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Brandon237

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shadowsandwich said:
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.
Yeah, Lack of an avatar is inexcusable and you WILL not be remembered by me without it because names are kinda hard to remember on their own...

Post-count I actually don't use as an indicator of how important someone's opinion is, I don't think that many people here do. The people with the most posts get it from forum games and user groups anyway, 5000 really good insightful posts will make me notice someone quite quickly, then there are people with 30K who I have seen once or twice giving a two-line over-repeated opinion. Post well, spell-check and be original. You shall be known soon enough :)
 

Drexlor

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I have never dismissed anyone's opinion because of their post count and I don't really remember seeing anyone else do it either. I have almost 1000 posts (which isn't really huge) and I still never really get noticed much, but that is because I am usually on page 10 or something. I've also been kind of a drifter in the past couple months, I just randomly disappear and show up again a couple weeks later.
 

Biosophilogical

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Sassafrass said:
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. :p
This post was full of grammar fail and might still be, but I'm ill so meh.
Sassafrass! Didn't you used to have Dr Cox avatars?

OT: It isn't post count that matters, it is the quality of your posts. Yours, for example
shadowsandwich said:
Hello Escapist Community i I am a little annoyed about the fact that too many people on here don't value your opinion if your post count is too low.
And i I don't understand why. I myself don't respect people who don't even have a profile picture yet[footnote]I'd normally put a comma here, but things like commas tend to be placed as a matter of preference, so this is just a minor nit-pick[/footnote] 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 because they felt like nobody bothered with them.
The occasional wrongly spelled word is fine, but things like capital 'I's and apostrophes in contracted words (like don't) are signs of a genuine poster. Sure, they may be a terrible poster/troll, but they at least put the effort in to write properly, and on a site like this, the only interaction people have with you is through text, so the way you present your posts is important if you don't want to feel, and I borrow your words here, like nobody bothered with you.

Then you have your actual topic; you raise concerns about the way people are seen on this site based upon arbitrary figures that have no bearing upon the quality of their posts, yet you don't actually try to maintain a high-quality of posting yourself.
 

TheTurtleMan

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I respect other members as long as they at least make an honest attempt to use correct grammar and punctuation. I wouldn't call myself a grammar Nazi, all I ask is that people try and avoid using "text language."

Other than that, post as little as you want and be as racist and offensive as you please, it can be very entertaining.
 

Mikeyfell

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I think you mean "Post counts are too important"

Post count plus 1, Oh yeah...

Well logically if you have a low post count that reflects that you're not willing to express your own opinion so why should I care about what you have to say if you hardly ever say it?

But I never even look at post counts or user names I usually just read the post. Some times when I get in a conversation/argument/flamewar with multiple people I forget who I've said what to
 

Crazy

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I tend to have a lower standard towards the older members because no reason. I prefer the newer members because also no reason. Therefore, if you have a higher post count more than likely I'll just not take you seriously. Because no reason.
 

Evil Teddie

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Mikeyfell said:
I think you mean "Post counts are too important"

*snip*

Well logically if you have a low post count that reflects that you're not willing to express your own opinion so why should I care about what you have to say if you hardly ever say it?

I don't agree with that, why should the loud one with the high post count be heard over the quite ones with low post counts. We are all equals here. A number is a number is a number. Besides, I'm just really a lurker with a name, so I don't post much, only if I feel that I have something to add to the discussion.