Why do threads and comments on Parent's Cafe don't register ?

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<p>I know I have questioned this before , but why don’t comments and threads count as number of comments here on CC…I have been a poster here for years and the bulk of my posts have been here on the parent’s cafe …just wondering if any of the mods would care to explain why the posts do not register ?</p>

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<p>I think it’s generally because they aren’t “on topic” for the website</p>

<p>that said, the off topic stuff is what keeps people coming to websites, that is why they have these forums.</p>

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<p>^^^^^^
lol</p>

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<p>You get brownie points for being helpful to people asking about colleges, not for those asking about selling houses, what to read or watch, or how to dress. Seems fair to me. :)</p>

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<p>This is what Roger Dooley posted on the High School Life forum (I know now all of it is relevant to your question, but some of it is):</p>

<p>"One of the characteristics of a good community is to maintain a consistent philosophy but at the same time let the membership guide at least some of the direction.</p>

<p>Our HS Life forum has been functioning as a de facto Cafe forum. We have periodically moved some of the topics to the CC Cafe, but that hasn’t changed the nature of HS Life much.</p>

<p>So, we’ve decided to not count posts in HS Life toward individual post counts, which are a measure of a member’s contributions to the overall community. Posts in the CC Cafe and Parents Cafe likewise don’t count. This isn’t to discourage use of these forums, but rather to ensure that if a new member encounters a member with hundreds of posts, he/she knows those posts have been on topics relevant to college admissions, search, etc.</p>

<p>It may take a while for this change to become evident. I hope that this is a better solution than trying to “police” the forum for topic relevance and continued moving of topics to the CC Cafe.</p>

<p>Thanks for your understanding."</p>

<p>With that, I am closing this thread, since according to the Terms of Service, “discussion of moderator actions and forum policies is welcomed via private message or e-mail; these issues are off-topic for the forums.”</p>