John Jordan
In Memorium
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2008
- Messages
- 506
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- Location
- Cane Ridge (Nashville), TN
- Website
- www.johnjordanwoodturning.com
I'm glad to see the general consensus here is "oh, who cares "
On some forums (not necessarily turning) the equivalent of David Ellsworth posting about sharpening his own bowl gouge would be ignored if his post count wasn't "respectable." It's a little sad, really, with such unimportant things being made to matter. Then, on the other side of the coin there are people out there willing to believe everything said by someone that spends way too much time online. I'll give an example - I asked a feeding question on a snake forum when my wife first picked up our corn snakes. I was told by someone (6000+ post count) that feeding in the main cage was just fine (not related to my question). Any beginner who has done some reading knows that's false because the snake can ingest the wood chips. At that point the poster was scolded for a couple pages by other users, and I found out his post count came from defending incorrect advice.
Anyway, I really couldn't care less that I lost some posts. Though, I can't tell if I did or not.
And that's a reason why knowledgeable people often avoid message boards. I wouldn't mind seeing post counts etc not being used.
On a football board I enjoy, some of the posters have THOUSANDS of post-they monitor all day at work and read and respond to everything new. I would have to fire myself if I did that.
John