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request for a skin that shows posts count & likes count

#4
Killed_by_Death said:
Before the recently added Light skin everyone's stats were right there, no clicking on their profile required.
Now there is no skin which shows that.
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Are you sure about that? I seem to recall that there was quite a bit of debate, not long after "likes" were first implemented a few years ago, about what information should appear under one's avatar by default (location? join date? etc.), and that it was eventually decided that "likes" would not be among the information so displayed. There were a lot of vociferous opponents of the idea of implementing "likes" in the first place, but even more of the idea of having "likes" totals displayed by default below avatars -- the concern being that this might have the effect of turning posting into a "likes" contest. So my recollection is that numbers of posts and likes haven't been displayed below avatars for a long time, and it seems to me that I've been clicking on people's avatars to see such information for a long time -- not just until very recently. Am I just completely mis-remembering all this? (It's entirely possible that I am.)
 
#6
Killed_by_Death said:
I was able to see the likes & post count just fine last week, and now it's gone.
People deserve to know my likes/post ratio, LOL!
currently: 1.69, with a goal of 2 to 1
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There was an interesting (and amusing) discussion about this likes/posts ratio thing a while back, here:

Congratulations (?) to me

This wasn't the original point of the thread, but it somehow turned in that direction quickly. Interesting discussion of the ways in which the likes/post ratio can be terribly misleading. For example, it isn't a fair measure of anything for those of us who have been around here for many years, because "likes" didn't exist here at all until relatively recently. If you wanted to turn this into a contest, you'd need to know the likes/posts ratio only since the time that "likes" were implemented.
 
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So here's a crazy idea I was playing with: What if everyone were limited in the number of "likes" they could give? The number of "likes" one could dole out could be restricted by time (e.g., so many per month), or relative to the number of one's own posts, or something like that. Maybe Supporting Members would receive a larger allotment of "likes" to dole out than others. Whatever -- I haven't thought through the details. But the basic idea would be that everyone would have to be much more selective, and thus presumably more discerning, in how they dole out their "likes." Is that crazy, or is there a useful idea in there somewhere?
 
#10
Here's the recipe for increasing your "likes."

Spend a LOT of time on TB. Forgo bathing, cleaning the house, outdoor activities, etc. whenever possible.

Write replies that will appeal to the masses instead of you really think, and be somewhat creative.

Try to be one of the first 10 posts in a thread for maximum visibility. Any posts beyond the first page may succumb to being skipped over.

Have I overlooked anything?
 
#14
Killed_by_Death said:
I've gone through all the skins & can't find one that shows posts & likes.

It's nice to know, at least for me...
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I know there were a good amount of members who like to see this info, so new style is available now: 2016 Expanded Post Info

Screenshot at Oct 14 14-44-05.png
 
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