Lonely Thread

[Registeel]

Personally, I think these forums aren't as alive as they used to be, I can't find anyone anymore! *except for forum games but yeah* So post here if you can't find anyone and get lonely...

I do a lot in this cold, cold cave...

 

[Shiny Grimer]

Sometimes I feel very geeky when I'm the only one on the forums. :P

 

[Tailsy]

That's probably because most of the forums congregate in Forum Games to increase their post count. :S Besides it's always been this active, I have no idea what you're talking about...?

(Also, this should go in Forum Discussion and don't tag things as 'thread'.)

 

[Murkrow]

I think postcount should be turned off in the games section.

Anyway, I know what you mean. Sometimes I just wait for ages for someone to reply to something, but they never do. But I don't want to go and do something else just in case someone does reply. It's like waiting for a bus, you want to walk but you know the moment you leave the bus stop it'll come (usually two at once as well).

 

[Tailsy]

I think postcount should be turned off in the games section.

You have no idea how long we've been saying this.

 

[Bombsii]

I get lonely.... sob...

 

[Butterfree]

You have no idea how long we've been saying this.

You have no idea how annoying it is when people demand something like putting post count on in all forums ("What is post count for if not counting your posts? What's this with feeling the need to judge the merit of the post before increasing it?") and when I finally do it they start demanding I change it back as if it had somehow been my idea.

 

[Music Dragon]

And anyway, aren't we always on about how post count doesn't matter?

 

[Murkrow]

Which is why people who think it does matter post in the games section.

(I know I post there, I'm saying that everyone who posts there post for postcount, I'm just saying that the people who post for postcount post there.)

 

[Tailsy]

You have no idea how annoying it is when people demand something like putting post count on in all forums ("What is post count for if not counting your posts? What's this with feeling the need to judge the merit of the post before increasing it?") and when I finally do it they start demanding I change it back as if it had somehow been my idea.

I didn't say anything about that!

Actually who did? I don't remember that at all. :S

 

[Retsu]

I think postcount should be turned off in the games section.

What did accuracy ever do to you?

 

[Murkrow]

What did accuracy ever do to you?

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean.

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

I think he means that post count should be accurate of all the posts you make. In any case, I think we should just keep it the way it is, post count is for counting posts, after all. And what does it matter if some people post in Forum Games for post count? There really isn't any discussion in Forum Games... it's just games, for fun.

 

[Murkrow]

Yeah but it's funner without the people who don't really care what they're posting and just.. post. Like when they don't realize they're not on the last page and post. They should realize that they're on the last page then but sometimes they don't bother editing or whatever.
Who really cares for accuracy, do we have ten fingers, do we have eight? Who cares, really.
But if postcount doesn't matter, why even have it in the postbit?


Meh, I know it doesn't really matter so I won't continue.

Anyway more on topic. I find that there are certain times of day that people are most active. It's usually during the evenings. Probably because that's when it's the time of day a bit after when school finishes in America.

 

[Music Dragon]

Who really cares for accuracy, do we have ten fingers, do we have eight? Who cares, really.

You are aware that this analogy makes you look pretty silly, aren't you?

 

[Murkrow]

It's not that fact that 'thumbs aren't fingers', it's just that some people just count them as fingers anyway because they don't care about correctness. It's kinda like the other way around. Why can't we just not count the games posts because we don't care about accuracy.

 

[Music Dragon]

It's not that fact that 'thumbs aren't fingers', it's just that some people just count them as fingers anyway because they don't care about correctness. It's kinda like the other way around. Why can't we just not count the games posts because we don't care about accuracy.

Wait... Are you saying there are people who don't count thumbs as fingers?

...

Well. Strange...! I guess you learn something new every day.

 

[Retsu]

Post count doesn't serve much of a purpose if it isn't accurate.

Fingers, on the other hand...

 

[Murkrow]

Post count doesn't serve much of a purpose if it is accurate either.
Why do you even care? I can't really recall you posting in the games section much. :/

Anyway I'll stop posting in this thread now unless I actually have something to contribute to the actual topic.

EDIT:

Because I like statistics - because of this, I also like them to be accurate. Why is this so hard to grasp?

IMO keeping track of postcount except for the games would be more interesting.

EDIT:

I don't know, I'd rather have an accurate statistic of how many vaguely interesting posts I've made other than just posting numbers.

Yes, exactly.

Post count is a statistic; attaching meaning to it is dumb. I approve of having forum games posts count because it herds a lot of the posts made entirely for count into one forum that doesn't produce productive or interesting posts anyway.

What about those of us who post there for the fun :(

More fun. Funner isn't a word.

Who cares? I'm not writing a letter the pope here.

 

[Retsu]

Post count doesn't serve much of a purpose if it is accurate either.

Then you should be arguing against having post count altogether. Not that I support that either. Statistics are nice to look at for fun.

Why do you even care? I can't really recall you posting in the games section much. :/

Because I like statistics - because of this, I also like them to be accurate. Why is this so hard to grasp?