BUT GIMME BACK THE MEMBERSHIP STATS.

I don't ust use them to see where am I am in relation to others, I also use them to see how long someones been around.

I promise to stop going on about my place in them

Plllllllllleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaassssssssseeeeeeee

I will never mention them again, but I do use them to work out if someone just comes to this site when they have a problem, and then leaves for six months.

Oh and why did my PM suggestion fall on deaf ears (or should I say blind eyes?)

HAHA.... listen at him whine like a bitch... u damn post count whore.... MAUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

LMFAO

/me can't help chuckling

So, why where they important?

I don't think your PM suggestion was worthwhile, because you would generally read the private messages individually, as they came in. Also, I think they're quite readable even in the tabled format.
And the "membership stats" weren't worth it if even one person would mention them in a competitive way, ever. Having the link available paints a false image about our community.

Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeee.

And with the Private messages, you could have said "I can't be bothered"

What are you laughing at CodeRed, need I remind you of your previous incarnation.

I use them to find out if people are one time wonders, like I thought Mattynam2002 was, untill I checked the stats.

Once again I promise not to make another comment about them.

I think Vlad is gonna go insane when he hears about the membership stats....

A better solution to your problem would be a categorization of users by magnitude of post count in their profiles.

You mean put their number of posts in their profiles. That'd do

Their monthly, quaterly annual and all time number of posts in each profile would work#(Though I'm sure it'll take some work)

Thanks

I said magnitude for a reason. I don't mean specific numbers, but rather general categorizations of post frequency.

That'd do as well, say one stop wonder, inferquent poster, regular poster, frequent poster etc.

rdd, it sounds like your the only one who wants a way to tell wether or not someone is worthy by the number of times they ahave posted.

I mean, its not like anything else matters.

Fine, don't let me use one of the features the '@' guys spent so long and hard, developing and perfecting and one of the sites most popular features.

Yes, I agree its the most popular feature, infact I don't even post or read the posts here! I just sit in my chair with a bag of popcorn and enjoy the show.

What ridiculously overpriced drink do you have with the pop corn?

jolt cola.

Profiles have good enough information now.

Thanks

"What are you laughing at CodeRed, need I remind you of your previous incarnation"

Please explain? The only reason I was interested in my post count was because I was almost number one, If I was 23 or whatever you were I wouldn't've cared. I really don't care that they are gone.

Also, if you just want to know how long someone has been around, then just click on their profile. The URL should contain something like "id-xx" or "?id=xx". Anything < 1000 can be considered fairly old. We currently are sitting at about 2800 users.
You will notice that Psion is id 1. That is because he has been here since 1AD.

gian: That ID is meaningless. I've been around TPU for a long long time and my ID is 2441. I should be < 100.

Neumann, it does show you how long they've been around this particular incarnation of TPU.

Wow.. I have ID 601. I'm cool. ;)

Of course, I must bow to gian's mighty ID 20. Psion's ID doesn't count as he owns the place. :P

I'm 29! ;-)

I wonder what my number was in the previous incarnation.
I wonder what my name was in the previous incarnation.

Damn.
How would I find that out? Its really stumping me!!

mop, we're talking about a different site, on a different server. TPU moved to this site and server in (if memory serves) summer of 2000. Unless you were around back then, then I doubt you had a name or a number.

I was here about two years ago for a little while, when the default theme was all pretty like this light blue one I'm using now.

It was only for a few days or something, I don't know why I didn't come back.

Does anyone remember Gaz's (dr.devil) purple CGI site with the slashdot headlines? That was a pretty TPU incarnation.

I remember Gaz's Freshmeat-looking one...

Yes, the purple incarnation was the one before the Freshmeat rip off (that being the site he submitted as his Computer Science project, I think)