I think the number of posts you have acquired here on the forums should be entirely unimportant. I feel as though having them displayed adds to an unnecessary hierarchy that should be abolished. Also, I believe that it in some ways contributes to a problem in many forums, which is the lack of quality postings and threads, because some will want to be as active as possible, posting as many posts as they can in a day, just to raise that number. This detracts from the quality of the forums, with many members thinking that they need to break a thousand posts to get respect.
We all want some recognition, and bully for those who have thousands of posts, but that unconscious strive for recognition also adds to that "look at me" quality that spectators hate so much in magicians. If we could eliminate that status, I think we could add to the overall equality that as a forum we want and add to the overall quality of posts and threads here at theory11.
Now, this coming from me, who, last time I checked only had ~200 posts or something, you might say, "what a n00b!" well, that mindset is exactly the one that I wish would be less apparent in these forums. The number of posts you've posted has no correlation with the quality of your input.
Obviously, it doesn't matter how many posts whoever has acquired; that doesn't make him/her more of an expert or more advanced, or an authority in any way. All it means is that whoever has been very active. I understand the mindset of "respect me, I'm here everyday" but I also think that if we stepped away from our egos we could step toward an advancement in the forums, and indirectly, our art.
What do you think?
kevin
We all want some recognition, and bully for those who have thousands of posts, but that unconscious strive for recognition also adds to that "look at me" quality that spectators hate so much in magicians. If we could eliminate that status, I think we could add to the overall equality that as a forum we want and add to the overall quality of posts and threads here at theory11.
Now, this coming from me, who, last time I checked only had ~200 posts or something, you might say, "what a n00b!" well, that mindset is exactly the one that I wish would be less apparent in these forums. The number of posts you've posted has no correlation with the quality of your input.
Obviously, it doesn't matter how many posts whoever has acquired; that doesn't make him/her more of an expert or more advanced, or an authority in any way. All it means is that whoever has been very active. I understand the mindset of "respect me, I'm here everyday" but I also think that if we stepped away from our egos we could step toward an advancement in the forums, and indirectly, our art.
What do you think?
kevin