WHY DID MY POST COUNT DROP?!

[Shadow]

I had over 800 posts the other day. Now it reads that I only have 760 some post. What happened. Can anyone explain it to me?

[Shadow]

Wait, I may have figured it out.

I posted a lot in the Roost Fighter tournament (discussion and matches) and I guess that when Trieze deleted the threads from the last tourny, it must have screwed with the post count. I wish there was a way to fix this...but there's probably not.

[Bruticus]

A shame, really. I figured the post count would have stayed the way it was, as it was with the Ikonboard. Apparently and unfortunately, that was not the case. But if you think you had been hit hard, Shadow, I'm the one who got the biggest slap in the face from this.

[Shadow]

Yeah, I know. Think about all the people who posted in the Dashago/Deadite match discussion! :p That's where a big chunk of it went from me.

[Emperor Violenjiger]

I am having this problem too with my posts. They dropped by a little over a 100... I had 3,637 when last I looked yesterday. Now, about 3,534...

[Solar_Behemoth]

Yeah, my post count is getting messed up, too.
Yesterday it was at like 2350 now it was down to 2330 today. :angry:

[Emperor Violenjiger]

Yeah, my post count is getting messed up, too.
Yesterday it was at like 2350 now it was down to 2330 today. :angry:*In a joking attitude says* Lets go on strike, Hank!

[Tomzilla]

What is with this huge fascination with post counts? I understand it represents how much you post at this forum and other things, but really--they're just posts counts. You'll get them back again.

This is just me talking, but I just don't see the big deal. If half of my posts suddenly disappeared, I'd of course ask what happened to it all and after I received my answer, I'll just shrug and then go about my daily affairs.

Look on the bright side, you didn't get banned. ;)

[Emperor Violenjiger]

What is with this huge fascination with post counts? I understand it represents how much you post at this forum and other things, but really--they're just posts counts. You'll get them back again.The way I see it, the post count represents how much one has contributed to the forum.

[Solar_Behemoth]

The way I see it, the post count represents how much one has contributed to the forum.

Or in my case, how much I've spammed and got away with it. :laugh: j/k
I won't be able to live without my missing 9 posts! Ohhh! Nine posts just gone! My reputation from this board is flushing down the toilet!

[Angiru-San]

haha....I had like 930 the other day I think...Now Im down to some 920 or something.....crap


Oh well...I will make more INTELLIGENT posts and regain my stature!

[Jet Jaguar]

The way I see it, the post count represents how much one has contributed to the forum.

That is not ALWAYS a good thing you understand

[Raptor]

"Spring cleaning" is running a little late this year but General Chat and the Q&A did get a look-see. A big, COMPLETED round robin was also deleted from Roostville as its up on the website. Kaiju Karnage seems to be due for a purge also.
Simply put, this board DOES subtract deleted posts from your total count. There is also a certain redundancy to keeping a post that has been quoted in the one right below it, "I agree" (the ME TOO posts) and others that contribute nothing to the discussion at hand.

[Emperor Violenjiger]

That is not ALWAYS a good thing you understandTrue. Depends on the circumstances though. And maybe contribution was the wrong choice of word, too. Perhaps devotion would have been a better word to use.

[Shadow]

I see it as...my post are important to me so there...J/K. When I see my post missing, I think:

"Something I've said (be it coherent or not) is gone, never to be seen again, and it may have been important, and if it was I could never look it up."

How sad...

[Saruman]

Unfortunately VB Boards keep track of the existing posts on the forum, so when a thread is deleted it subtracts those posts from your total post count. Hopefully this will be fixed in an upcoming patch for the VB Boards, but until then its nothing that we can do anything about.

[Tomzilla]

I see it as...my post are important to me so there...J/K. When I see my post missing, I think:

"Something I've said (be it coherent or not) is gone, never to be seen again, and it may have been important, and if it was I could never look it up."

How sad...

Hmm....well, I never thought of it that way. I can understand why people would be upset if it was the way you just explained. I just disagree with how people complain over their posts count being lower and they just care about how many posts they get. But if they made an important post that was memorable, important and something that had an influence on them (or someone else), well I can see why you'd be upset.

[Emperor Violenjiger]

Hmm....well, I never thought of it that way. I can understand why people would be upset if it was the way you just explained. I just disagree with how people complain over their posts count being lower and they just care about how many posts they get. But if they made an important post that was memorable, important and something that had an influence on them (or someone else), well I can see why you'd be upset.I am not a spammerite or a useless lacky, I posted my reasons my above. This has nothing to do with caring about how many posts I have. Like I said, the devotion aspect. http://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/images/icons/thumbsdown.gif

[Raptor]

Shadow puts post counts in proper perspective, I think. At the same time, there are threads that every effort has been made to preserve, despite space problems, moves to new hosts, forum upgrades, etc. OBSCURE KAIJU discussion is one such, a topic that NEEDS to be added to! Hopefully on down the road, these creatures can be presented in an even better spotlight. Then again, when tournaments are completed or round robins moved to their websites, they become redundant on the forum (like "Me too/I agree" posts that add NOTHING to the dicussion at hand).

At the same time, there are outright off-topic posts all over the place, and sometimes inflammatory ones at that. I don't think they should remain a part of this board's archive in any way, shape or form. New members are joining us daily and they read these things, getting a pretty good idea where the poster (if not the board itself) might be coming from.
The Reputation system should over ride a mere NUMBER, I would think. There are also very respected members who post rather infrequently for whatever reasons. What do I key on? Their USER NAME itself, not their post count. When Keith, Doug, E., James (two of 'em!) and a bunch of other names appear as Last Poster, I want to see what they have to say because no matter how LITTLE they might post, they will no doubt have something interesting or informative to say based on past references that mere "numbers" might not necessarily reflect.

[Raptor]

I posted my reasons my above. This has nothing to do with caring about how many posts I have. Like I said, the devotion aspect. http://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/images/icons/thumbsdown.gif
Another good point, Lord K! :thumbs:

[Metal Zombie]

Isn't that sort of like an "I agree" post there, Raptor? *snicker* Just kidding.

A lot of forums seem to focus on post counts, I remember being on this one forum where every so often the members would get together and do a "Posting spree." In just a month after joining, I had surprisingly racked up over 1000 posts...then got bored and left. That's what I like about the Roost is that it doesn't focus on that really but more on the personalities and such of the members themselves. I'm still dumbfounded about all of my posts as Megalon Successor being bumped up to here, but hey, I'm not complaining!

[Raptor]

Like Jet Jaguar and I have been trying to get across, QUALITY over QUANTITY. ;)

[MirrenDono]

I don't know what happened, but this morning I had around 2511 posts, and after replying in a KK thread, I'm suddenly down to 2350. Was there something from the forums that was deleted, thus deleting some two hundred of my posts?

[Raptor]

It probably was the latest "clean-up" of the Kaiju Karnage and Kaiju Discussion forums. There were about 60 locked threads of old tournaments and "dead" topics going back to 2004.
Frankly, it seems that if a thread goes over 30 days without any action or ends up on Page 2, it gets forgotten. When we're accumulating 20 pages of this stuff, it's time to clean house a bit.

[James Ballard]

No offence, but who honestly keeps check of their post count anyway?

[MirrenDono]

^ Nothing wrong with knowing what it is for the hell of it.

I suspected that stuff was deleted. Thanks for the info, Raptor.

[Saruman]

No offence, but who honestly keeps check of their post count anyway?

People living in a warped reality that think the number of posts they make is some sort of gage as to how prestigious they are on a forum, rather sad really. :nonono2:

[EternalMothra]

I check my post count once in a while. It is just a neat little thing to watch in it's gradual increase, I guess that is just humanity for you. I discovered that I lost about 70 posts.

[Tomzilla]

How do people notice a disappearance in their posts? You could take a hundred of my posts away, and I'd never notice. You'd have to lower it by a thousand just to get me to stop and contemplate - but I'd still never notice.

Post counts aren't a huge deal. Yeah, I bet it represents commitment, or 'rank' of some stature, but I still don't understand the obsession people have with it. Just be glad you have the right to post on the forum in the first place.

[kritaya]

The intraweb is serious bizness. :laugh:

[MirrenDono]

Good Lord people, you act as if noticing your post count is a sin

I gotta go to Confession now, and I think I know what I'll say-

"I lied to my parents, I cheated on homework, I insulted my friends, I saw a drop in my post count on Kaijuphile Forums..."

I mean, it's a number. Looking at it once should be enough for you to remember it. It's not like I care, I don't have any kind of glory on here regardless of my post count or anything :sarcasm:

[kritaya]

How many posts did you lose? I'll donate some of mine. :laugh:

[Raptor]

Doug may be joking but refer back to this comment (http://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/showpost.php?p=71565&postcount=19) I made on the subject when it came up in the past. There is also a topic in General Chat about the decline in participation.
Often, people drift away when things get "old", boring, dry, redundant, etc. Many of us frequent more than one kaiju forum and see the SAME topics, especially in general chat and non-kaiju areas by the SAME people. Anyone remember the "What's your favorite cookie?" topic that appeared in our General Chat? Come on! :laugh: This isn't Head Start or day care. Put yourselves in the place of a newcomer who is cruising the forum for the first time, especially one like KP which has a certain prestige as far as kaiju forums go. It's an "image" thing, if you will, and the whole online world can read what's posted out there, thus the desire for good spelling, grammar, typing AND POSTS.
Many forums use an "auto purge" which automatically deletes old/inactive topics. We don't because of the QUALITY of certain content. Other stuff is expendable, especially if it is dated.
What everyone can do if they have "favorite" topics with few responses is keep them fresh, updated and interesting. Figure if it's been a month since the topic was started and hasn't gotten a response, maybe no one is interested in it afterall and delete it yourself.
One thing I do notice is the TITLE of topics. Make them DESCRIPTIVE rather than just putting "Check this out!/Help!/What do you think of this?" You may think those kind of "headlines" generate interest but the opposite is usually the case and it gets ignored. Why? Because they're not informative or inviting a visitor's interest.
The main site is in line for a MAJOR redo so let's see if we can get the forums to reflect the proper KP image: A top-of-the-line KAIJU site!

[Gojira2000]

^That's the spirit!:thumbs:


And yes, I do watch post counts closely, which have dropped a bit during the past clean-up.:D But I don't care.:look:

[EternalMothra]

I don't care either, besides, I'm sure the Kaiju Karnage area needs some major cleaning after months elapse.:look:

[Tomzilla]

Good Lord people, you act as if noticing your post count is a sin

Probably because people are acting like losing their post count is a sin. ;)

But if the information is required, I don't deem people immature or ignorant for caring about their post counts. I was just asking a question and then gave my two cents.

Damn it, I'm running out of pennies, probably because I keep giving my two cents every time I post on this forum. There, the truth is out; I'm the reason of why this forum is still running, my pennies pay for it! :p

[Gojira2000]

^:laugh: Funniest thing I read all day.:p :thumbs:

[Solar_Behemoth]

Yesterday my post count was 2175899 then it dropped down to 2175789. :angry:

[MirrenDono]

Originally posted by Tomzilla
Probably because people are acting like losing their post count is a sin. ;)

I haven't seen many people act that way, except from earlier in the thread, and that was only one or two members. I just made my thread out of curiosity, but it seems like that isn't allowed here either.:laugh:

[Raptor]

I guess we could always knock off another 600 by doing away with this STAR WARS (http://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9100) thread. :darklord:
Then there is this "list (http://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125)" in the Movie Chat. There are others just like it scattered about for various things that are no doubt not kept updated and have duplicate entries by members. What's the object of posting that kind of stuff here anyway? As far as movies go, THIS (http://www.kaijuphile.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9653) approach is a lot more interesting, I believe, than the "What are you listening to right now?" 'chat room/AIM' approach to forums. Those type of topics almost invite one to wonder if their creators aren't using them to simply boost their (irrelevant) post counts...

[Space Rodan]

I noticed that I lost about 35 posts.

[EternalMothra]

I noticed that I lost about 35 posts.

You think that's a lot, I've lost like 300 posts in the last 3 days.

[Raptor]

I'm sure the Kaiju Karnage area needs some major cleaning after months elapse.:look:How about stuff that went clear back to 2003? Number of topics across the various forums should be fairly balanced, I would think, so stale fights which didn't even initially draw that much participation were axed.

Additionally, the content that was migrated from the previous forums doesn't show up when you use the search feature so it tends to be even further ignored unless one happens to recall it actually existing and manually seek it out.

[EternalMothra]

How about stuff that went clear back to 2003? Number of topics across the various forums should be fairly balanced, I would think, so stale fights which didn't even initially draw that much participation were axed.

True, but if things dated in 2003 were deleted, I wouldn't have lost any posts because I wasn't here in 2003. Well, I'm sure somethings from 2004 were deleted, I remember some really weird battles from back then, and stale fights too.

[Raptor]

Check out Kaiju Karnage, as well as the Non-Kaiju Movie Chat. Now THAT place was really a mess! :crazy: I would say about 2/3rds of the topics have either been deleted or merged. Strangely enough, that forum had a tremendous amount of duplicate threads; as if by the time a film was released, its prior discussion when announced was completely forgotten...

[EternalMothra]

Check out Kaiju Karnage, as well as the Non-Kaiju Movie Chat. Now THAT place was really a mess! :crazy: I would say about 2/3rds of the topics have either been deleted or merged. Strangely enough, that forum had a tremendous amount of duplicate threads; as if by the time a film was released, its prior discussion when announced was completely forgotten...

Have you guys finished the necessary cleaning?

[Raptor]

Kaiju VHS, DVDs, and CDs and Non-Kaiju Gaming could probably use a once-over also, I would guess, as well as the Fan Nest. Everything is often as time permits so it could be a bit before another section gets any attention. :)

[EternalMothra]

Kaiju VHS, DVDs, and CDs and Non-Kaiju Gaming could probably use a once-over also, I would guess, as well as the Fan Nest. Everything is often as time permits so it could be a bit before another section gets any attention. :)

Okay good, I don't want to lose all my posts at once!:laugh: I'm not really concerned, it was just a bit surprising for me at first.

[Zigra]

Well, my post count dropped today, even though the "missing messages" are all still there.

[Orga777]

I dropped quite a bit. I had around 2700 posts, now I am back down to 2200. So I lost about 500 posts. Probably from all the KK battles I participated in since I have been here. Oh well doesn't really matter.

[Solar_Behemoth]

You'd think the post count would remain the same even if something gets deleted.
Oh well. Now I'm back to some pre-4000 post loser noobie.

[Raptor]

Well, my post count dropped today, even though the "missing messages" are all still there.Could you provide a link to a "missing" post that is still here? I'm a little confused by this... :eh:

[Zigra]

Actually, looking through the search engine again, it appears I was mistaken. So now, I have no idea at all which posts of mine have vanished. Not that it's a big deal, or anything.

[Tokyo VigilanteX]

OMG! My post count!





I feel so emasculated.

[kent]

Eh, to me post count is nothing more than a number. Status is not determined by it. Status is determined by how much respect people give you and how much respect you give to others. It doesn't make you any more or less intelligent.

[Cole Deschain]

Although it does give us nifty new nicknames. ;)

[Wiz]

Yeah, my post count dropped by about 300. Oh well, life goes on.

[Gorjirus]

I just want to know what was deleted. I lost around 300 posts.

Which means alot of stuff had to have been deleted.

I just don't like it because that is a conversation, a thought, gone.

[Raptor]

The older topics in Kaiju on TV and VHS-DVDs-CDs got a run-through also.
In many cases, posts are quoted in their entirety, even if the response is right beneath the original. When going back to review this material, there is a lot of redundancy. There are also "which is better?" and other surveys of things that include polls. Responses without explanation and/or comments don't really add anything to the enjoyment of reading often several pages of material. Same with "I'm getting FINAL WARS/G:STE/whatever tomorrow!", "I can't wait!", etc.
I will say that when Gorjirus' name shows up as Last Poster, what he has to say is worth checking out. WHO makes a post often carries a lot more credibility than HOW MANY around here IMO. Then again, there are certain members who somehow manage to just clutter up and derail topics big time, particularly in Kaiju Karnage and threads concerning the more uber monsters who attract a fanboy following... :sarcasm:

[Bjrayzilla]

I don't know why most of the people in the thread are actually CAREING that thier post count dropped. Hmmmm....:hmmm:

[SuperGodGamera]

I only have like 4 or sumthing, so be happy

[godzy]

I only have like 4 or sumthing, so be happy


Yeah, and how new are you?;)

[Raptor]

Might as well forewarn everyone about deletions. These should be limited to the April Fools "invasion" by assorted characters. Since their spam got deleted, I'm sure no one wants to come off as talking to themself if they responded. ;)