-posted".

Mike
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Your "what ifs" don't line up with reality though. The "Fieldy pwns" posters either stay in the low numbers or end up getting banned for trolling.
 
#228
mike_v_s said:
I was using Fitzgerald's "what if". If a newbie makes an assumption of knowledge by sheer post count in music-related threads, well, that's just dumb.

Mike
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There seems to be an implicit assumption that a post in a non-OT forum intrinsically has some value worth reporting / recording in the post count. Clearly the "bassists with beards club" shows that this assumption is incorrect! :D
 
#229
mike_v_s said:
I was using Fitzgerald's "what if". If a newbie makes an assumption of knowledge by sheer post count in music-related threads, well, that's just dumb.

Mike
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Agreed.

About 2000 of my 4500 posts are basicly "fretless precision basses rule dudes!" in the basses forum.
And 2000 of them in the effects forum about delay pedals.
(This is an exaggeration)

So what if I suddenly start telling a newbie in the technique forum how to slap? Someone with 300 posts who actually knows how to slap can give more valued responses to that newbie.
 
#230
Bryan R. Tyler said:
The difference is that while posts that contain nothing more than +1 don't add anything to the musical discussions on this site, there are countless thousands of posts that happen every day and finding all of those would be difficult. Every Off Topic post, by its very nature, is not music related at all.

And boy, I wonder how many man laws Maki has broken in this thread- talk about needing to call the waaahmbulance :D
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You might see it as butthurt, but I see it as standing up for my fellow TB'rs. Still the more loudly I protest, the more you point becomes valid. :scowl:




:p
 
#231
Bryan R. Tyler said:
Every Off Topic post, by its very nature, is not music related at all.
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Stereotype thread post sheds light on TB user and musical approach.

Mudfuzz

5StringBlues said:
^ has a whole board of pedals to play his fuzzed out,heavily chorused and flanged,triple octave version of "Louie Louie".
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Mudfuzz said:
^ was so close but didn't know I don't own one chorus pedal.....

> owns over 65 pedals..:hiding:
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I now know Mr.Fuzz is probably a good guy to answer my questions about pedals.Excluding chorus of course.



I'm sure that ,if musical knowledge is shared in a thread as worthless as the stereotype thread is, there is a chance it is shared in alot off other OT topics as well.


My apologies to Mr.Fuzz for outing him as a pedal whore.


< Slinks back off to worthless stereotype thread.And the Jeff Berlin showdown. ;)
 
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5StringBlues said:
Stereotype thread post sheds light on TB user and musical approach.
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That's akin to the slight off topic tangents you find in the music-based threads. Technically neither belong there. Just because you find a piece of a strawberry in a pile of poo doesn't mean you should bust out the whipped cream ;)
 
#234
Bryan R. Tyler said:
That's akin to the slight off topic tangents you find in the music-based threads. Technically neither belong there. Just because you find a piece of a strawberry in a pile of poo doesn't mean you should bust out the whipped cream ;)
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Most of the musical knowledge shared is actually in PM's between members of the stereotype crew.(Examples on demand if you really give-a)We are a small but ridiculous bunch, but we help each other out with what we know.We also help wade through some of the disinformation that does exist in the "informative threads". ( Again with the examples)


In addition to OT posts not counting, old "Stereotype" threads were "flushed" out of the system weeks ago.So OT guys,realize that your posts don't count but they do still exist if you want to find them.


I guess some poos just smell worse than others.
 
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#237
René_Julien;8255094 said:
ow... that sure brings value to.... A PUBLIC FORUM [/sarcasm]

so the stereotype-thread is basicly a datingservice hosted by TalkBass



:p :p :D
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There badly needs to be a TalkBass Love Connection thread, as proven by both this, and the "% TBers you want to meet" thread, it could go in the bassists section! :D
 
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