Now FL SAAC keeps his own count.
Oh, but the so called 'moderators' just love him....lol
You might want to look again ;D
Looks like the Count doesn't show up in "The Lounge" and perhaps other Sub-Forums
I find it quite childish to view the number of posts as something to strive for, as it's not the quantity of ones posts that makes for a productive member on a forum, but the quality of the posts that you make.
I'll leave it at that.
Bill
Quote from: Bill on February 19, 2024, 10:59:05 AM
I find it quite childish to view the number of posts as something to strive for, as it's not the quantity of ones posts that makes for a productive member on a forum, but the quality of the posts that you make.
I'll leave it at that.
Bill
Guys, the reason for a 'point count' spammers get a 5 cent per post on any internet comment they type.
Scott, I didn't know how the price-per-post thing works. Thanks for the info.
How would spam-posting a Shelby forum be worth anything? Who's paying 5-cents for such attacks? The Corvette Forum? :P
Quote from: Bill on February 19, 2024, 10:59:05 AM
I find it quite childish to view the number of posts as something to strive for, as it's not the quantity of ones posts that makes for a productive member on a forum, but the quality of the posts that you make.
I'll leave it at that.
Bill
+1.
I moderated a Drum Builders forum for a time. The competing forums got into such antics. And then people within our forum did also. Some forums also put rules in place like "You can't post items for sale until you have 50 posts". Then someone just posts "Yeah!" or "Great IDea" in 25 topics and magically have their post count and then post something for sale.....possibly a scam.
We, as Moderators/administrators got tired of the childishness. We edited posts counts for the children and they went from "264" to "-5000" (NEGATIVE) over night. And just for yucks, we all changed our own to "12,573,873" (yes....millions of posts!).
Quote from: Side-Oilers on February 19, 2024, 08:05:05 PM
Scott, I didn't know how the price-per-post thing works. Thanks for the info.
How would spam-posting a Shelby forum be worth anything? Who's paying 5-cents for such attacks? The Corvette Forum? :P
Van,
It all started on the open forums like Yahoo! and other political columns, etc. The person in question does defend the Corvette with countless posts on here...Anyways, they were simply known as bots. "An Internet bot, web robot, robot or simply bot, is a software application that runs automated tasks on the Internet, usually with the intent to imitate human activity, such as messaging, on a large scale."
So, such people aren't actually people?
I'm far from any kind of a computer guy, so I truly don't get it. Who would pay anyone to run up posts on a tiny site like SAAC Forum?
The Bots/Spyders and such, are scrubbing for information. I don't think they post anything. But now with AI....perhaps that will change next.
The Bots and such, show up in the "Who is Online" type counts. On our old drum forum, it was common to see 5 to 10 actual users on, then the count would show "22 online", translation, about as many bots scrubbing for data as there were actual users.
Quote from: Side-Oilers on February 19, 2024, 11:33:01 PM
So, such people aren't actually people?
I'm far from any kind of a computer guy, so I truly don't get it. Who would pay anyone to run up posts on a tiny site like SAAC Forum?
Van,
Because our guy in question has no life...
And, I'm sure the mods will lock or delete this thread soon.
I have no horse in this race but I see only one user with the post count still showing...Strange coincidence???
:o ;) ;D :(
TOB :)
Quote from: TOBKOB on February 20, 2024, 08:59:08 AM
I have no horse in this race but I see only one user with the post count still showing...Strange coincidence???
:o ;) ;D :(
TOB :)
He's =
"SPECIAL" ;D ;) :)
NO they wont lock it nor should they! If some dont like car show postings dont read it. Seems the same few go round and round with their occasional flare ups. Who gives a SHI- if someone posts about car shows or puppy dogs. If someone is involved with these cars which they have proven they are, but like other things... so be it! Most on here are all OLD, SLOW, NON DRIVERS, NON RACERS, NON MECHANICS, Really NO INVOLVEMENT other then how much prices have jumped on the values of the cars. Sad really but true... If it wasnt for Tony or a couple other knuckle heads, there would be no entertainment value here... Just my 2 cents.
I looked in the other CAR related sub-forums and see posts counts for everyone. Just not here in the "Lounge".
Remember, you may "mute" a poster that you are tired of seeing. Then when you are reading a post and that person has posted in it, you DO see an entry but it states "you are muting this person". It also shows WHO it is, in case you have several members on mute. The post will include a small link to "Click here to view this post". SO if it's a topic that you are interested in (you are reading the thread), and think the muted person might have contributed, just click the link to see. You consider it still just noise? Don't bother to click the other muted posts and just read what you wish.
He is self-proclaiming his post count, and "enhancing" it as well. "Posts" is his actual count, and "Personal Text" is whatever he wants it to say.
Posts are "dead wood"! ;)
Quote from: 427heaven on February 20, 2024, 09:47:21 AM
NO they wont lock it nor should they! If some dont like car show postings dont read it. Seems the same few go round and round with their occasional flare ups. Who gives a SHI- if someone posts about car shows or puppy dogs. If someone is involved with these cars which they have proven they are, but like other things... so be it! Most on here are all OLD, SLOW, NON DRIVERS, NON RACERS, NON MECHANICS, Really NO INVOLVEMENT other then how much prices have jumped on the values of the cars. Sad really but true... If it wasnt for Tony or a couple other knuckle heads, there would be no entertainment value here... Just my 2 cents.
Hey, we have a Tony fan club member. So, what is his fan member count...3? Your not getting it, my friend. Tony spams/hijacks lots of threads with his garbage. And that's ok with you? I DO agree with your comment of: "OLD, SLOW, NON DRIVERS, NON RACERS, NON MECHANICS, Really NO INVOLVEMENT other then how much prices have jumped on the values of the cars. Sad really but true..."
Lastly, IF I want garbage 'entertainment value' I will watch TV...
Hey, what happened to my post count?
Quote from: deathsled on February 20, 2024, 02:21:15 PM
Hey, what happened to my post count?
Your'e a Victim Of Circumstance :( :-\ ;)
Quote from: Lincoln tech on February 20, 2024, 03:08:31 PM
Quote from: deathsled on February 20, 2024, 02:21:15 PM
Hey, what happened to my post count?
Your'e a Victim Of Circumstance :( :-\ ;)
Best comeback I've seen in a long time.
Ok , 1more :)
Okay really, last one. Even though the loss of the post count could possibly have an effect on my overvalued self worth.
Isn't that spelled "coicumstance"? Nyuk Nyuk