what's with the beans in the forum?

[space.duck]

ok, as you can probably guess I'm really new to this. I was just wondering what the beans that are attached to your forum account represent, and why beans?

[NightwishFan]

I believe a while ago a member thought of using the bean theme for post counts.

[Triggerhapp]

Its possible to hide your Post count (somehow?) so beans shows an approximation of how many posts you've made, i believe it goes up to cups of Ubuntu, then what appears to be polystyrene (sp?) mugs of Ubuntu :P

[Schendje]

What's the deal with coffee cups/beans and the funny titles?

Beans are posts. The post/bean count can be turned off by the user if so desired.

There tends to be a close connection between geeks and coffee, so that's where the theme came from. Yes, we know not everyone likes coffee, but it's just a silly thing.

Read more over here: http://ubuntuforums.org/announcement.php?f=48

[sstusick]

I see the Beans have been replaced by "posts." It must have something to do with the forum software update.

[hyper_ch]

I see the Beans have been replaced by "posts."

One of the small things that will be fixed over time with the new vB version :)