Should TERB Remove Member Post Counts From Public View?
- Thread starter demien2k5
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It's a public forum...people say what they want, when they want, and how many times they want. It's not a pay-per-post.
I'd challenge that thinking. I think there may be more newish and lurker members than some may think who do not post comments as much as they could based on the amount of time they are actually surfing TERB, simply because they feel intimidated by some of what I'll call (for lack of a better term) the "Old Guard's Backlash". In terms of overall regularity of posts, of the 108K registered TERB members, seems like a comparatively very small consistent group who seem to dominate the conversations in most forums, so again, I'm curious to see if the invisible majority has a perspective to share on this issue using the poll as the vehicle.
Hahahahaha...
It seems toughb is more (still?) obsessed with my post count than I am... I really don't give a crap.
And please, don't be sorry demien... my ticker is about as strong as they come... (lots of cardio in my daily workouts...), although I do admit to getting a little flustered when our sexy terb ladies go on about pleasuring each other sexually! (and keep a set of defib paddles around just in case! LOL **insert defib smiley here**)
Everyone knows my posts don't count for shit anyway... 0 real reviews, 11,000+ posts of random silliness, pics of naked chicks, useless information, and going on about Mrs. CG, a few dozen or so trying to teaching other terbs how to post pics, or signatures etc and about 1/2 a dozen or so trying to teach someone how to do "quotes", and then there's this one!
What of it?
I think a better way to improve the atmosphere is to have reviews stand alone. No "nice review!" or "way to go, dude!" or "what the fuck, she didn't give me a bbbj" to detract from one guy's view and experience. Since that can't happen, it's usually best to ignore the rest of that thread.
I don't see where post count is negative or positive, unless the writing is obviously the woman or one of her friends and we need to check their history.
Gen, I have a depth gauge you can borrow. ;-)
I don't see where post count is negative or positive, unless the writing is obviously the woman or one of her friends and we need to check their history.
Gen, I have a depth gauge you can borrow. ;-)
LOL! Unless you count all the "reviews" I've done on her!
(She already has her own TERB handle... but she's only signed on 1-2 times... that I know of!)
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I believe you. Really, but thousands wouldn't. Chuckle
CG, always remember there is more that one way to skin a cat.
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Stay away from Max and Gracie.... I like my cats WITH skin thank you vary much!
Not to be confused with pussy... which should always be hairless!
HOLY C-RAP! Alert the media! I actually AGREE with Brill on this....fuck, I think I need to sit down. I don't feel too well right now.... ;-p
But I also agree that's not likely to happen on an open forum review board, so am willing to settle for common courtesy in all responses, good or bad...
Not too long ago, Sheik mentioned he was considering this idea.
I would be OK with that. Usually, I don't find much value in the "way to go" comments that follow a review. If someone had a different experience, he can post his own review.
I do agree the "way to go's " , " I gotta see this girl " posts are a waste of band width but take
away people's ability to inquire , inform and challenge then a review board becomes just
another advertising vehicle . Worst case it becomes haters paradise with the ability
to trash with impunity . .
Sometimes the good information comes out in the dialogue after the opening post .
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Frankly at 0.75 posts-per-day, you haven't been active enough to bring forward such a motion.
On a serious note, there are many times on boards where Post Count = Snobbishness, Konwledge = Helpfullness.
However it is up to individuals own judgement and reasoning skills to put the statistics in context. If people care about such things, they can always spend some time browsing the posts to determine what it's actually worth. For example I think you've been here long enough to remeber those huge word game threads, threads about nothing, or drunken, incoherent early morning "esco's" which accounted for hundreds of posts over the years containing no information or opinions.
But I imagine most lurkers don't bother or care to notice post counts let alone look behind them to understand the poster's perspectives & tendencies.
I don't think that's the problem of the board. If some people are going to be intimidated by that, it says more about them than the board. I mean c'mon, to most other members you're just a made-up name in cyberspace. Who cares about anybody's backlash. A vocal and opinionated person is going to feel they are right with or without a post count.
I was just as pompous & verbose as a newbie as I am now! In fact one of my very first threads I picked arguments with much longer serving members ( I believe it was titled "When did it all become about getting off?", or something like that). So it's all about the member's own personality.
