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Deprives others of an appreciation of just how knowledgable, helpful or just plain chatty another member is.
Earth shattering change in WW policy executed unilaterally, arbitrarily and without prior notice.
But I'll get over it ;-)
Only drawback I can think of is not knowing when to extend a welcome message to first time posters.
Perhaps a "New to Webmaster World" note on first post might encourage a welcome message?
The way I'd prefer it is if the level corresponds not only to the post count, but also the length of time, and that the Senior level is, for example, reserved if you've been posting for at least a year and that you've made at least 1000 (or even 1500) posts. It would make it easier to pick out the most valuable replies in a long thread (of course, a new user can make a valuable comment, but you get a higher degree of usefulness out of those who've stuck around). Otherwise, some sort of system where you can choose to highlight posts by certain members or for members with a certain post-count or "length of service", or at least up the post count limits for each level to something more respresentative...
Not that I place a lot of stock in them in terms of assessing the quality of a post myself -
but I do pay attention to them when I reply to a question from someone else. If they're a lower post count I often make a bit more detailed reply or might be more likely to refer them to the tools at searchengineworld explicitly.
'scuse me :)
Yes, members perform better when they are more concerned about the quality of their posts than the quantity of their posts.
Sid
Odd....
[because I didn't notice when they left, nor when they returned, I might have actually made that many posts. But I would tend to doubt it, honestly....]
They were then "found" again (maybe a "test" click by Brett on his wicked new computer but hey) by me on 3:11 am July 17, 2004 (+12GMT).
So according to my calculations, we literally "lived" without post counts (except on profiles) for more than 20 hours - oh god, imagine what would've happened to those new members between that time...
Sid
vkaryl, yours looks about right, I noticed yours just recently; I think there is an extra point given every time the word schmuck is used. ;)
That said, they all look normal to me, just about like they were before the blackout.
