Again, think before you post. There’s no reward in having the most posts on the forum. Information that is not true is not helpful and just annoying and confusing. I learned this lesson a while ago. Criticizing someone else’s work and acting like you could do it better comes off as very egotistic.
I always take a look at people’s “Thank you” count.
I am not saying we should make a point to count every single thank you, or to only post to see if we get a thank you… but glancing over at someone’s thank you count can give you some sort of indication of whether their posts are mostly time wasters, or if they provide good posts.
Now, I am not trying to point anyone out, but just to give the OP an indication:
Bcmadkitty: 2000+ posts, less than 100 thank yous.
Compare that to some of the other users who have posted in this thread:
yoyospirit: 2000+ posts, over 500 thank yous Nemyo: 1000+ posts, nearly 200 thank yous GregP: 2000+ posts, over 400 thank yous BanjoSpins: Under (yes, under) 1000 posts, 250+ thank yous
Again - “thank yous” are pretty subjective and shouldn’t be used as an absolute, and I wouldn’t want people to post only when they think they might get a thank you…
BUT… if you compare many of the users on this forum to your own thank you count, maybe you just aren’t as helpful as you think you are.
I don’t mean to come down on you, I think your posts are mostly positive and think there is a good space here for you to fit in, but as others have said, before posting, just ask yourself, “is this necessary, is it relevant, is this helpful, is this accurate?”