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Originally Posted by Madrox
that post made me think, how many here actually think that if you have a high post count, or an early join date, you mean more to the industry and are more valuable to this community then someone who was registered yesterday with 120 posts?
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To take your post literally, either one could be taken as a negative.
Someone who just joined yesterday and has 120 posts obviously has nothing going on that requires their attention other than posting here, which in and of itself is not a valid qualification to be a "webmaster". Someone with a huge postcount and an old join date is that same person, just been here longer.
I post here for shits and giggles occasionally and for business most often. I think my post count reflects that in relationship to my join date. So in a sense - yeah, postcount and join date are a factor, but that doesn't mean someone who just now joined and has one post didn't just say something that could change the way I look at something.
On the flipside, though - postcount and join date are very useful when determining the extent of a particular poster's ass-hattery. I.E.: a douchebag with 80k posts might very well be a bigger douchebag than the dickhead with 120 posts.
Mr 120 can still turn it around, Mr 80k is probably molded into his ways and has no hope.