NEW FORUM FEATURE - Show/Hide Post Counts

[ubuntu-geek]

Do to popular demand you can now show/hide your post count on posts by going to User CP > Edit Options and checking Show or Hide. Also, note that posts are now being called beans again. :)

Enjoy!

[pwnst*r]

woot! \o>

[Polygon]

does this mean, if you hide post counts, that it hides YOUR post count from everyone? or does it just hide everyone elses post count when you browse the forum, but they are still there

and also, add back the jabber contact thingy, my signature is useless without it =)

[jpeddicord]

does this mean, if you hide post counts, that it hides YOUR post count from everyone? or does it just hide everyone elses post count when you browse the forum, but they are still there

and also, add back the jabber contact thingy, my signature is useless without it =)

It hides yours from everyone else.

[lisati]

Why not try it and see?

[pwnst*r]

or does it just hide everyone elses post count when you browse the forum, but they are still there



lol, what kind of "feature" would that be?

[sertse]

Yay! No one will judge me for my post count now! :P

(I mostly post in Cafe, which doesn't...count, now that Other OS Talk is gone)

[RedSquirrel]

ooh... Thanks. I like how it's completely hidden. In the old days, it used to say Bean Count Hidden, which wasn't quite as nice as this latest feature. :)

[swoll1980]

I'm still trying to crack the coffee cup code below our names. The mods say they don't mean anything, but I think the fact that I have all beans, and one cup, after 1,500 post, means I'm stupid, or something.

[will1911a1]

Yay!

[RiceMonster]

Cool, I like this feature. Thanks.

[smartboyathome]

I can still see it by going to profile > mini statistics. I wish that that was gone. ;)

[kevdog]

Lame feature -- If one is too insecure about revealing the bean count -- that's the user's problem and insecurity. Its nice to know when helping people if they are a novice or not to direct your instructions. I know many people don't like profiling, but I usually assume noobies are those with lower bean counts, and this assumption is usually correct. It becomes quite obvious on the complexity of the conversation if the person is truly green or not, however oftentimes this may take several posts. Assumptions are good, particularly when you are the one giving help. The ones needing help are often insecure -- get over it!! Everyone was green once!

[toupeiro]

Lame feature -- If one is too insecure about revealing the bean count -- that's the user's problem and insecurity. Its nice to know when helping people if they are a novice or not to direct your instructions. I know many people don't like profiling, but I usually assume noobies are those with lower bean counts, and this assumption is usually correct. It becomes quite obvious on the complexity of the conversation if the person is truly green or not, however oftentimes this may take several posts. Assumptions are good, particularly when you are the one giving help. The ones needing help are often insecure -- get over it!! Everyone was green once!

I give the feature a +1. To me it has nothing to do with insecurity. It has everything to do with profiling. Having a few hundred good beans is better than a few thousand pointless ones, and I'd rather not deal with people who think beans = anything more than clicking submit outside of the Cafe.

[cb951303]

Wasn't there already such a feature o.O ?

[lisati]

Doesn't worry me. Sometimes I miss the "thanks" button, which could be used together with post/bean count as a more reliable guide to a regular contributor's ability to help. Of course, that's if it can be reinstated without the problems that led to it being disabled in the first place.

[toupeiro]

Doesn't worry me. Sometimes I miss the "thanks" button, which could be used together with post/bean count as a more reliable guide to a regular contributor's ability to help. Of course, that's if it can be reinstated without the problems that led to it being disabled in the first place.

I actually liked the thanks option a lot as well! Some people got abusive with it in a few ridiculous threads, but when used properly, I thought it was a good tool to judge the value of a post or a walk through.

[Dale61]

I know many people don't like profiling, but I usually assume noobies are those with lower bean counts, and this assumption is usually correct.

In my case, your assumption would be wrong!

I have been here since Aug 2006, which would be about 7 months before you, but I have only racked up 99 posts (+ those in CC).

Of course, we all know what happens when someone assumes something ..............................

[lisati]

I actually liked the thanks option a lot as well! Some people got abusive with it in a few ridiculous threads, but when used properly, I thought it was a good tool to judge the value of a post or a walk through.

I know I was guilty of being a bit silly one or two times, but at the same time, I found myself checking which of my posts had been thanked, and then taking a look to see if any follow-up was needed.

[Dale61]

Doesn't worry me. Sometimes I miss the "thanks" button, which could be used together with post/bean count as a more reliable guide to a regular contributor's ability to help. Of course, that's if it can be reinstated without the problems that led to it being disabled in the first place.

Reinstate the thanks button +1.

I agree that when used as intended, it gave an insight on who to ask whenever I encountered a problem. Far too many posters thanked others for something that was even helpful!

'LOL, yo, I have a funny joke.'

'That wasn't funny, but here's a thank you anyway.'

WTF!

[CraigPaleo]

Lame feature -- If one is too insecure about revealing the bean count -- that's the user's problem and insecurity. Its nice to know when helping people if they are a novice or not to direct your instructions. I know many people don't like profiling, but I usually assume noobies are those with lower bean counts, and this assumption is usually correct. It becomes quite obvious on the complexity of the conversation if the person is truly green or not, however oftentimes this may take several posts. Assumptions are good, particularly when you are the one giving help. The ones needing help are often insecure -- get over it!! Everyone was green once!

+1 I'll be much more cautious taking the advice of anyone using this feature. To me, it's worse than having a low post count. It does show insecurity.

[Dale61]

Personally, beans mean nothing. Someone could have 5.000+ beans, but only 6 of those posts were of any significance.

I used to base 'reputation' on how many thanks someone received.

[Bodsda]

I dont see any use for this so called 'feature' -- its nice to see the forums are being actively worked upon but I think the time would be better spent fixing/reinstating the thanks button then hiding peoples post count. I will no longer be trusting towards people hiding their count, especially if they are giving support

[OrangeCrate]

Do to popular demand you can now show/hide your post count on posts by going to User CP > Edit Options and checking Show or Hide. Also, note that posts are now being called beans again. :)

Enjoy!

Thank you.

[billgoldberg]

Yay! No one will judge me for my post count now! :P

(I mostly post in Cafe, which doesn't...count, now that Other OS Talk is gone)

You forget about the beans under your name.

[billgoldberg]

Personally, beans mean nothing. Someone could have 5.000+ beans, but only 6 of those posts were of any significance.

I used to base 'reputation' on how many thanks someone received.

I had over a thousand, and I expect them all back once the feature is put back up.

:p:p

To Admins/Mods: They will be reinstated, won't they?

[CraigPaleo]

You forget about the beans under you avatar.

Will the beans be next? How about join dates? Heck, why don't we just allow guest comments while we're at it? I doubt that'll happen but do you see where I'm going?

[Joeb454]

There's currently no plans to reinstate the thanks plugin, as it was poorly written.

As many of you know, it worked, but as the forum grew larger, the quality of the code became clear. From what ubuntu-geek has told us, it seems to be the thanks plugin that was responsible for the massive downtime we had some months back.

I'd like to see it back if it was re-written and tested thoroughly, but until then I'm more than happy to have a stable forum to go to :)

[kevdog]

I was its biggest critic at first, but then really grew to like the thanks button. I really didnt see it abused all that much. I too would like to see it return, however I do like the forums being up and running more so than the thanks feature. The thanks feature was also a way to "profile" the information you were given.

[forrestcupp]

I never realized that there was a time when we couldn't hide our bean count.

But that option is just another opportunity for dissension. I used to hide my count a long time ago until we were harassed for it. I remember at least one megathread where people were kind of humiliated for hiding their count.

[Dr Small]

Oh boy! Now I can hide my post count from all the users, once again :)

[Joeb454]

oh boy! Now i can hide my post count from all the users, once again :)

4,760? ;)

[Dr Small]

4,760? ;)
Shh! You're not supposed to look at my profile page =P

[Godly]

I want to know how you changed the text below your name? ;)

[Dr Small]

I want to know how you changed the text below your name? ;)
I earned it, by passing 3500 posts ;)

[notwen]

I want to know how you changed the text below your name? ;)

See here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=239560) for more info. =]

[Godly]

See here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=239560) for more info. =]

Thanks! You're the greatest! It's cool how people help out on here! +1 for you!

[Bodsda]

I earned it, by passing 3500 posts ;)

So why are you hiding your post count?


Shh! You're not supposed to look at my profile page =P

Doesnt this just show how utterly pointless the feature is? It just means before I trust someone I have to walk over to their profile page to see their post count

[Joeb454]

You shouldn't base your trust on post count. I've seen people with really low post counts give some of the most useful advice in a thread before now.

That's the whole reason we decided to hide the post counts (or at least give the option to hide them).

[Dr Small]

You shouldn't base your trust on post count. I've seen people with really low post counts give some of the most useful advice in a thread before now.
+1 Joe

Doesnt this just show how utterly pointless the feature is? It just means before I trust someone I have to walk over to their profile page to see their post count
Why should you base your trust on someones post count? If post counts really matter, you can do your research. But don't base the knowledge of someone by their post counts. I have a big post count, but there are a lot of things that I don't know, and people with less than 100 posts can run circles around me...

[Bodsda]

I'm not saying post count means the difference to me accepting the information or not, but it does influence it and I would challenge anyone who says otherwise, I am sure that there are some people with extremely low post counts who have been doing this since before I was born, but I higher post count to me shows a long term commitment to helping people and they are less likely to one day get bored and throw a malicious bit of code at someone

[Tristam Green]

I never realized that there was a time when we couldn't hide our bean count.

But that option is just another opportunity for dissension. I used to hide my count a long time ago until we were harassed for it. I remember at least one megathread where people were kind of humiliated for hiding their count.

Bingo. I've seen it on other forums, where any aspect of hiding something from the users is almost always misconstrued as "well, they *must* have something to hide, and it must be a bad reputation".

You shouldn't base your trust on post count. I've seen people with really low post counts give some of the most useful advice in a thread before now.

That's the whole reason we decided to hide the post counts (or at least give the option to hide them).

Indeed. For myself, I base my opinions upon the quality of the posts themselves, as opposed to numbers on a profile.

People who post the same way all the time are just as easy to remember (if not moreso) than those who just have low counts.


119 non-Cafe posts, and darn proud of it :)

[Dr Small]

[...] but I higher post count to me shows a long term commitment to helping people and they are less likely to one day get bored and throw a malicious bit of code at someone

I'm sure you'd be able to spot malicious code if you saw it ;) But, we haven't had any of those incidents in quite awhile.

[Bodsda]

I'm sure you'd be able to spot malicious code if you saw it ;) But, we haven't had any of those incidents in quite awhile.

Well, it was an example. I'm not trying to cause any sort of flame war so I'll take this opportunity to thank ubuntu-geek for the continued development of the forums, and leave it at that

Thanks,

Bodsda

EDIT: Lol, just went to hit the thanks button, but its not there :( *hint hint* :)

[Joeb454]

higher post count to me shows a long term commitment to helping people and they are less likely to one day get bored and throw a malicious bit of code at someone

I can see what you're saying, but that's partly where common sense comes in to play. If you don't know what a bit of code or a command does, ask and wait for somebody else to verify it before you run it, or search for it and find out what it would do :)

I guess it could just be me struggling to see why you would base what advice you follow merely on how much somebody has posted, because it's something I've never done.

[Dr Small]

Well, it was an example. I'm not trying to cause any sort of flame war so I'll take this opportunity to thank ubuntu-geek for the continued development of the forums, and leave it at that

Thanks,

Bodsda

EDIT: Lol, just went to hit the thanks button, but its not there :( *hint hint* :)
No flames intended, mac ;)

[Joeb454]

EDIT: Lol, just went to hit the thanks button, but its not there :( *hint hint* :)

If you want to re-code it to work on a forum this size, I'm sure we can look into re-implementing it ;) *hint hint* :)

[=^,^=]

Whats the point in hiding your post count?

[Bodsda]

If you want to re-code it to work on a forum this size, I'm sure we can look into re-implementing it ;) *hint hint* :)

Its a possibility, but i would need to learn how -- old code, test site, reference material, forum software info etc. would be needed

[OrangeCrate]

Do to popular demand you can now show/hide your post count on posts by going to User CP > Edit Options and checking Show or Hide. Also, note that posts are now being called beans again. :)

Enjoy!

And now you've decided, that if someone wants to hide their bean count, this is what is displayed?


My beans are hidden!


What a joke.

[kevdog]

Im not here to call anyone out, however those with high posts counts in this forum have pretty much bumped into all the other users with high post counts. To have high posts counts, you pretty much have had to dedicate a lot of time to the forums in one way or another. In no situation that I can recall, have I ever seen a user with a high post count giving really bad advice, or doing something malicious. Ive seen spam from some high post count users (ravtux), but in no way have I seen anything stated incorrectly. If anyone has an example of poor advice coming from those with a high post count, Id like to see it. Poor advice is not asking a question. I ask questions about stuff I don't know about all the time.

[carml]

And now you've decided, that if someone wants to hide their bean count, this is what is displayed?



What a joke.

+1 ,just go to the User's profile page to see his beans count:D:D,what's the need or use of this function so?

[Dr Small]

Im not here to call anyone out, however those with high posts counts in this forum have pretty much bumped into all the other users with high post counts. To have high posts counts, you pretty much have had to dedicate a lot of time to the forums in one way or another. In no situation that I can recall, have I ever seen a user with a high post count giving really bad advice, or doing something malicious. Ive seen spam from some high post count users (ravtux), but in no way have I seen anything stated incorrectly. If anyone has an example of poor advice coming from those with a high post count, Id like to see it. Poor advice is not asking a question. I ask questions about stuff I don't know about all the time.
Just a second. I'm going to go post a malicious command to get an infraction, to prove a point. lol :D

[RiceMonster]

Ok, that bugs me that it says "My beans are hidden!" now. It would be much nicer if it would just not show them.

[chucky chuckaluck]

Ok, that bugs me that it says "My beans are hidden!" now. It would be much nicer if it would just not show them.

+1. that's much worse.

[forrestcupp]

+1. that's much worse.

+1

I agree with chucky's agreeing with RiceMonster. I felt that way even before when you could hide the count. If I hide my count, I'm doing it because I don't want any attention given to it. This actually draws attention to the post count.

[Dr Small]

+1

I agree with chucky's agreeing with RiceMonster. I felt that way even before when you could hide the count. If I hide my count, I'm doing it because I don't want any attention given to it. This actually draws attention to the post count.
Didn't you know? We hide our beans so we get more hits on our profiles and so people can actually look at our bean count !

Reverse Physiology

[Tristam Green]

Reverse Physiology

o.O

Putting organisms back together to make others interested in taking them apart to see how they work?

[forrestcupp]

o.O

Putting organisms back together to make others interested in taking them apart to see how they work?:lol:

Didn't you know? We hide our beans so we get more hits on our profiles and so people can actually look at our bean count !

Reverse Physiology

I guess some people care enough to make their profile pages interesting enough for people to visit. :)

This place is becoming way too much like Facebook. I hate Facebook!

[Dr Small]

o.O

Putting organisms back together to make others interested in taking them apart to see how they work?
Yeah, you should know that I can't spell :p

[gjoellee]

I'm still trying to crack the coffee cup code below our names. The mods say they don't mean anything, but I think the fact that I have all beans, and one cup, after 1,500 post, means I'm stupid, or something.

It is the life of a coffee...first a bean then a coffee!

[forrestcupp]

I'm still trying to crack the coffee cup code below our names. The mods say they don't mean anything, but I think the fact that I have all beans, and one cup, after 1,500 post, means I'm stupid, or something.

If you rack up a bunch of cups, then stop posting in the help forums and stick to the community sections, it reverts back to one cup and a bunch of beans. That happened to me. But then a few days ago, I posted something like 5 posts in the help sections and I got all my cups back immediately.

Weird. I wonder how long it will be before I'm back to one cup and some beans.

[ubuntu-geek]

Social experiments are fun, it's always the same small group people who complain about everything. :) I'm just saying...

[Michael.Godawski]

Are we really so impressed by big numbers :-k

[matthew]

Social experiments are fun, it's always the same small group people who complain about everything. :) I'm just saying...
rotfl!!!!

[OrangeCrate]

Social experiments are fun, it's always the same small group people who complain about everything. :) I'm just saying...

So, let me see if I have this right. Administering the Ubuntu forums, is just a "social experiment" for you?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1095169&highlight=orangecrate

Thanks for the heads up, that explains a lot.

[hyperdude111]

This does little to hide an actual post count because:

1. The coffee cup/bean code below your name allows you to make an educated guess.

2. The join date does pretty much the same by letting you know how long someone has been a linux fan you can gage the amount of experience they would have.

Whenever I have a problem and need some help it is normally someone with 6x my post count that writes a detailed and helpful answer and who are also less likely to post the "I hate linux" and "Going back to windows" threads.

So although my post count is relatively low I see no need to hide it, all it shows is insecurity.

[matthew]

So, let me see if I have this right. Administering the Ubuntu forums, is just a "social experiment" for you?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1095169&highlight=orangecrate

Thanks for the heads up, that explains a lot.
Thanks for proving the point.

He said clearly there that the plugin was disabled in the software upgrade (by necessity all plugins are disabled in that process). Then it was just forgotten. There wasn't anything malicious involved. You weren't being experimented with.

The experiment was simply the wording "my beans are hidden"

LOL

[forrestcupp]

I'm just saying...

Hey, that's a good one I forgot about for the "Words and phrases you hate" thread! :D

[OrangeCrate]

Thanks for proving the point.

He said clearly there that the plugin was disabled in the software upgrade (by necessity all plugins are disabled in that process). Then it was just forgotten. There wasn't anything malicious involved. You weren't being experimented with.

The experiment was simply the wording "my beans are hidden"

LOL

That's my point Matthew.

[matthew]

Forgetfulness is not the equivalent of malice.

[CraigPaleo]

I guess it could just be me struggling to see why you would base what advice you follow merely on how much somebody has posted, because it's something I've never done.

I feel more comfortable taking advice from someone who has many posts and hasn't been banned. If someone isn't showing a post count, even if they registered two years ago, I have hardly anything to go on at all. It makes me question why they want their post counts hidden. Aren't we anonymous enough as it is? Now, I might be able to look at their beans and tell a relative post count from that but I didn't have a clue as to what they meant when I was a newbie.

If post count isn't important, why are they not counted in the "fun" forums? Is it because it could give someone the false impression of being experienced when all they really do is play around all day?

[matthew]

I feel more comfortable taking advice from someone who has many posts and hasn't been banned. If someone isn't showing a post count, even if they registered two years ago, I have hardly anything to go on at all. It makes me question why they want their post counts hidden. Aren't we anonymous enough as it is? Now, I might be able to look at their beans and tell a relative post count from that but I didn't have a clue as to what they meant when I was a newbie.

If post count isn't important, why are they not counted in the "fun" forums? Is it because it could give someone the appearance of being experienced when all they really do is play around all day?
I think that is reasonable as a general rule as long as you realize there are some who have lots of posts who don't know as much as that might imply and others who have few posts who are linux wizards. As a general aid, it can be helpful

[forrestcupp]

I think that is reasonable as a general rule as long as you realize there are some who have lots of posts who don't know as much as that might imply and others who have few posts who are linux wizards. As a general aid, it can be helpful

True. Maybe Ubuntu is my first attempt at linux and I've racked up a bunch of posts asking a bunch of dense questions because I just can't get it through my thick skull.

Or maybe I was a major developer for another distro, and I just decided to come to Ubuntu. I only have 20 posts, but I've been around the block and I know much more than the ignorant user who has racked up a thousand posts from asking questions.

I'd say that generally, people who have high posts counts are going to be more experienced, though. But you just never know.

[Flyingjester]

I can still see the post count in peoples profile pages who have their beans hidden, can anyone see mine in my profile?

EDIT: Nevermind.. really should have read the whole thread

[lisati]

I think that is reasonable as a general rule as long as you realize there are some who have lots of posts who don't know as much as that might imply and others who have few posts who are linux wizards. As a general aid, it can be helpful

Good point. I have a "high" post count (compared to a new user), and have been active in the forums for a couple of years now, but often find myself reading a question, and not being able to offer much (if anything) in the way of a useful response.

[CraigPaleo]

I think that is reasonable as a general rule as long as you realize there are some who have lots of posts who don't know as much as that might imply and others who have few posts who are linux wizards. As a general aid, it can be helpful

That's true, of course BUT it's also like saying: so long as you realize there are some drivers with a blood alcohol level of .20 who are better drivers than those with a blood alcohol level of little to zero... I'm sure that's true too. And then, there are those who refuse to take the breathalyser at all. What should we think of them? Would you get in a car with them driving?

[swoll1980]

i think that is reasonable as a general rule as long as you realize there are some who have lots of posts who don't know as much as that might imply
*cough* ah-hem

[CraigPaleo]

True. Maybe Ubuntu is my first attempt at linux and I've racked up a bunch of posts asking a bunch of dense questions because I just can't get it through my thick skull.

Or maybe I was a major developer for another distro, and I just decided to come to Ubuntu. I only have 20 posts, but I've been around the block and I know much more than the ignorant user who has racked up a thousand posts from asking questions.

I'd say that generally, people who have high posts counts are going to be more experienced, though. But you just never know.

Yeah, you're just like I am. I have 70 something posts and I was a major developer for Microsoft.(yeah, right) I invented the unintuitive "Start" menu. You know, the one where you go to shut your computer off? That's why I have about 70 questions and one offer of help. I tried to help but all I could do was search and give him the results. Oh well, I did try. I should go look back though and see if he had ever found an answer! Bad person I am! I should go hide my post count! :P

[CraigPaleo]

*cough* ah-hem

I have trouble interpreting people literally or especially otherwise. Are you saying that you post a lot but don't know that much or were you alerting us of the presence of Matthew?

[swoll1980]

I have trouble interpreting people literally or especially otherwise. Are you saying that you post a lot but don't know that much or were you alerting us of the presence of Matthew?

I have a bunch of post, and 2 years on the forums, but I'm not any kind of wizard, by any stretch of the imagination. I do offer a lot of help, but am only knowledgeable about the things I had problems with. A lot of times I will just google things that people ask, and come across like I might know what I'm doing.

[CraigPaleo]

I have a bunch of post, and 2 years on the forums, but I'm not any kind of wizard, by any stretch of the imagination. I do offer a lot of help, but am only knowledgeable about the things I had problems with. A lot of times I will just google things that people ask, and come across like I might know what I'm doing.

Please don't have low self-esteem! Being able to find an answer is as good, if not better, than knowing it and we all learn from our own problems. Someone here has Google in their signature as a place to get help. I can't for the life of me, remember who!
I hope you're proud of your post count - as you should be! :) You're also witty. (I didn't say that.) :)

[lisati]

I have trouble interpreting people literally or especially otherwise. Are you saying that you post a lot but don't know that much or were you alerting us of the presence of Matthew?

Hmmmm.... isn't a tendency to interpret things literally one of the indicators of Asperger's Syndrome?

[Mehall]

Hmmmm.... isn't a tendency to interpret things literally one of the indicators of Asperger's Syndrome?

It's also an indicator you're reading a short post on the internet, rather than talking to a person IRL.

[CraigPaleo]

Hmmmm.... isn't a tendency to interpret things literally one of the indicators of Asperger's Syndrome?

Why, yes... it is, among other things. Have you mentioned it here before? Are you male of female?

[CraigPaleo]

It's also an indicator you're reading a short post on the internet, rather than talking to a person IRL.

It's much easier for an Aspie to communicate on the Internet than in real life.

[ubuntu-geek]

So, let me see if I have this right. Administering the Ubuntu forums, is just a "social experiment" for you?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1095169&highlight=orangecrate

Thanks for the heads up, that explains a lot.
Wow take it easy, it was a joke.......

In regards to the post you referenced which has nothing to do with this one, btw, that feature won't be coming back anytime soon because of compatibility and stability issues.

[lisati]

Why, yes... it is, among other things. Have you mentioned it here before? Are you male of female?
I've been suspected of having Asperger's Syndrome, and the last time I checked I was male.
It's much easier for an Aspie to communicate on the Internet than in real life.
I'd agree: less of the complications from visual clues that often accompany talking face-to-face.

[forrestcupp]

In regards to the post you referenced which has nothing to do with this one, btw, that feature won't be coming back anytime soon because of compatibility and stability issues.
That's good. It's much better to get rid of an arguably useless feature and not have the forums down three times a day.

The forums have been running noticeably better.

[OrangeCrate]

Wow take it easy, it was a joke.......

In regards to the post you referenced which has nothing to do with this one, btw, that feature won't be coming back anytime soon because of compatibility and stability issues.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Maybe you should look into the software that LinuxQuestions.org uses. It looks quite similar to what you're using, and it has an "Exclude Forums from "Get New Posts", and a "Thanks" feature, both of which seem to work just fine.

[ubuntu-geek]

I'm sorry to hear that.

Maybe you should look into the software that LinuxQuestions.org uses. It looks quite similar to what you're using, and it has an "Exclude Forums from "Get New Posts", and a "Thanks" feature, both of which seem to work just fine.
Frankly, comparing this forum to LinuxQuestions.org is like comparing apples to oranges. You need to take into account we have over 3 million more posts then that forum and over 300,000 more threads.

[richg]

How about an option so we can hide all the avatars when looking at messages?

Rich

[sisco311]

Thanks ubuntu-geek!

How about an option so we can hide all the avatars when looking at messages?

Rich

Just block content from http://ubuntuforums.org/customavatars/*

To block the ranks: http://ubuntuforums.org/images/rank*

In Opera go to Tools -> Advanced -> Blocked Content and add the URL.

In Firefox use adblock (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=adblock&cat=all).

[OrangeCrate]

Frankly, comparing this forum to LinuxQuestions.org is like comparing apples to oranges. You need to take into account we have over 3 million more posts then that forum and over 300,000 more threads.

Ubuntu:

Threads: 1,025,090, Beans: 6,559,364, Members: 815,409

LinuxQuestions.org

Threads: 714,777, Posts: 3,510,520, Members: 402,096

Well, to me, it looks like both forums have a pretty large critical mass. Certainly ones, that would allow the forum software people to work out the bugs in their program, to allow for high volume applications of the individual modules.

But hey, what do I know, I do something else for a living. All of that additional Ubuntu volume, must simply clog up all the tubes, or something like that, eh?

And no, I didn't/don't appreciate your joke. Nor, did/do I appreciate Matthew's snide reply to what seems to be an inside joke. Those comments should have been kept inside the staff area, and not published in the open forums.

And that's that.

PS -

@Matthew, in case you've forgotten, the conversation on hiding the beans again, certainly didn't start out as a joke...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1098763

[Chemical Imbalance]

2. The join date does pretty much the same by letting you know how long someone has been a linux fan you can gage the amount of experience they would have.



Wrong. My join date is only this March, but I've been using Linux for much longer. This is why I like this feature. It puts people more on a level playing field.

"You shouldn't judge a book by its cover"
<insert another trite expression here>

[swoll1980]

Ubuntu:

Threads: 1,025,090, Beans: 6,559,364, Members: 815,409

LinuxQuestions.org

Threads: 714,777, Posts: 3,510,520, Members: 402,096

Well, to me, it looks like both forums have a pretty large critical mass. Certainly ones, that would allow the forum software people to work out the bugs in their program, to allow for high volume applications of the individual modules.

But hey, what do I know, I do something else for a living. All of that additional Ubuntu volume, must simply clog up all the tubes, or something like that, eh?

And no, I didn't/don't appreciate your joke. Nor, did/do I appreciate Matthew's snide reply to your inside joke. That conversation should have been kept inside the staff area, and not in the open forums.

And that's that.http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n170/Mrwaterbuffalo/cat_fight.jpg

[OrangeCrate]

^,

Cute picture!

(One of our barn cats just had a litter a while back, and early this morning when I was out mucking stalls, I saw two of the kittens playing just like that, over/under/around a small stool in the tack room.)

:)

[OrangeCrate]

<deleted>

Accidentally duplicated the post above...

[forrestcupp]

In Firefox use adblock (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=adblock&cat=all).
I use adblock, and I've never seen it block avatars.


And no, I didn't/don't appreciate your joke. Nor, did/do I appreciate Matthew's snide reply to your inside joke. That conversation should have been kept inside the staff area, and not in the open forums.

And that's that.

Is it really as big of a deal as what you're making it?

[Newuser1111]

I use adblock, and I've never seen it block avatars.Right click the avatar and click "Adblock Image..."

[OrangeCrate]

I use adblock, and I've never seen it block avatars.



Is it really as big of a deal as what you're making it?

Ya, it is, and thanks for your comment. It prompted me to review my post, and I noticed that I failed to reference a conversation with Matthew and others, regarding the bean count issue. I've now added it, as a post script...

[HappinessNow]

How about an option so we can hide all the avatars when looking at messages?

Rich

Already exist

User CP>Edit Options>Thread Display Options>Visible Post Elements>Show Avatars (or don't show avatars)
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=110706&d=1240487655

[ubuntu-geek]

I think this thread has out lived its usefulness. I'm closing it, before we end up infracting or banning people.