# of posts?

It appears there is other "tweaking" that goes along with adding to the tally associated with a persons profile. Probably based off how much $$ is contributed to the websites fund.

Some of the tally numbers don't match with the actual participation viewed of members. If you sat down with a calculator and took a persons profile with a high tally that isn't that active, and viewed the comment history, you'd find that for the age of the profile, the number isn't accurate for activity.

For this websites case: the tally numbers don't really mean much anyway. It doesn't say anything about how knowledgeable the party is about appliances, nor how much they've helped other members, how funny they are, or any other significant metric.

It would be kind of nice to have an experience level metric because there are some people here who are career mechanics or engineers or other experienced people.

And there are others who participate and the whole mix is what makes the site interesting. No one is top dog (except for Robert since it's his playroom)

It's like Studio 54: Steve Rubell would man that door allowing only a mix of celebrity, those with interesting costumes, the business man group, the drag queens, the singers, the dancers, a few homeless people, the drug dealers, the partiers, and it was GOLD.


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Post# 1176273 3/27/2023 at 20:55 (394 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)
Checkrate/Likes 8 I noticed I'm about to pass 6500 posts, a small number compared to some here, but I noticed some folks do not have a number of posts displayed - is it something that can be turned on and off - I've never looked. A lot of us have been here for a lot of years and I just want to add a big "Thank You" to Robert for creating and maintaining such a vibrant community.

Post# 1176275 , Reply# 1 3/27/2023 at 21:02 (394 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)
Checkrate/Likes 5 Yes a big thank you to Robert for creating such a fantastic site. The Wards washer is rinsing as I type this

Post# 1176276 , Reply# 2 3/27/2023 at 21:18 (394 days old) by DADoES (TX,�U.S. of A.)
Checkrate/Likes 2 � Upgraded members have an option to turn off the Posts number display.� I don't know if the option isn't available to non-upgraded but I'd assume that's the case.

Post# 1176289 , Reply# 3 3/27/2023 at 23:03 (394 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )
Checkrate/Likes I never even noticed it before.. yikes 11,600 something... but it's been over a lotta years. Weird though, says I've been a member since 2009 but it's longer than that.. I was a member prior to moving back here in 2006

Post# 1176293 , Reply# 4 3/27/2023 at 23:36 (394 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)
Checkrate/Likes 3 *35,650 Posts and growing...* Sheesh. I need to get banged more often.

Post# 1176294 , Reply# 5 3/27/2023 at 23:41 (394 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )
Checkrate/Likes 1 Wouldn't hurt... unless you like it that way LOL.

Post# 1176298 , Reply# 6 3/28/2023 at 02:19 (394 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)
Checkrate/Likes 1 You�re the champ Louis!

Post# 1176323 , Reply# 7 3/28/2023 at 13:31 (394 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)
Checkrate/Likes I think the post count started when Robert setup the paid membership. A lot of us were around for years prior to that.

Post# 1176339 , Reply# 8 3/28/2023 at 17:09 (394 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)
Checkrate/Likes It appears there is other "tweaking" that goes along with adding to the tally associated with a persons profile. Probably based off how much $$ is contributed to the websites fund. Some of the tally numbers don't match with the actual participation viewed of members. If you sat down with a calculator and took a persons profile with a high tally that isn't that active, and viewed the comment history, you'd find that for the age of the profile, the number isn't accurate for activity. For this websites case: the tally numbers don't really mean much anyway. It doesn't say anything about how knowledgeable the party is about appliances, nor how much they've helped other members, how funny they are, or any other significant metric. It would be kind of nice to have an experience level metric because there are some people here who are career mechanics or engineers or other experienced people. And there are others who participate and the whole mix is what makes the site interesting. No one is top dog (except for Robert since it's his playroom) It's like Studio 54: Steve Rubell would man that door allowing only a mix of celebrity, those with interesting costumes, the business man group, the drag queens, the singers, the dancers, a few homeless people, the drug dealers, the partiers, and it was GOLD.

Post# 1176401 , Reply# 9 3/29/2023 at 07:42 (393 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)
Checkrate/Likes 8 It appears there is other "tweaking" that goes along with adding to the tally associated with a persons profile. Probably based off how much $$ is contributed to the websites fund. That is 100% incorrect, the # of posts are simply a count of the number of posts entered into the database over the years for each particular user. Now there may be a bug of some sort in the counting mechanism that I didn't catch but I haven't seen any evidence of that.