Isn't the person with the highest post count really seen as the person with lots to *say*? And that could be interpreted as a good thing or a bad thing.
Well, the person with the highest post count on MT said the bulk of it in staff areas, which has nothing to do with the martial arts!
Just like the person with the most reputation could really be seen as the person with the most popular things to *say*. Which could also be interpreted as a good or bad thing.
Yes, again, it could be interpreted either way. In both cases I worry how new users will interpret them.
Bob Hubbard and I have, by far, the highest post counts, yet his and my instructor is a member here with a much lower post count. What does that say? Reputation definitely has popularity poll aspects to it. Is that good?
How about this, Math Master? That the numbers don't always mean what we think they mean?
But...then why report those numbers? In both cases (post count and rep.), that can be turned off via software. If you say they're misleading...why not disable them? Reputation isn't even the default, I think. In math. we are usually reluctant to report numbers that we know are unreliable.
Yes, that's what's formed here, and that's a good thing.
Have pity on us, Oh Great Arnisador ... not all of us have "bump"ed our way to greatness.
Well, I'm still reported as most active in the
Admin Lounge, where about 10% of my posts are, and that doesn't even count other staff areas, so I think that referring to my attempts to reinvigorte martial arts-related threads with regard to my post count is to miss the point. The single most common post I've made is likely "Please, keep the discussion polite and respectful" and in fact I should get a royalty every time anyone else uses it! I think bumping old threads periodically, as new people come on and as the original poster, who may still be subsribed to the thread and hence receive an e-mail notice, wanders away from visiting the site, can be useful, and that it creates the impression that some of the barely-visited fora are active...but then, my focus remains on the martial arts. I get enough chit-chat from my colleagues at work!
Still, this thread is fun, and I enjoy chatting with people I e-know (or in your case, people whom I have actually met and even done martial arts with!) on it.