Carlos
Well-known member
I agree. When I install my xenforo, the postcount is the first thing that I turn on.Nope.
I agree. When I install my xenforo, the postcount is the first thing that I turn on.Nope.
I find that a lot actually with people who have lots of posts, and they actually think it means something towards website seniority or something. This is exactly why I remove reputation and all those little argumentative aspects so people just view people, not post counts, reputation or any other such tribute of false popularity. Many of my senior members got themselves banned because they turn nasty on new members... typically their tolerance for mistakes lessens over time. Good reason why those type should never be an admin or mod.On one of my forums, an issue came up where a couple members with a lot of posts tried to "pull rank" with those who had far fewer posts.
This is exactly why I remove reputation and all those little argumentative aspects so people just view people, not post counts, reputation or any other such tribute of false popularity.
What were some of the things you looked at to determine the quality of the writing or of the post?The PQI ranged from 0 to 1.0. The script I wrote analyzed peoples posts and determined the quality of their writing.
The post count is information that I will generally keep in the user's profile page, but remove from the postbit (like it is done here).I didn't mean stopping post count altogether, I just meant stopping it from being visible, throughout the whole forum.
I agree. When I install my xenforo, the postcount is the first thing that I turn on.
Lawrence, i will send you much mental karma and good vibes if you make that script work for XF.On one of my forums, an issue came up where a couple members with a lot of posts tried to "pull rank" with those who had far fewer posts. And of course arguments broke out. I wrote a script the determined a Post Quality Index. The PQI was displayed directly under their posts counts. It turned out that members with a lot of posts had a much lower PQI, than those with far fewer posts.
The PQI ranged from 0 to 1.0. The script I wrote analyzed peoples posts and determined the quality of their writing.
As my forum was a role playing (play-by-post) forum, members found the score beneficial in determining who they invited to take part in a story. A high PQI usually meant a good story, while a low PQI meant that the member who joined would either not stick around or would not contribute to the development of the story line. Over time members stopped looking at post counts, and focused on their PQI.
It also showed my staff who posted more in off topic than the role playing forums, who only took part in the role playing forums, and who took part in all forums.
Lawrence, i will send you much mental karma and good vibes if you make that script work for XF.
Thanks Lawrence. I would love to have it work as a role playing system on my site as well... but a modified system for postcount quality would be very helpful too.That is something I need to think about. The whole system is the backbone for awarding experience points on that forum. And as far as I know, there is no other system like it. I use the PQI value to award experience points, for leveling your role playing character. No one can figure it out, and I want to keep it that way as post count and post length play no part.
With that said, I may come up with a modified version to release for XF,
That is something I need to think about. The whole system is the backbone for awarding experience points on that forum. And as far as I know, there is no other system like it. I use the PQI value to award experience points, for leveling your role playing character. No one can figure it out, and I want to keep it that way as post count and post length play no part.
With that said, I may come up with a modified version to release for XF,
Yeah I'd consider it!! As you have pointed out on newer posts, it would only really work from the start. But I'd go for it!! If it ever gets made then I'd install it on my forum without a shadow of doubt.In line with XenForo's "less is more" approach, I am considering removing the post count from view altogether.
The post count would still accumulate and members would still get user title changes and trophies, etc., they just wouldn't know when they would be triggered.
Well, not unless they're sad enough to keep track themselves.
I just wondered whether this would be an interesting experiment and whether it would remove some of the issues that sometimes arise on forums with regards to members with high/low post counts.
Would anyone else consider doing this?
How do we download your PQI addon for Xenforo?On one of my forums, an issue came up where a couple members with a lot of posts tried to "pull rank" with those who had far fewer posts. And of course arguments broke out. I wrote a script the determined a Post Quality Index. The PQI was displayed directly under their posts counts. It turned out that members with a lot of posts had a much lower PQI, than those with far fewer posts.
The PQI ranged from 0 to 1.0. The script I wrote analyzed peoples posts and determined the quality of their writing.
How do we download your PQI addon for Xenforo?
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