LadyTi - 11:25 pm on Oct 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

i can see everyone's points here, but think back to when you first found forums, didn't those folks that you saw with '1000' posts or 'super member' type wordings have a sort of 'awe' factor?

post count as most of us know, really means nothing other than someone likes to talk/write about something. i use a karma type ranking on my own forum in conjunction with post counts. but eliminating post counts, to me, doesn't enable to average forum lurker to tell if it's someone who's opinion or knowledge base can be trusted or not.

after all, on these types of forums (informational) a person isn't really posting a whole lot if they don't have enough of a knowledge base to do so.

the method that i described in my earlier post has worked pretty well so far and is easily managed.