Posts in Fred's no longer count toward post count

Thank you. Sounds good.

 

No, it's "He who dies with the most toys wins".....
I am accepting ALL donations to the Pat Sullivan "Toys for the Rich Campaign"!!!

 

This might seem a strange thing to say, for someone with so many posts, but I'm not here to rack up points. Take them and the 'thanks' away altogether if you like - ultimately, each post should stand on its own merits. I participate in car-related threads now and then, but it's the 'coffee shop' conversation that holds my interest. I hope the change in point-tallying is not meant to say that such contributions to the community are worthless.

 

Hmm...

I actually have very few posts in Freds Houses...respectively.

And I realize this IS Prius Chat..not "Chat Chat"...

But really? Does post count really mean much one way or another? Participation is participation, and I personally don't equate a high post count one way or another with necessarily "better" participation.

My post count is ridiculous, and I have no idea what I'm talking about. I sometimes think post count should be connected to a color coded shading system and once you exceed a certain amount it turn red alongs with your moniker being surrounded with the flashing exclamation of "Get A Life!".

But do what you want. Too many pancakes aren't good for you.

 

That's a very good idea. (+1 )

 

Just wondering if this is being done for some larger purpose is there going to be any sort of change to the main forums - just off the top of my head there are a heck of a lot of one or two word posts in all threads.

 

Two thousand is ridiculous? Ouch.

'Get a life'? Hmmm. I've made some genuine friends here, and had more personal involvement and done more travelling than I would have otherwise. I could be a bigger fish in a smaller pond by interacting only with those in my physical community, but that seems like less of a life, not more.

 

Is poetry less valuable than prose?

There are are a great number of very wordy posts that don't say anything at all. It's not the number of words you use that count, it's which words.

 

Interesting, it seems many people find FHOP distracting.

 

+1

So - does that count as prose or poetry?

 

I like the fact that there is FHOP available. I think there's a good number of people that come here for the Prius information, end up meeting people you enjoy talking to (or perhaps arguing against ), and FHOP allows you to continue that. Some forums don't have that ability and don't allow threads to go off-topic, and I think they lose a lot of the community feel that way.
We come to PriusChat for the dry facts, and stay for the stories.

 

Your Forum....
Your rules.

or.... "Aye-aye, sir!"

Personally, I'd include the environmental section as well, but I've already acknowledged that I know where I lie in the chain of command, so we'll do it your way!

Request permission to carry on, sir!

 

I'm just kidding. Of course I include myself in any evaluation. I like Prius Chat and have enjoyed the debates and discussions.

One could argue that the entire internet is mostly a "get a life" enviroment. But I don't mean to personally suggest that anyone within Prius Chat needs to "get a life".

I guess my wandering point is, it's okay with me if Danny wants to either NOT count FHOP posts, or count FHOP posts. Because I personally don't attach validity or value of a post to the total amount of posts someone has contributed.

Lack of posts or history I think can be valuable in potentially indentifying a troll. BUT number of posts is NOT necessarily an indicator of the "value" of that persons overall participation, in my opinion.

I guess it comes down to what you think is identifying of value. "The Prius" or "The Chat"....

If it was me? I think I'd let it all count.....

 

Maybe the Mods can implement a relevance filter, a nifty bit of artificial intelligence code that gages the relevance of a post in a given thread and subtract from the post count when a post detracts from the overall topic instead of contributes to it... Of course I'd probably end up with a negative post count, but it would be interesting to track!

 

i love it.. i noticed a lot of new people with really high counts who are good conversationalist yet fail to recall old data that's been floating around on the forums... although old data is going out the window because a log of newer prii are on the forum now.

thanks are still a great idea... for those of you with over 200 thanks... does count really matter?...

the only flaw i see with thanks is that it's a first come first server situation a lot of times. are people restricted till they have x post before they can thank someone? if a person jumps on with wrong data and gets a thanks and is corrected... what happens then? what stops a newbie from thanking everyone?

 

paul... i was thinking along the lines of a user selected category... answer, question, non related, pictures, data, etc.... no clue where to draw the lines on that