Author Topic: An effort to understand (Read 1124 times)

Progmetty · « **on:** January 13, 2012, 11:25:50 AM »

Why my post count is always taken back down below 4000 even though a shit load of newbies have already went over!
I never asked about this before and it never even caught my attention but I'm really curious.

bosk1 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 13, 2012, 11:31:44 AM »

Probably because you tend to post in waves, so when we delete old threads, you have large blocks of old posts that get deleted, whereas a newbie who has posted a lot has most of all of his posts in more recent threads that avoid deletion by virtue of their newness.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #2 on:** January 13, 2012, 11:35:15 AM »

Quote from: metty on January 13, 2012, 11:25:50 AM

Why my post count is always taken back down below 4000 even though a shit load of newbies have already went over!
I never asked about this before and it never even caught my attention but I'm really curious.

Because the newbs probably post a lot more and get their postcounts up much quicker before posts/threads get culled. They're likely losing a lot more posts than you each cull, but they're posting a lot more frequently to maintain it.

Yet somehow my postcount remained high in my long absence, and I guarantee a lot of my posts were in the first threads to get deleted.

yorost · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2012, 11:37:32 AM »

I would guess because of the crash. Those threads will never get pruned and cause a reduction.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 13, 2012, 01:02:52 PM »

Good point... posts from what, 07, to April '09 are in the counts, but somewhere lost in the interwebz. I think the crash was April '09... just before BCSL.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #5 on:** January 13, 2012, 03:33:00 PM »

Quote from: yorost on January 13, 2012, 11:37:32 AM

I would guess because of the crash. Those threads will never get pruned and cause a reduction.

This is why some people will always have astronomical post counts. The only threads that seem to get deleted semi-regularly are the chat threads and the other "legitimate" spam threads like "what are you listening to" threads, where no real discussion takes place, and some people have posted as often as every 10 minutes or so.

yorost · « **Reply #6 on:** January 13, 2012, 03:37:10 PM »

I think everything not archived gets pruned. Look at the end of each forum. I'm not sure if those all cause post reduction, but anything not getting posts goes away.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #7 on:** January 13, 2012, 04:15:40 PM »

But they don't prune very often, unless they have changed policies only locked threads tend to go the wayside on a regular basis.

Progmetty · « **Reply #8 on:** January 13, 2012, 04:31:35 PM »

I got like 3 different answers out of all the replies and they all make sense. I know it's insignificant but still a bit of a bummer, I could swear I've seen my post count turn 4000 at least 3 times and every time I'd go "hmmm, a milestone. But it feels like this happened before.. probably deja vu"

Nick · « **Reply #9 on:** January 13, 2012, 04:32:29 PM »

I have taken the liberty of solving this problem for you.

Progmetty · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2012, 04:44:16 PM »

Oh shit

kári · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2012, 06:17:34 PM »

Nice e-peen.

carl320 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 14, 2012, 04:19:08 PM »

Quote from: metty on January 13, 2012, 04:44:16 PM

Oh shit

1 in 6 posts on the entire forum are metty's

Progmetty · « **Reply #13 on:** January 14, 2012, 07:03:08 PM »

Quote from: carl320 on January 14, 2012, 04:19:08 PM

Quote from: metty on January 13, 2012, 04:44:16 PM
Oh shit

1 in 6 posts on the entire forum are metty's

Which is kinda unfair to the people who actually care about the post count thing. Thanks for the gesture Nick but you can change it back now, I really just wanted to understand how it happens. I kinda thought it was a glitch related to me and the number 4,000 and that's why I was extra puzzled

ariich · « **Reply #14 on:** January 14, 2012, 07:11:48 PM »

TOO LATE IT'S LIKE THAT FOREVER NOW

Dublagent66 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:30:31 PM »

What's the point of having a post count if that number is directly affected by old posts that eventually get deleted? The number should be cumulative or be taken out altogether. Otherwise, it serves no useful purpose.

kári · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2012, 01:42:56 PM »

It still gives a general idea...

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2012, 04:51:34 PM »

Quote from: kári on June 07, 2012, 01:42:56 PM

It still gives a general idea...

Yes and no. It seems that people who were part of the forum pre-crash are locked in at that number as a baseline. If say Nick and I both decided to leave DTF for two years then come back, he'd still be over 10000 posts and I'd be in the hundreds, despite the fact that on average we probably have the same number of posts/day over the last year.

As for Dublagent66's idea, I don't think the software supports that because I doubt the mod staff is looking to scale back everyone's post counts. I'm guessing the software counts your current posts plus a predetermined number (what you had at the forum crash of 2009).

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I haven't seen anything to contradict that model.

XJDenton · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2012, 07:30:04 PM »

Pretty much. I've looked into how the count can be made independent but havent come up with anything.

kári · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2012, 03:00:12 AM »

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1130 ?

black_floyd · « **Reply #20 on:** June 08, 2012, 03:58:32 AM »

Ever since the split, I've been handwriting all of my posts on index cards as proof of their existence and count 'em up a few times a year and then PM bosk so he can adjust my postcount for the sake of accuracy. All I had to do was scan 'em into my computer and then archive 'em as .jpg's and then email 'em to bosk as a quasi "proof of purchase." He not only didn't mind this but actually commended me on my diligence.

XJDenton · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2012, 07:02:43 AM »

Quote from: kári on June 08, 2012, 03:00:12 AM

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1130 ?

Somthing like that could be nice but that mod hasnt been updated in 3 years when 2.0 was still in beta, so i doubt it would be stable.

kári · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2012, 10:05:08 AM »

I see. Well I couldn't find any other so I guess things will have to stay as they are.

Ħ · « **Reply #23 on:** June 13, 2012, 08:01:09 PM »

Apparently someone doesn't like my posts, either.

Jaffa · « **Reply #24 on:** June 13, 2012, 09:54:15 PM »

Quote from: Ħ on June 13, 2012, 08:01:09 PM

Apparently someone doesn't like my posts, either.

I think that happened when you made a quote pyramid out of hef warning people not to make quote pyramids. I could be mistaken.

Ħ · « **Reply #25 on:** June 13, 2012, 10:53:07 PM »

Oh. I completely forgot about that. Well, that was a joke, so I'll take this as a joke as well.

Adami · « **Reply #26 on:** June 13, 2012, 10:58:53 PM »

Quote from: Dublagent66 on June 07, 2012, 01:30:31 PM

What's the point of having a post count if that number is directly affected by old posts that eventually get deleted? The number should be cumulative or be taken out altogether. Otherwise, it serves no useful purpose.

This is a very good point.

Nick · « **Reply #27 on:** June 13, 2012, 11:38:09 PM »

Quote from: Adami on June 13, 2012, 10:58:53 PM

Quote from: Dublagent66 on June 07, 2012, 01:30:31 PM
a post count ... serves no useful purpose.

This is a very good point.

I agree, the two of you should simply ignore them.

Dublagent66 · « **Reply #28 on:** June 14, 2012, 12:48:54 PM »

For the most part, I do ignore them. But, the purpose of this thread is to understand why the number exists when it isn't accurate and serves no useful purpose.

XJDenton · « **Reply #29 on:** June 14, 2012, 12:51:29 PM »

It gives a sense of how active the user has been in the last few months.

yeshaberto · « **Reply #30 on:** June 14, 2012, 12:58:15 PM »

I see we have a new member. Welcome H

Ħ · « **Reply #31 on:** June 14, 2012, 05:05:43 PM »

Quote from: yeshaberto on June 14, 2012, 12:58:15 PM

I see we have a new member. Welcome H

I'm migrating from Mike's forum...apparently he quit the band?!

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 04, 2012, 07:04:21 AM »

Quote from: Jaffa on June 13, 2012, 09:54:15 PM

Quote from: Ħ on June 13, 2012, 08:01:09 PM
Apparently someone doesn't like my posts, either.

I think that happened when you made a quote pyramid out of hef warning people not to make quote pyramids. I could be mistaken.

I didn't do it. At least, I don't remember doing it lol

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Author Topic: An effort to understand (Read 1124 times)