<p>The past five or so posts I have all showed the post count of 700…have I overstayed my welcome?</p>
<p>Posts in here don’t count.</p>
<p>Otherwise, we’d all have a few thousand. Only the real posts count.</p>
<p>methinks we should organize</p>
<p>What are “real posts”? What are “posts in here”?</p>
<p>I thought a post was a post.</p>
<p>“in here” is in the Parent Cafe!</p>
<p>Posts in the cafe … generally ‘off-topic’ posts … don’t add in to your post count total. Only on-topic or ‘real’ college oriented posts add to the post total.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>10 characs</p>
<p>VH, Cafe posts don’t count in the thread total to help students and parents who are on CC for college advice know how often a particular poster actually posts in the college sections of CC. The cafe section is often, but not always, off topic discussions.</p>
<p>Well, because the owners/administrators of this site felt it was important to track posts that were related to the purpose of the site. So that’s what they did. We didn’t vote on it or anything. ;)</p>
<p>It does lead to interesting factoids from time to time. Like - one thoughful poster has posted over 250 times (counter only goes to 250 on searches) yet has less than 40 posts in the college sections.</p>
<p>Some might believe that signalled a purpose for being on the site.</p>
<p>Well when I got the first response I was a bit embarassed that I didn’t know about the post count but it looks like I wasn’t the only one.<br>
And as far as being off topic, I’ll confess to that. From time to time anyway.<br>
Thanks all for clarifying.</p>
<p>My kids teased me because I’d racked up 1300 posts in a year of posting here. I pointed out that it was less than four posts a day. You better believe, I didn’t tell them that half my posts didn’t even get counted!</p>
<p>Anyone know what happens if a thread gets moved in our out of the cafe? Do the post counts get changed? Somehow I doubt it!</p>
<p>Well, I’m darn tired of being a “Baby Member” – oh, I mean “Junior Member.” Guess I’ll have to focus less on Parent Cafe and more on “serious” topics. Like, the hundreds of threads called, “Chance Me!!”</p>
<p>mathmom, you WOULD do the math!</p>
<p>“Anyone know what happens if a thread gets moved in our out of the cafe? Do the post counts get changed? Somehow I doubt it!”</p>
<p>If a post gets deleted or moved in or out of the Cafe the post count will change accordingly. </p>
<p>I’m not sure why people care so much about post counts. Back on the old CC there were no post counts and no one cared. Now with the feature some people get obsessed and even start posting extra, pointless posts to run up their total.</p>
<p>Somewhat off topic, but I remember when I was posting last year that I got to reach the Big 1,000 twice since the thread I originally posted it in was deleted! Apparently when posts are deleted, your post count is reduced.</p>
<p>Incidentally, most forums (and all forums I have ever seen/participated in) don’t count posts made on cafe/chat/off-topic sections.</p>
<p>Sorry, ebeeeeeee…didn’t mean to embarrass you. I’m just a bit more insufferable this week.</p>
<p>No pizza was involved in the creation of this condition. ;)</p>
<p>I make a few random posts every day in the forums for the College of Musical Knowledge and the Hardknox University. Those posts count.</p>
<p>Be happy that this isnt like some other forums where for every 1000 posts you have to either post a thong pic, or a spouse/GF thong pic</p>
<p>Scipio, you mean we don’t get prizes when we reach the next category? Gosh. [Then why call us Junior Members, Members, and Senior Members??]</p>