Suggestion Post count for Marketplace?

[Rylo]

I'm not terribly concerned w/ my personal post counts, but I do believe the count shows how much one contributes to a given forum.

With that, I think we all would agree the Marketplace is an important part of the RPF. It's certainly where one goes to obtain the very thing this forum is based on.

Speaking as a propmaker, I'd like to see such posts count since they do indeed contribute to the fabric of the community.

A number of us spend our time making props; naturally we spend a great deal of time in this area. It seems a shame to discount the efforts of the guys providing the goods, ya know?

Perhaps it's a principle thing with me.

Just thinkin'

-Rylo

 

[Art Andrews]

No outside visibility. No indexing. No post count increase.

 

[ONEYE]

No outside visibility. No indexing. No post count increase.

Now that's what I call a reply with extreme prejudice! :eek

 

[Art Andrews]

Hahaha... we have to give Rylo a bit of a hard time since he has been our resident "keep everything in the Marketplace TOP TOP secret" guy.

 

[Rylo]

Indeed, even I had to laugh!

Fair enough, fair enough...

Hahaha... we have to give Rylo a bit of a hard time since he has been our resident "keep everything in the Marketplace TOP TOP secret" guy.

 

[Rylo]

How can I argue with that kinda logic?

I mean, I championed most of those bills which are now RPF law.

As they should be...

A reasonable trade I suppose. :ninja

No outside visibility. No indexing. No post count increase.

 

[Underworld54]

I was just about to ask why all of my posts aren't being counted. Now I know and I'm in agreement.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I don't get why the Marketplace posts should count. All posts made in that section will be pruned once the sale is done anyway. It's a non-constant section, where everything that is posted is eventually always deleted.

Makes very little sense to me.

 

[Rylo]

Again, the point was that propmakers offer a service in the Marketplace and spend a great deal of time there. If a post count is intended to reflect 'effort' or what one contributes to a given forum, I was suggesting that offering a product on a prop forum is more of a contribution/service than many posts we see on the main forum.

More of a curious thought than anything else. Mainly geared towards professional propmakers; I can certainly see how you don't get it. I'm not really talking about the guy who offers up the occasional MR saber or paper prop.

-Rylo

I don't get why the junkyard posts should count. All posts made in that section will be pruned once the sale is done anyway. It's a non-constant section, where everything that is posted is eventually always deleted.

Makes very little sense to me.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I was only mentioning it because all posts in the Marketplace are eventually deleted. Or has that changed, where some are kept? Once the thread gets deleted you'll lose all those posts in your count anyway, professional propmaker or just everyday seller.

However, if there was to be a distinction added to the profile of professional propmaker vs everyday regular user, then I could see a point to it... but then again... once the thread gets deleted when the runs has run its course... all those posts disappear from your count.

I just can't see how it could be made to work. Only way would be to split the junkyard into two sections: prop runs and everyday selling - like they have on TheClubhouse.net forum I frequent.

 

[Lancer]

can't see how propr /junkyard FS posts should count to be fair.

a lot of the posts are things like "bump for the morning crowd" or "bump for the evening crowd" so its going to radically increase some peoples post count without making any contribution.

my vote -1

 

[ONEYE]

The law was laid down. Doesn't sound like it will change.
Time to accept it and move one. Besides it's not quantity
that "counts" it should be quality of the posts that should
count. Maybe we can rate the post/poster? I'd rather have
high ratings than high post counts.

 

[micdavis]

I care only enough to post and say I don't care.

 

[Rylo]

Dude, at your age, I like to see you post 'anything' just to know you're still alive. :thumbsup

I care only enough to post and say I don't care.