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Originally Posted by MadDog
I personaly like the posts count because it does show how active a member can be.
Just because it says when the user joined, doesnt mean they are a active user. I look at the posts count as to see how active the user is.
And its nice knowing how many posts i have made since ive been on the website.
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My (own) experience dictates that active participants aren't necessarily any different from non-active one's in regards to useful or helpful posts. I mean, to see how active a member is or not, I'm not personally aware of the purpose of that, and searching on their user name usually will serve a greater purpose in that regard.
I just meant, what is the purpose of knowing how many posts someone has made or how active someone is (since you can search for posts by them with the click of a button anyway and see a post count there as well as a short summary of their posts per page)?
Anyway, it's nothing more than curiosity on my part and for the reasons I originally outlined as to the point of such a feature anyway--in light of the additional hassle/problems that seem to go along with it. Perhaps there's no purpose for anyone really, and they just happen to like it, in which case I'm left remaining curious about it (but I'm not concerned about it either way). :-)