Suggestion: Higher post count "points" for TR's

[tuapekastar]

I'm not for the idea (though I thank the OP for putting it out there, nothing ventured, nothing gained). I enjoy reading TRs from time to time, though not nearly enough...it is just so time consuming to read them. Which leads me to note the time required to write them! As the author of approximately one TR, which unfortunately petered out after about one week of a nine week RTW trip, I appreciate the huge efforts involved and thank all TR authors for their efforts. I may yet finish the one I started...I think I can remember the basics, and flesh out the rest.

As for post counts, they're nice to have, but I don't consider them a be-all and end-all, and I don't think TRs should count for more than any other post. Posts are of such variable usefulness and quality that I don't see how we can assign varying values to each (very subjective).

 

[Taezar]

Personally I don't think that post numbers should be shown at all. Running through pages of starming when I read a thread is distracting and disappointing.

 

[russ]

Can we get a lower post count for one-liners?

 

[dfcatch]

Can we get a lower post count for one-liners?

Yes..........

 

[harvyk]

Having done a couple of TR's, I can't think of one which the whole TR was done in one post. By default a good TR will be done over multiple posts in my case with at least one of them as a running diary which I did every day or two whilst I was away.

TR's are as much recording things down to help refresh my memory about great trips at a later date as they are about letting others know what I've done.

 

[Lawlass]

I couldn't care less about post counts.

My TRs don't take me long to write but I do appreciate getting comments and 'likes' on them.

 

[QF029]

Personally I'd like to see post counts not listed. For SOME people they seem to be a measure of self importance. I pay little attention to such people.

 

[bossreggie]

I couldn't care less about post counts.

My TRs don't take me long to write but I do appreciate getting comments and 'likes' on them.

Yours are awesome!!

 

[PineappleSkip]

The idea appealed to me at first. Having taken notes and pics for several trip reports and never getting them as far as the site.

But then I thought, well does that mean more points should be awarded for long posts? Don't think so. Anat0l might. I reckon you don't need to write a long post to write a pithy one.

I voted yes, but don't see much chance of the proposition being carried!

Cheers skip

 

[thewinchester]

I'm a straight up no for this.

If people like your reports, they will either hit the like button or leave comments & engage. I see no value in inflating a post count just because someone posts a TR.

And my TR entries are posted on my member blog here, with a signpost to them placed in the TR sub-forum when a new one is posted.

On the use of member blogs for this purpose, they are far more suited to TRs. They allow up to 10,000 characters where a post in forum is limited to 3,000. I also host my images externally (Flickr), which mercifully will with a few clicks spit out BBCode for using photos at a selected resolution without having to hand code the information. While the BBCode does eat into one's 10k limit, the effect is negligible over hosting images using AFF. Further, external image hosting using Flickr or similar is of far more value as these images can be split into galleries, tagged and made searchable.

 

[serfty]

... Anat0l might ...

Ouch!

 

[codash1099]

A post is a post is a post.

Thin ice when we start grading them for type or value (or length?). Bad enough that Playground posts don't count - many of the posts in other thread are simple disguised playground posts (mods please note).

In any case, I don't think many of us post for the kudos. We do it to either seek or provide information.

 

[harvyk]

Since the discussion has changed to the value of a post and the value of the post count...

I find I do use the post count to apply a weighting to a persons input. I don't discount a person with a low post counts input entirely, but if I see two conflicting views, or product names \ brands included in posts I'll pay far more attention to the person with the higher post count.

I usually work on the premise that fake accounts \ trolls are going to be picked up relatively quickly and booted, where as if your post count is in the hundreds or thousands you've probably established yourself as a real person (some of the other members may have even met you) and even if I don't agree with what you've said, you've probably traveled enough to have formed a valid opinion about the subject (unlike "once a decade" travelers you see commenting on certain news websites)

 

[JohnK]

Although trip reports are great and do take up a lot of time to prepare in my opinion I believe "All" posts on AFF should be treated equally. But we have already had that debate and moved on....