Are they working on getting the post counts back to the right numbers?

DIMEMAN · October 12, 2016 2:13PM

???

dbldie55 · October 12, 2016 2:15PM

Shows you with 10,791 posts. I hope that isn't just since the new forums came online.

DIMEMAN · October 12, 2016 2:16PM

@dbldie55 said:
Shows you with 10,791 posts. I hope that isn't just since the new forums came online.

No, I was up over 11K.

dbldie55 · October 12, 2016 2:19PM

I am missing a bunch too. Maybe it was all of the open forum posts they excluded. (at least for me)

[Deleted User] · October 12, 2016 2:31PM

Yep, for all of the old, already inaccessible areas (like the old Open Forum), we dropped the data during the transition, and that's the reason for the difference in post counts.

LanLord · October 12, 2016 2:50PM

@John said:
Yep, for all of the old, already inaccessible areas (like the old Open Forum), we dropped the data during the transition, and that's the reason for the difference in post counts.

Well darn, a lot of the high post count people (CoinHead, Puff, Clw etc.) lost a lot of count then.

hickoryridge · October 12, 2016 2:56PM

why should it matter

DIMEMAN · October 12, 2016 3:00PM

None of mine were in the Open Forum. Just here and Sports Talk.

cladking · October 12, 2016 3:26PM

@hickoryridge said:
why should it matter

I lost 12,000 posts.

It's gonna be a lot of work to get 'em back.

ttt

cladking · October 12, 2016 3:27PM

dddddddd

cladking · October 12, 2016 3:27PM

D'oh

roadrunner · October 12, 2016 3:28PM

I just gained 405 posts by adding one post a few minutes ago. Nice leverage!

cladking · October 12, 2016 3:29PM

@roadrunner said:
I just gained 405 posts by adding one post a few minutes ago. Nice leverage!

I tried that trick by posting on the world and test forums with no effect.

RichieURich · October 12, 2016 4:38PM

@roadrunner said:
I just gained 405 posts by adding one post a few minutes ago. Nice leverage!

WOW! What's the secret word to make that happen?

ms70 · October 12, 2016 4:42PM

I lost about 10K.

Wolf359 · October 12, 2016 4:44PM

I request you re-add the posts to the count. It's very competitive in here with folks as to who has how many.

ms70 · October 12, 2016 4:45PM

@Wolf359 said:
I request you re-add the posts to the count. It's very competitive in here with folks as to who has how many.

+1

cameonut2011 · October 12, 2016 4:59PM

@Wolf359 said:
I request you re-add the posts to the count. It's very competitive in here with folks as to who has how many.

The seemingly more important metric would be number of posts of value. That is impossible to quantify in most cases.

grote15 · October 12, 2016 5:01PM

Does it really matter? Lol..

cladking · October 12, 2016 5:04PM

@cameonut2011 said:

@Wolf359 said:
I request you re-add the posts to the count. It's very competitive in here with folks as to who has how many.

The seemingly more important metric would be number of posts of value. That is impossible to quantify in most cases.

Some of the best posts on the site were in the open forum.

windwhispersintrees · October 12, 2016 5:06PM

Good grief...the new software is good, why should you post count numbers matter?

DIMEMAN · October 12, 2016 6:55PM

@windwhispersintrees said:
Good grief...the new software is good, why should you post count numbers matter?

I only see 1 thing better that it was before.....that being able to post a pic straight from your computer. Everything else is a definite step backwards to me.

grote15 · October 12, 2016 7:19PM

This platform is FAR better than the previous one. A huge upgrade, imo. Some people have difficulty adapting to change, but that doesn't mean anything new can't be better. I felt the previous change from the format two versions ago was not an improvement, but this one is definitely much better, no question about it.

Stooge · October 12, 2016 8:37PM

@DIMEMAN said:
None of mine were in the Open Forum. Just here and Sports Talk.

They probably deleted all of your dumb Dallas Cowboy posts.

TopographicOceans · October 12, 2016 9:07PM

Thank God they don't count just the useful posts.
Then everybody would be less than 100

ChrisRx · October 12, 2016 9:31PM

Test

ricko · October 13, 2016 4:09AM

I lost 4000 posts... but that is better than starting over.. that happened years ago when the first changeover took place...back n 2001. Cheers, RickO

asheland · October 13, 2016 8:32AM

I only lost like 50, but strange thing is I joined in 2007. No open forums then. So why did I lose 50? weird.

I can make those all up today though.

asheland · October 13, 2016 8:33AM

Yep. Today.

justcollecting · October 13, 2016 9:09AM

If it that important to you add a plus count to your signature line. The real shame is the valuable info that was lost. Is there a competition to have the most post, are they giving away a prize?

coindeuce · October 13, 2016 9:20AM

@justcollecting said:
If it that important to you add a plus count to your signature line. The real shame is the valuable info that was lost. Is there a competition to have the most post, are they giving away a prize?

Nah no prize, but there are some bloated egos around here who have that "mine's longer than yours" mentality that is based on post count. Too bad CU doesn't have a filter that would automatically delete cheat posts.

dbtunr · October 13, 2016 9:23AM

@asheland said:
I only lost like 50, but strange thing is I joined in 2007. No open forums then. So why did I lose 50? weird.

I can make those all up today though.

Maybe if you replied in a deleted thread, that number is lost. so all those doing the +1 thing in deleted threads are lost. Just a guess. How would the new database know about a post that no longer exists and never existed as far as it is concerned?

asheland · October 13, 2016 9:25AM

That's a good point. I'll bet that's exactly what it is. The poofed threads.

justcollecting · October 13, 2016 9:59AM

@justcollecting said:
If it that important to you add a plus count to your signature line. The real shame is the valuable info that was lost. Is there a competition to have the most post, are they giving away a prize?

I don't know who disagreed with me and Coindeuce but you must have a super huge ego. I don't come here to see how many counts you have. I have learned a lot about coins here and it opened more doors to my collecting experience. I wasn't aware of all the varieties until I was informed of the Cherry Pickers Guide by some post on this site. I don't know who posted that the new Cherry Picker Guides were coming out But I would like to thank them. Since the current CPG release I have picked up a 1909 cent DDO, 1887 IHC DDO, and 1953 quarter proof Re-engraved tail feathers and a few other minor varieties. So who ever posted the CPG thank you again. The only time I ever look at the post count is on the BST. I don't need the prestige of having a high post count but if you can find a way I will donate mine to you.

roadrunner · October 13, 2016 10:00AM

@justcollecting said:
If it that important to you add a plus count to your signature line. The real shame is the valuable info that was lost. Is there a competition to have the most post, are they giving away a prize?

Actually, they do give "prizes" in the form of a merit badge count next to your name. The big steps are 1K, 5K, 10K, 25K posts. I don't know if there's a 50K.

TomB · October 13, 2016 10:40AM

@ricko said:
I lost 4000 posts... but that is better than starting over.. that happened years ago when the first changeover took place...back n 2001. Cheers, RickO

Yes, during the change in boards in February, 2001 we all lost everything. The archive was no longer linked to the new boards, we had to re-register our user names, our post counts were wiped down to zero and, if we had a PM system on that really ancient board, it was also deleted.

But...we survived!

jerseycat101 · October 13, 2016 11:05AM

I cannot believe that people are actually concerned about having a lower post count.

Mark · October 13, 2016 11:06AM

TomB:

You were a group of hardy collectors way back then!

TomB · October 13, 2016 11:25AM

@Mark said:
TomB:

You were a group of hardy collectors way back then!

You ain't kidding! We had to walk five miles to school everyday, uphill, both ways!

ricko · October 13, 2016 11:33AM

Back in the days of wooden ships and iron men.....and there was little no coin photography......Cheers, RickO

Catbert · October 13, 2016 11:52AM

Don't care about post count, never have. For those who do care, perhaps an alcohol sedative is in order?

Barndog · October 13, 2016 11:55AM

+1

SeattleSlammer · October 13, 2016 12:13PM

IMO it's cool to see both total post counts AND "member since" dates .... because frankly both allow some possible logical gaps to be quickly filled. And because there's healthy camaraderie to it, too.

dbtunr · October 13, 2016 12:20PM

"Points" and "Likes" is the new post count. you get points for answering questions and getting "likes" and "agrees". Post counts means you just post a lot

justcollecting · October 13, 2016 12:23PM

What a dilemma.... I think to be fair to all... since some got more cheated than others... they should all be reset to 0

jesbbroken · October 13, 2016 12:24PM

Lost all of mine, about 1900 or so, but not really a major matter, but it looks like some did and some didn't. Does that mean the rest may get caught back up?
Jim

seanq · October 13, 2016 12:36PM

@jesbbroken said:
Lost all of mine, about 1900 or so, but not really a major matter, but it looks like some did and some didn't. Does that mean the rest may get caught back up?
Jim

Jes, looks like you have an extra 'b' in your username now, is it possible you didn't log back into the same account from before the switch?

I couldn't care less about the post count, but the "user since" info was useful to folks on the BST.

Sean Reynolds

cladking · October 13, 2016 12:45PM

@coindeuce said:

@justcollecting said:
If it that important to you add a plus count to your signature line. The real shame is the valuable info that was lost. Is there a competition to have the most post, are they giving away a prize?

Nah no prize, but there are some bloated egos around here who have that "mine's longer than yours" mentality that is based on post count. Too bad CU doesn't have a filter that would automatically delete cheat posts.

@coindeuce said:

@justcollecting said:
If it that important to you add a plus count to your signature line. The real shame is the valuable info that was lost. Is there a competition to have the most post, are they giving away a prize?

Nah no prize, but there are some bloated egos around here who have that "mine's longer than yours" mentality that is based on post count. Too bad CU doesn't have a filter that would automatically delete cheat posts.

Oh Jeeze.

There go another 12,000 posts.

TomB · October 13, 2016 12:48PM

@seanq said:

@jesbbroken said:
Lost all of mine, about 1900 or so, but not really a major matter, but it looks like some did and some didn't. Does that mean the rest may get caught back up?
Jim

Jes, looks like you have an extra 'b' in your username now, is it possible you didn't log back into the same account from before the switch?

I couldn't care less about the post count, but the "user since" info was useful to folks on the BST.

Sean Reynolds

I thought the same thing about the extra "b" in the user name. Of course, perhaps the extra "b" is intentional and meant as jet-b-broken.

TwoSides2aCoin · October 13, 2016 1:02PM

This new format is nicer than my last girlfriend.

ldhair · October 13, 2016 1:30PM

I'm glad they saved as much as they did.

Are they working on getting the post counts back to the right numbers?

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