Hidden Beans

[suprleg]

"Forum: The Cafe
The Community Chat area is for lighthearted and enjoyable discussions, such as you might find around a water cooler at work"

Okay, so a question, which I'm sure has been asked before, why do Forum Mods hide the beans??

[sffvba[e0rt]

It is in memory of the Great Bean Shortage of 2009... may it never be forgotten.

[PartisanEntity]

There's bean some rumors that it's a conspiracy, with lots of insider trading... can't say more.

[deadflowr]

It isn't just mods, and some mods like me, don't care either way.
When you hit the ten posts to edit your profile, you too, can hide your beans.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

LOL. Why has this not been move to Recurring Discussion forum?

Some Mods do, some don't. It comes down to personal preference. I have always hidden mine when I was a user, then Member, later Mod, now retired Staff. I felt they don't indicate the value of someones opinion or advice. You can always find the number of posts if you want to. It is only hidden in the profile summary displayed along with the post.

Edit: [I don't now if it still works this way] I want to add that the Mods discuss some of the reported posts and how to respond to trolls, etc. The more they participate in those discussions the more Beans they collect. Some Mods don't want the number of Beans to mislead anyone about their support forums involvement. It is just personal preference.

[suprleg]

Thanks to everyone who spilled the beans..

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

Thanks to everyone who spilled the beans..

No one spilled the beans. If they had, the beans would have fallen into the 5th. dimension.

[sammiev]

It is in memory of the Great Bean Shortage of 2009... may it never be forgotten.

They can take a 1000 of mine if it helps.

[PJs Ronin]

It is in memory of the Great Bean Shortage of 2009... may it never be forgotten.

Damn... I forgot about that.

[lisati]

Some Mods don't want the number of Beans to mislead anyone about their support forums involvement. It is just personal preference.

^^^This.

They can take a 1000 of mine if it helps.

Have some of mine too if you want.