Les,

I agree with all your points except the one about you intending to be negative. Gruff yes, but rarely negative. [Big Grin]

What MCA is calling bumping is not really bumping. I have bumped a topic to the top on several occasions by generating a reply with no comment & I don't think MCA's stat counts this as a bump. On the other hand, I have deleted topics where I decided my contribution added nothing & I believe MCA's stat would call this bumping. Also, doesn't the profile post count also include the personal messages passed through the board? If so, doesn't this muddy the waters significantly?

Because of a number of factors, I believe enumerating the "biggest bumpers" [Wink] is specious & irrelevant.

The post count that MCA prefers might be more rightly called "current accessible posts". There is an implication that non accessible historical posts should not be counted.

In the end Les, I think we are coming from the same place. ie. All posts are positive contributions in some manner so why not accept the literal count stored in the profile.

PS: Jooel, I didn't feel that I was disagreeing with Les but we do have a tendency to give the appearance that we are disagreeing even when we support the same point of view. [Roll Eyes]

[ 01. May 2003, 21:24: Message edited by: Jack Lothian ]
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