Are My Posts Being Ignored? Investigating a Possible Conspiracy

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The discussion revolves around a user expressing frustration over their post count not increasing despite making several posts. It is clarified that posts made in the General Discussion (GD) section do not count towards the user's total post tally, which is a policy designed to prioritize quality over quantity. Participants acknowledge that while GD allows for more casual and less quality-focused discussions, it leads to confusion for newer users who may not be aware of the rules. The conversation touches on the perception of post count relevance, with some suggesting that it is not particularly important, while others note a trend of users not reading existing guidelines before posting questions. Overall, the thread highlights the balance between encouraging participation and maintaining quality in forum discussions.
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I have been noticing lately. that my no. of posts is not increasing as fast as i am posting.

yesterday when i logged in i had 138 posts. i made around 6-7 posts yesterday, and also a couple of them today but it still reads 138.

is this site having some trouble or are the admin. trying to discourage me from posting, as a part of some evil plan of theirs. :confused:
 
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Your posts were all in General Discussion, and posts in GD aren't counted.
 
still it reads 138. :cry:

plllzzzz... someone help me. i don't want to be stuck on 138 for the rest of my life. :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
honestrosewater said:
Your posts were all in General Discussion, and posts in GD aren't counted.


thats a relief(though, not really) :rolleyes: , but still i am sure that there is no evil plan against me. :-p
 
Nope,i've had 132 posts in one thread in GD only (you can guess which)...But they didn't add to my tally.

That's the policy.Posts get counted,but not added to individual tally.

Daniel.

P.S.Is the # of posts (or should it be) relevant...?A reason to be proud,or what...?
 
There's that big, bold-lettered Announcement[/color] at the top of GD that explains this.

Is it relevant? I don't really think so. Quality over quantity is much prefered, in my opinion. But, that's really why they don't count in GD, because we're not so picky about quality here, just letting off steam.
 
Moonbear said:
There's that big, bold-lettered Announcement[/color] at the top of GD that explains this.

Is it relevant? I don't really think so. Quality over quantity is much preferred in GD, because we're not so picky about quality here, just letting off steam.


Really...? Then how does you highheelness explain that monstruosity in which I've posted >130 times and you highheelness even more...? :-p

Daniel.
 
dextercioby said:
Really...? Then how does you highheelness explain that monstruosity in which I've posted >130 times and you highheelness even more...? :-p

Daniel.

You know, if you're going to purposely misquote me, you should at least do it properly. :smile:
 
That "you<-your" was made on purpose :-p

Daniel.
 
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yeah gd does not count because of spammers like myself
 
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Good point.That was the first non-spam message I've seen in the last couple of days...from u...:-p

Daniel.
 
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Hahaha, or should I say harraharharrr. I was actually thinking of posting something that was true spam, and saying this is spam, but I decided not to. However, this post I am about to post right now is, essentially, spam.
 
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Posts made in GD don't count? :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
And I kept wondering why I still had ZERO posts...
 
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Moonbear said:
There's that big, bold-lettered Announcement[/color] at the top of GD that explains this.

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But neo-phytes can't be bothered to read such things.

Really now, is it just me, or ahs there been a major surge in these sorts of questions?

Namely stupid ones posted by people too lazy to spend two minutes looking (or declaring a thread we referred them too, which was 3 pages long, and covered everything they asked for in detail) was too long to read, so we should go through it all again, just for them.

Are these people like rabbits or is it just me?
 
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witze said:
Posts made in GD don't count? :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
And I kept wondering why I still had ZERO posts...

Oh, no, posts in GD counts, just only good ones. I only post in GD. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
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Nope,Franz.It's all fair & square.Neither mine,nor yours don't count.

Daniel.
 
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