Post Count Bias

Do you treat people on comic vine with low number of posts such as myself differently then people with posts in the thousands? I have been collecting comics for years now and have done TONS and TONS of research on comics including skills, powers, abilities, battles, story arcs, crossovers, and the characters themselves. I would say I'm a very intelligent person when it comes to comics but you have no way of knowing that since I just started an account on comic vine. I'm what you would call a walking comic encyclopedia. If I had the effort and time I could become a respected poster on this site since I have the smarts and knowledge when it comes to all aspects of comics. I have seen many posters on comic vine with a small amount of posts make a fool of themselves and occasionally I have also seen people with THOUSANDS of posts make themselves look like idiots. I have been going on this site for years and have gotten enjoyment and first hand experience when it comes to some comic characters.

Anyway so do you treat people with low amount of posts differently to the point where it can be considered a bias of sorts?

Of course not.

A member with 10 posts could have more well-thought out, knowledgeable responses than someone with 10,000.

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar. No reason why..

No, I don't.

Also, you have to take into condition how many alts there are running around.

Yeah It's always fun to slap around some freshmeat.

I dont treat people one way or the other based on post count. I do however take time out of my day to kick around users who have the generic CV avatar ;)

@Fire Star said:

Of course not.

A member with 10 posts could have more well-thought out, knowledgeable responses than someone with 10,000.

Post counts are insignificant.

Racists.

... how can u be racist against a post count..?

honestly most people I know on here that have been around for a while don't really care about post count. I'm not even sure what mine is off the top of my head, tho my mild ocd will force me to check about 8 seconds from now either way but not for the purposes of judgement I just have a problem.

@YoungJustice said:

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar.

This.

@DarkKnightDetective said:

Yeah It's always fun to slap around some freshmeat.

lol

@Fire Star said:

Of course not.

A member with 10 posts could have more well-thought out, knowledgeable responses than someone with 10,000.

@YoungJustice said:

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar. No reason why..

Yeah, I feel the same way and I don't know why either. I mean, I obviously have a reason to think that way, but I don't care enough to think about it.

@YoungJustice said:

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar. No reason why..

Is it because they're usually trying to get you to watch a totally free football game/soccer game/random tv show?

@Fire Star said:

Of course not.

A member with 10 posts could have more well-thought out, knowledgeable responses than someone with 10,000.

True.

@YoungJustice said:

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar. No reason why..

This.

Yes.

Most trolls have low post count and don't bother to pick out an av.

@DarkKnightDetective said:

Yeah It's always fun to slap around some freshmeat.

Pfft! XD

@CapFanboy said:

@DarkKnightDetective said:

Yeah It's always fun to slap around some freshmeat.

Pfft! XD

Elitism is heavy on comicvine. But it's fun to irritate the popular ones for lols.

@YoungJustice said:

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar.

@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:

@CapFanboy said:

@DarkKnightDetective said:

Yeah It's always fun to slap around some freshmeat.

Pfft! XD

No I do not know what you mean, I'm not a pedo.

@DarkKnightDetective said:

@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:

@CapFanboy said:

@DarkKnightDetective said:

Yeah It's always fun to slap around some freshmeat.

Pfft! XD

No I do not know what you mean, I'm not a pedo.

Slap around some fresh meat...

HOW DO YOU NOT GET THE JOKE?

*head implodes*

I don't really care what anyone's post count is. Some people on here spam random threads all day just to get their post count up. Haha. So lame.

Little bit, not even going to lie. My reason is because I don't know whether somebody is a troll or not until they've been here long enough.

Also, people without avatars. I don't take most people who lack avatars seriously.

I'm just going to be honest about the whole thing. A lot of you who know me won't be surprised.

Depends.

If I you're making threads left and right and have 100 posts, and most fights are mismatches, I'm gonna think less of you than Someone who has a couple thousand.

However, if you are a good poster, and make good threads, and have 100 posts, I'm gonna think highly of you.

@YoungJustice said:

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar. No reason why..

Exactly! No idea why I feel this way, perhaps because I feel like if they haven't put in the effort to change their avatar, they probably haven't put in that much effort educating themselves on comics... of course, reasonably, I know that's not always going to be true, but my knee-jerk reaction is to not put a whole lot of faith in what a low-count poster with a generic CV avatar has to say

I've been owned by 2-digit and 3-digit post count viners a lot of times. Still waiting for a 1-digit post count viner to beat me into pulp.

Also, honestly, the OP comes off as a bit pretentious, which is something else that makes me wary.

I'm not bias against low post count users but I am bias against pretentious arrogant a-holes. Two users in particular and you know who you are >_>

@JediXMan said:

Little bit, not even going to lie. My reason is because I don't know whether somebody is a troll or not until they've been here long enough.

Hey, look. My way of thinking is still right.

The TC is a shining testament to the legitimacy of my cynicism.

Im biased against idiots.If you make a stupid comment i going to put you to task for it end of story (Unless its a funny stupid comment then ill be nice) 
 
It just so happens that most of the really uneducated people on the vine happen to be the new ones

For me a persons idea or comment or opinions merit is evident in their idea, comment or merit. In other words if a person with one post or a person with 10,000 posts both write a paragraph that is sincere, reasonable and intelligent, I treat them the same ditto if either posted a cliche boring comment. The post count is superficial to their worth, capacity and potential for worthy discussion. In my time at CV I have been witness to posters bias based on post count, race, gender, comic company affiliation, their status or perceived popularity, familiarity etc people do conform in odd ways, its nice identifying as many people as you can who are more thoughtful and considerate than appealing or reacting to superficiality.

I think it's the opposite for me. I tend to try to be really nice to someone with a low post count, cuz I figure they haven't been around long enough to pick up certain quirks about the site and posting... 
 
I think the vets over in the battles forum did that with me and my very odd topics until I got the hang of making only slightly odd topics... : )

I base those opinions I value completely by the strength of their arguments, regardless of if they agree with me or not. Some of those I admire the most actually disagree with me more than not, but they have sound and valid reasons for their viewpoint.

Also as Mercy said there are so many alts the "real" post count, as well as how long someone has been on the Vine is always up for debate. If you add in my retired accounts I would be well over 3,000 posts and around the 2 year mark.

All these metrics are beside the point, I achieved greatness with the first keystroke...

@JediXMan said:

Little bit, not even going to lie. My reason is because I don't know whether somebody is a troll or not until they've been here long enough.

Hey, look. My way of thinking is still right.

The TC is a shining testament to the legitimacy of my cynicism.

Well I tend to be more acquainted with other users with higher post counts because we would both be regular users or "veterans". However, I love to see new users with fresh ideas, though that often backfires with them being a$$'s, but I know plenty of a$$'s who are regulars so it just depends on the person I suppose.

However,

@wildvine said:

@YoungJustice said:

I don't trust anyone with a really low post count if they haven't changed there avatar. No reason why..

This.

I have a reason. You have the same icon as a spammer and in my brain that registers you as a computer.

@Living_Monstrosity said:

Elitism is heavy on comicvine.

This is true.

Meh, we all have to start somewhere, doesn't matter how many posts you have to be honest.

Quite often a lot of new users come on and post spite matches, are trolls or are alts of trolls. They have low post counts, bash others and the previously mentioned spite matches. To said spite threads, they claim them to be good ideas while reaching for points based on their own convenience without looking at the specifics that make the points. They think they are entitled to some kind of fairness and blame it that they are being opposed based on bias when they are in fact not being to respectful to other users by using such tactics.

That being said, we do also get new users and they do sometimes get looked down upon. When I first came here I was. I had my share of bad matches and users thinking they were better. But that changed. Point is, you do have to somewhat prove yourself here. If you are 100 posts in the site and can't even bother changing to an actual avatar then it is ingrained in the veteran users that you might be a troll or just someone to look over because a lot of the aforementioned trolls don't change avys. If you can at least take 10 seconds to pick an avy, it to me atleast, shows you have some investment in the site. And even if you don't change your avy and can debate in a respectful manner and be accurate in your position then people will take notice and you will be fine. We have had users not change avys and be perfectly respectable and good debaters or users in general.

The Vine is a ladder. Elitism does exist here and it is apparent. Some of the users here have even admitted they are biased, others said they are not. I'm not trying to be mean or anything but I can say that as a fact.

@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:

@DarkKnightDetective said:

@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:

@CapFanboy said:

@DarkKnightDetective said:

Yeah It's always fun to slap around some freshmeat.

Pfft! XD

No I do not know what you mean, I'm not a pedo.

Slap around some fresh meat...

HOW DO YOU NOT GET THE JOKE?

*head implodes*

HOW DO YOU EVEN?! ARGH! *punches wall* I'M SO MAD AT HUMANITY!

@Living_Monstrosity said:

Elitism is heavy on comicvine.

It really is.

Everyone had a low posy count at one point. Being biased makes no sense.

@slacker the hacker said:

Everyone had a low posy count at one point. Being biased makes no sense.

It's more like "you're new. We don't know whether you're good or bad yet." And since the vast majority of newbies make rather bad threads / posts (see: the TC here), most (including me) assume the worst. And typically, this assumption is correct (again, see TC).