Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
Is there any way to set up the forum software so it shows the post count at the time the post was made (or even better the time it was last edited), or maybe old-count/current-count? This probably isn't doable for old posts, but maybe for new posts?
Not as far as I know. I do agree with your points for wanting it to work as you describe, but there are some reasons for it to work the way it does, too.

In general, our membership would be better advised to not use post counts as an indicator of expertise. Think about it... suppose Lynn just joined our group... day one he'd have a post count of zero but his expertise is great.

Likewise, we could have a member with hundreds (or thousands!) of posts who is simply a social personality with no significant expertise in str8s. In reality, if you look at the "experts' in the group they tend NOT to have the highest post counts. On the average, post counts tend to be a better indicator of length of membership than and indication of expertise. There are exceptions, of course.

And not everyone is an expert in everything... for example, I would never comment of the virtues of a badger brush because I have never owned one. Unfortunately, we do have some members who like to comment on almost everything... whether they really know anything or not... such is life I guess.