Post counts are to important.

[shadowsandwich]

Hello Escapist Community i am a little annoyed about the fact that to many people on here dont value your opinion if your post count is to low.
And i dont understand why. I myself dont respect people who dont even have a profile picture yet but it's come to a point where people either get high post counts or fade into the backround with the last topic they posted in beacuse they felt like nobody bothered with them.

 

[Sassafrass]

People don't respect my opinion here and my post count is huge, nor am I well know because of it. And I instantly look at anyway who uses post count as a way to value anyones opinions as a **** who isn't worth anyone's time.

Besides, it's the internet, not many people are gonna value your opinion anyway.
This post was full of grammar fail and might still be, but I'm ill so meh.

 

[RJ 17]

You've only got 58 posts so I don't give a damn what you think you hypocritical noob!

Just kidding. Personally I think the majority of people around here do what I do for the most part: read the OP then skim through a couple of the first responses before going ahead to make their own response. If the topic only has 1 page of responses, I'll read them all, but if there's 2 to 3 or more, I won't. Just too much reading before I make my point which has likely already been made numerous times over and over again through the course of the six pages of responses.

The best way to get yourself inserted into a conversation is simply to quote somebody and make your point off of their post. Unless they've turned off their quote notifications, they'll know that you had something to say about something they said, and if its worthy of commenting further on they should respond. Random posts not containing quotes but just a general point about the topic are much less likely to get noticed...just another post floating half way down page 4 of the responses.

That or you could write half a novel for your posts that way people will HAVE to notice you.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Nah, I don't think so. All that post count does and represents is the amount of posts the poster has posted, so you'll know what number that post is amongst the posts the poster has posted, if it's the most recent one. It doesn't tell how many posters the poster has on his/her postmodern walls, or how many post-it's it would take from one's current location to the local post office.

Apart from the couple of rare and unfortunate occurrences I've faced where someone has openly disregarded a user only because of their low post count, I don't see that as a raging problem around here. That kind of behaviour is disencouraged and looked down upon because it makes one look like a jerk.

Users and their posts are mostly taken and valued by the reasons they should be: what and how the user has written, done, whether they have the decency of putting cheese over meat on a sandwich, and so on.

 

[shadowsandwich]

So you 2 are saying to only way to be noticed is to be first?
I guess that make's scence it's just i have been reading through a couple of threads today and more time's than i would like people have called others a noob beacuse they have a low post count.
But i guess most people arnt that bad. I wonder how we can fix the few that do?

 

[StriderShinryu]

While I do agree somewhat about the lack of an avatar (the site even provides a decent selection of them if you don't want to find/make your own), I don't see the post count issue being all that much of a problem. It really comes down to writing reasonable posts. Think a little about what you're going to post before you post it and compose the post with a little care and you'll be fine.

Personally, I actually tend to look more poorly on people who have extremely obscenely high post counts than those who have lower post counts simply because I don't see how someone with tens of thousands of posts could have really had all that much of quality to say. Post counts that high geberally seen to come from either a ton of pointless low content posts or extensive participation in forum games, which basically artificlally inflates post count.

 

[RJ 17]

So you 2 are saying to only way to be noticed is to be first?
I guess that make's scence it's just i have been reading through a couple of threads today and more time's than i would like people have called others a noob beacuse they have a low post count.
But i guess most people arnt that bad. I wonder how we can fix the few that do?

welcome to the interwebz, my friend...if you hadn't noticed, there's quite a few jackasses around here, so please don't mind the smell.

But honestly I haven't seen people ripping into others for being noobs just because of their low post counts. I'd like to believe that the majority of people will read your post if you make it worth their while with good points. Unfortunately though, it's like I said in my first response: most people are just lazy and don't want to read through pages of responses, checking every single one to see if there are any points you'd like to offer up. Everyone has different preferences, you yourself said that you disregard people who don't even have an avatar.

I still say the best way to ensure that you'll get a response out of someone (or at least give you the best chances of getting a response) is simply to quote someone. Along with being filled with jackasses, the interwebz are filled with very argumentative people. If you quote someone, unless your first words are "I agree with you completely", people are going to think that you're wanting to start an argument with them and for that reason they'll quote you and rip apart everything you said, then you quote them and say everything they said is bullshit and here's why, then they quote you and explain how all the bullshit you just said is actually horseshit and that you're wrong. And there you have it: you've created another pointless forum argument, but at least you're "talking" with someone.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Pfft... I have quite a respectable post count and even I think I'm a jackass!

But seriously, really? One particular user has only a couple hundred posts to his name and I respect his opinion a lot...

On the other hand a fair few users don't bother posting in coherent English and they have 4/5 figure post counts. Granted some of them make good points but others are right twats, so I'm *meh* at best about them...

Consequently, here is the thread's biggest jerk thus far: *points at self*

 

[Esotera]

If you have >100 posts it shows that you haven't been a complete asshole (generally)...the poster is more of a known quantity. It doesn't really follow a linear trend though; I wouldn't respect the opinion of someone with 30,000 posts more than someone with 300 posts.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

Hello Escapist Community i am a little annoyed about the fact that to many people on here dont value your opinion if your post count is to low.
And i dont understand why. I myself dont respect people who dont even have a profile picture yet but it's come to a point where people either get high post counts or fade into the backround with the last topic they posted in beacuse they felt like nobody bothered with them.

What would you know...? You only have 60 posts...! (/joke! ) (EDIT: Damn it... ninja's on that joke!! )

Personally I haven't seen this on here at all... the only time I have questioned (internally, I have never said it) peoples credibility is if a 'These forums arn't what they used to be...' thread appears, and then I look at the date they started their account to get an idea of what time they are talking about, and notice they've had it for 3 months...

Personally I would never devalue someones opinion for something as trivial as that! I don't know what they do in real life, or what experience they have! I remember a time someone asked a question about using a remixed song from a particular website, and what the legal repercussions of that would be... someone from the website in mind was the first to post, and had made an account just to answer, and gave a brilliant comprehensive response with a link to their email if they had more questions... That was the guys first post! makes you realise there could be more experts around than we think!!

 

[TimeLord]

I have to honestly say that in my 3 1/2 years here I have never ever seen someone dismiss, criticise or attack someone's opinion because of their post count.

Maybe I didn't get around the forums much when MaxTheReaper's 17,000 were considered godly but I have never ever seen post counts be an issue on the site.

 

[MrTub]

I honestly do not care if somebody has a low post count or no avatar.

Sure it can be easier to recognize somebody if they have an avatar but it doesnt really reflect anything about what they say.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I don't really think that's true. Perhaps in the past when the community was smaller, but now it is large and pretty much everyone is fairly anonymous to me.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

The only time I remember someone being berated for their post count was when Furburt was still here, and he got banned as an April Fool's joke.

I miss those guys, but they don't exactly fit the mold that the Escapist Forums like people to conform to.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

To be honest I've not really noticed anything like this. In my case as I have quite a low post count considering the time I've been on the site however I've never experienced someone dismissing a post I made because of my post counter.

 

[Suicidejim]

I have a pretty low post count, but I don't recall ever being dismissed due to that fact. I generally don't look at post counts, except on occasion when somebody will have posts in the 10,000s, and I idly wonder how on Earth they managed that. Avatars are mildly more important, since they're what I use to recognize people, but even if somebody doesn't have one I don't class that as a reason to discount someone's opinion.

Still, looking for people who value your opinion above the others on an internet forum filled with thousands of other opinions is something of a futile task. When everyone has a platform to voice their opinions, nobody gets heard.

 

[Valanthe]

I haven't noticed this to be the case at all. I can't recall even one time someone has been dismissed due to post count. That's not to say there isn't some prejudice on the forums, we are only human after all. I myself have two that I'm conscious of.

Firstly, if the poster cannot speak in legible english, I don't finish reading their post. A few mistakes here and there are fine, I make them all the time, but if you try and write in "Leet speak," I'm going to dismiss you as the half brained mongoloid you clearly wish to be identified as.

And secondly, and the really petty one, if you are the invoker of Godwin's Law. This again, is selective, if the thread is actually tangentially about nazis (See: Marines pose with Nazi ZZ flag) then I will play, but if someone tries to bring nazism where it doesn't belong, I'm out.

 

[Aris Khandr]

Hello Escapist Community i am a little annoyed about the fact that to many people on here dont value your opinion if your post count is to low.
And i dont understand why. I myself dont respect people who dont even have a profile picture yet but it's come to a point where people either get high post counts or fade into the backround with the last topic they posted in beacuse they felt like nobody bothered with them.

Really? I'm quite amused that you are hung up about respect based on post counts, but then go on to say

I myself dont respect people who dont even have a profile picture yet

Why is one a good reason to judge people on but not the other?