LOL. And to think, I used to have to add and subtract hexadecimal in my head!wow, I quit math when they started adding letters to it...
1BC3D + 2CEF = 1E92C
LOL. And to think, I used to have to add and subtract hexadecimal in my head!wow, I quit math when they started adding letters to it...
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On the negative side, 30 weeks seems a bit too soon. Using the algebraic solution, you'd compute
numberDays = ( user2posts - user1posts ) / ( user1rate - user2rate )
WIth the data from Table 1 you'd get
( 37330 - 34122 ) / ( 17.86 - 8.29 ) = 335.21 days
which is 335.21 / 7 = 47.89 weeks. Of course the data is 3 days old, so it's obsolete anyway!
You wouldn’t want to be!I can never be AFB, despite being an Apple Fanboy
I smell sour grapes.
If it mattered that much, you'd post more pointless drivel. True Story.
No, I knew SandboxGeneral was bantering and went with it, too. It helps to know who some folks are.OK, well, millej123's quote was also in reference to your comment. Banter or not, in any case, it doesn't diminish from my point. I don't have a beef with someone, just the noise.
That's not what you told me at the pub last night.Whatever your beef is with someone, your quoting of my response as your case in point is ill-chosen.
My comments with @Weaselboy are just banter with my friend.
While I agree in general, this forum in particular has rules to govern this. I have both been moderated by those rules as well as been in threads where the off-topic or useless posts were removed. When you have a post removed, your post count also goes down. So there is no incentive to post drivel to drive your count up because removing your posts also removes your post count.I realize these stats are for stat folks, and maybe even help to drive advertising revenue. But I would make a quantity vs quality argument here, and even go so far as to say that stats like these encourage a very real problem that plagues user forums in general: noise. For the average user, who signs up, asks questions and participates in discussion, the post-count obsessed members who seem to have nothing better to do amounts to a huge amount of forum noise, helps no-one, and definitely should not be encouraged. They're the guy at the party who won't stop talking, loves the sound of their own voice and believes that more words equates to expertise. It doesn't. You'll find most of these people don't even read the post they're answering. Going only off the thread title, they launch into non-sequitur comments that satisfy nothing more than their own need to be noticed. Somehow the better business practice of listening over speaking hasn't seeped into the world of user-to-user forums.
This is my favorite thread on the forums. Trying to figure out how to add it to Apple News+And here we are, and those of us tuning in a little late are in stitches at this point, not having seen someone's vacation bus coming, speaking of post counts getting adjusted.
And here we are, and those of us tuning in a little late are in stitches at this point, not having seen someone's vacation bus coming, speaking of post counts getting adjusted.
This is my favorite thread on the forums.
Can’t say I agree with any of this. In fact, to me the opposite is true. People who have “high” post counts have them because they contribute to the discussion. It’s gets tiring posting noise, why even bother?I realize these stats are for stat folks, and maybe even help to drive advertising revenue. But I would make a quantity vs quality argument here, and even go so far as to say that stats like these encourage a very real problem that plagues user forums in general: noise. For the average user, who signs up, asks questions and participates in discussion, the post-count obsessed members who seem to have nothing better to do amounts to a huge amount of forum noise, helps no-one, and definitely should not be encouraged. They're the guy at the party who won't stop talking, loves the sound of their own voice and believes that more words equates to expertise. It doesn't. You'll find most of these people don't even read the post they're answering. Going only off the thread title, they launch into non-sequitur comments that satisfy nothing more than their own need to be noticed. Somehow the better business practice of listening over speaking hasn't seeped into the world of user-to-user forums.....
Like I7guy, I disagree. Most of the prolific posters answer countless questions and help solve problems for Apple users. The more people you help, the higher the post count goes. Yes, there are exceptions, but the majority who have high post counts are not posting "noise", but rather contributing in a helpful way to forum members.I realize these stats are for stat folks, and maybe even help to drive advertising revenue. But I would make a quantity vs quality argument here, and even go so far as to say that stats like these encourage a very real problem that plagues user forums in general: noise. For the average user, who signs up, asks questions and participates in discussion, the post-count obsessed members who seem to have nothing better to do amounts to a huge amount of forum noise, helps no-one, and definitely should not be encouraged.
I mean, honestly, it's a forum. We're all just here to inform people and have a good time. I spend most of my time providing feedback and the reason I have a giant spike at iPhone launch time is I'm legitimately trying to help people who have questions about the purchase process.Like I7guy, I disagree. Most of the prolific posters answer countless questions and help solve problems for Apple users. The more people you help, the higher the post count goes. Yes, there are exceptions, but the majority who have high post counts are not posting "noise", but rather contributing in a helpful way to forum members.
I love this comment!I am the Susan Lucci of Macrumors. 😭
Like I7guy, I disagree. Most of the prolific posters answer countless questions and help solve problems for Apple users. The more people you help, the higher the post count goes. Yes, there are exceptions, but the majority who have high post counts are not posting "noise", but rather contributing in a helpful way to forum members.
This is my favorite thread on the forums. Trying to figure out how to add it to Apple News+
I challenge you to find even one of the top 50 posters whose post count is predominately, or even significantly "noise". First, much of the "noise" is in the PRSI forum, which doesn't count toward post counts here. Second, no one accumulates 10,000 posts unless the content is more than just "noise". Frivolous and one-word posts, overposting, and off-topic posts posts that are reported are removed. Yes, there may be some in the forum who set out to try to generate posts for the sole purpose of increasing post count (which violates forum rules), but they soon tire of that effort, or encounter moderation action that alters that activity before they accumulate a large number of posts.Notice I didn't say there's anything wrong with posting a lot if you're helping people. But for those who aren't so helpful, don't read the OP and yet still post a lot, the highlighting of post count stats as some big achievement or competition is doing nothing but feeding their noisy tendencies.
Right. Post count skyrockets in conversations. A huge percentage of my posts come from the iPhone Mail Threads where I try to help people navigate the ordering and shipping process. Reason why is because I answer a question, get follow-up, answer again. Suddenly you have 2 hours and 200 posts in a thread.I challenge you to find even one of the top 50 posters whose post count is predominately, or even significantly "noise". First, much of the "noise" is in the PRSI forum, which doesn't count toward post counts here. Second, no one accumulates 10,000 posts unless the content is more than just "noise". Frivolous and one-word posts, overposting, and off-topic posts posts that are reported are removed. Yes, there may be some in the forum who set out to try to generate posts for the sole purpose of increasing post count (which violates forum rules), but they soon tire of that effort, or encounter moderation action that alters that activity before they accumulate a large number of posts.