This was initially going to be a reply to SmokinAl's thread about threads disappearing/falling off "New Posts" link. (I would post the link, but I couldn't get back to it.) As I was writing, I decided this would probably be more appropriate as its own thread.
I usually come here to get advice instead of give it. What helped me filter out the good advice from the bad was a member's status. If advice I received from one person conflicted with advice from someone else, I usually deferred to advice offered by the one with the most posts/likes. Sure, it's not a guarantee that the more experienced poster is right over the one with fewer posts, but if he has a high post-to-like ratio, odds are good that he knows what he's talking about. So, I miss the post/likes being visible in the avatar box.
I don't know the logic that was used to make the decision to remove it. I suspect that it might have something to do with some members who seemed to be in a competition to see who could make the most posts. It is pretty obvious when your threads get replies like "Welcome to the forum." Or, a person who's only been a member for three months has 5000 posts with 2 likes. (I could be wrong.) I realize you can click on the members avatar and see it, but I'm way too lazy to do that.
In any event, I liked it the way it was.
And, going back to SmokinAl's thread about threads disappearing in "New Posts", I wish they'd change that back, too.
I usually come here to get advice instead of give it. What helped me filter out the good advice from the bad was a member's status. If advice I received from one person conflicted with advice from someone else, I usually deferred to advice offered by the one with the most posts/likes. Sure, it's not a guarantee that the more experienced poster is right over the one with fewer posts, but if he has a high post-to-like ratio, odds are good that he knows what he's talking about. So, I miss the post/likes being visible in the avatar box.
I don't know the logic that was used to make the decision to remove it. I suspect that it might have something to do with some members who seemed to be in a competition to see who could make the most posts. It is pretty obvious when your threads get replies like "Welcome to the forum." Or, a person who's only been a member for three months has 5000 posts with 2 likes. (I could be wrong.) I realize you can click on the members avatar and see it, but I'm way too lazy to do that.
In any event, I liked it the way it was.
And, going back to SmokinAl's thread about threads disappearing in "New Posts", I wish they'd change that back, too.
