is postcount important for you?

[tds]

nnno..

[thierry13]

Haha mine's higher than yours. I'm so much better than you are!... not. It does not really COUNT hahahaha.

[tds]

Haha mine's higher than yours. I'm so much better than you are!... not. It does not really COUNT hahahaha.

u watch

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[enderw20]

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[Petter]

It used to be but then I got fired, muehehehe

[thalbergmad]

It is the quality of my posts that are important, not the number.

Thal

[ahinton]

It is the quality of my posts that are important, not the number.

That is unquestionably true - and whether or to what extent one could say the same for other members of this forum, I submit that post count per se is about as important as the number of notes in any particular score - i.e. not at all. I think that we know the identity of the post count record holder on this forum, although she has posted nothing for some six months now...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

I submit that post count per se is about as important as the number of notes in any particular score - i.e. not at all.

If only Godowsky knew that

Thal

[dnephi]

If only Godowsky knew that

Thal

I think you're barking up the wrong tree, to be honest.  Reger is a far more likely contestant, and i'm sure that we could find some 20th century composers who are even more appropriate.

[thalbergmad]

Possibly some 21st century ones as well

[ahinton]

Possibly some 21st century ones as well

Go on, then, Thal - name me, then - and get it over with...

To be more serious, however, the number of notes in any one of Godowsky's works is of no more importance than the number of notes in anyone else's; you may not care for what Godowsky did (and why should you if his work fails to appeal to you?), but there can be no doubting either his sincerity of expression or the technical accomplishment within which framework he expressed his ideas...

This has, of course, less than nothing to do with post count here, so let's get back to that (if we must)...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Thank you for taking us off topic and then suggesting we get back to it.

Thal

[ahinton]

Thank you for taking us off topic and then suggesting we get back to it.

Insofar as I may be deemed to have done the former, I was responding to you, so if that really bothers you in terms of going off-topic, please feel free to blame your good self.

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

That is unquestionably true - and whether or to what extent one could say the same for other members of this forum, I submit that post count per se is about as important as the number of notes in any particular score - i.e. not at all. I think that we know the identity of the post count record holder on this forum, although she has posted nothing for some six months now...

Best,

Alistair

The above started the off topicness

[general disarray]

Post-count is like weenie-size.  It only matters if it's the only thing you have and you need it to count.

[aewanko]

From what I've seen in some internet forums, members with high post counts are somewhat treated specially.

[tanman]

just trying to make my post count higher... this isn't spam...

[tanman]

as I said... this isn't spam...

[concerto_love]

No.

[pianochick93]

Not really important to me at all.

[ahinton]

The above started the off topicness

How so?

You wrote
"It is the quality of my posts that are important, not the number"
which is on topic.

I responded
"That is unquestionably true"
and added
"and whether or to what extent one could say the same for other members of this forum, I submit that post count per se is about as important as the number of notes in any particular score - i.e. not at all"
which is on topic as it refers to the importance of post counts.

I ended with
"I think that we know the identity of the post count record holder on this forum, although she has posted nothing for some six months now..."
which, whilst referring specifically to one forum member only, is also on topic, since what I wrote there relates only to the matter of post counts.

Even if you happen to have persuaded yourself to believe that any off-topicness has followed that post, the above demonstrates that there is nothing in it which is itself off topic and therefore nothing that is accordingly likely to spark off any off-topic responses from anyone else.

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

"
and added
"and whether or to what extent one could say the same for other members of this forum, I submit that post count per se is about as important as the number of notes in any particular score - i.e. not at all"
which is on topic as it refers to the importance of post counts.

Off topic, no need to mention scores.

Thal

[ahinton]

Off topic, no need to mention scores.

Were that really the case, any and all such comparatives would have to be deemed equally off-topic; the mention of scores in my post clearly falls precisely within that comparative category in my submission that, for me, post counts are of an importance equivalent to that of note counts in scores - i.e. none. May one therefore presume that, for you, any comparison of a thread topic to anything else automatically qualifies it as off-topic? If that is indeed your view and if it is commensurate with the stance that you would like all forum members to adopt in the spirit of remaining on-topic at all times, it would not be unreasonable to infer from it that the strictures imposed by adherence to such a discipline would almost certainly ensure that there would be very few posts at all...

Best,

Alistair

[concerto_love]

It's pretty important in deviantart, but not here, I guess 

[thalbergmad]

Were that really the case, any and all such comparatives would have to be deemed equally off-topic; the mention of scores in my post clearly falls precisely within that comparative category in my submission that, for me, post counts are of an importance equivalent to that of note counts in scores - i.e. none. May one therefore presume that, for you, any comparison of a thread topic to anything else automatically qualifies it as off-topic? If that is indeed your view and if it is commensurate with the stance that you would like all forum members to adopt in the spirit of remaining on-topic at all times, it would not be unreasonable to infer from it that the strictures imposed by adherence to such a discipline would almost certainly ensure that there would be very few posts at all...

Best,

Alistair

Off topic again

[a-sharp]

stop accusing people of off-topicness just to get your post count higher. we can see right through that.

[concerto_love]

stop accusing people of off-topicness just to get your post count higher. we can see right through that.

hehehe... 

[thalbergmad]

stop accusing people of off-topicness just to get your post count higher. we can see right through that.

Stop accusing me of accusing others just to get your post count higher.

We can see right through that.

Thal

[ahinton]

Stop accusing me of accusing others just to get your post count higher.

We can see right through that.

I'm not at all certain that this is necessarily true; having no interest in post counts is hardly synonymous with, let alone presuming of, a desire to increase one's own...

No one has yet come anywhere near equalling the post count record on this forum in any case, despite the record holder having posted nothing for at least half a year...

Best,

Alistair

[thalberg]

Well I was happy when my post count reached 1000.  I was hoping that by then people would start to recognize me and know who I am. 

[tds]

Well I was happy when my post count reached 1000.  I was hoping that by then people would start to recognize me and know who I am. 

thalberg, r u the guy who plays the viola?

[allthumbs]

My post count reached 1000 recently, but alas, I am a poor wretch without standing here or anywhere else for that matter.


allthumbs

[mikey6]

I'm not at all certin that this is necessarily true;

ehemm....cough

[ahinton]

ehemm....cough

I'm glad that you've gotten that off your chest...

Best,

Alistair

[tds]

thalberg, r u the guy who plays the viola?

i know the other thal do banjo n some wierd fluffy stuff

[thalbergmad]

Yeh, i play only banjo and lute now.

Given up piano.

Thal

[mikey6]

Yeh, i play only banjo and lute now.

Given up piano.

Thal

Did Thalberg write anything for lute or banjo?

[leahcim]

Did Thalberg write anything for lute or banjo?

No, what would be the point? Lutes can't read.

[concerto_love]

No, what would be the point? Lutes can't read.

How about the banjo..?

[leahcim]

How about the banjo..?

I'm going to be honest here and say that I thought :-

"Banjos"?
"Banjoes"?
"Banji"?

and I just put lutes

[thalbergmad]

Did Thalberg write anything for lute or banjo?

Not that i am aware of, but he was presented with a banjo on his American Tour and apparantly was rather good at playing it.

Thal

[allthumbs]

I'm going to be honest here and say that I thought :-

"Banjos"?
"Banjoes"?
"Banji"?

and I just put lutes

'Banjos' would have been the appropriate word, although I liked the imaginative but incorrect 'banji' as well.

allthumbs

[ahinton]

I liked the imaginative but incorrect 'banji' as well.

Reminded me abit of Cowell's Banshee, it did - and then there's also that mythical "ban" on performance of the works of "Sorabji"...

Best,

Alistair

[goldentone]

I think post frequency, (if I may have the liberty to refashion the idea) to which
post count relates, is important to the extent that it shows that one is
a regular contributor on the forum.

[concerto_love]

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[a-sharp]

exactly.