i respectfully argee with Chuckdom in this, alltough i see value in all of the forums threads, i never understood the need for a count with titles used as reward?

of course idk how else to reward the people that are contributing to the site in a meaningful manner that wouldnt be subjective or result in some kind of popularity contest

i have seen while exploring different places in my search for this site a option that has some appeal which involves the use of word counts per post, : in effect only posts of twenty five or more words were counted and then only from certian threads

perhaps some sort of ratio or curve could be develpoed that would recognize overall posts yet take in to account a rated value of such posts as to there word counts and or post location, like posts in certian threads would be of a higher value than others etc

of course an addition a subjective value assignned by judges would be nice too, but that would require a lot of effort and impartiality would be allmost impossible

personally i have never bothered to "compete" for statistics as quantity is not so important for me as quality,

as far as conribution or helpfulness is conserned i look at how many times someone has been thanked, or i just look at what other people post about me in my visitor messages and or in response to my posts, in addition to this i keep in mind what soemones position on the staff is as well, i know some of the jobs on the site reuire a lot of time away from posting

i respectfully hope that my ideas may be of some use to administration with this issue
and am happy to be of service in any way i can, this site has helped me a great deal and i am very glad i have been given the oppertunity to contribute even if its not rewarded within any offical capacity such as post counts titles etc

thank you