Where do you report site bugs here ?

[Methen]

I was checking my other post and I notice that my post count does not appear to be going up it just keeps saying 465.

[Methen]

Yep it did it again still at 465.

[Mick]

The post count isn’t incremented in the GD forum.

[Deactivated 1950056]

The post count isn’t incremented in the GD forum.

While this is not news to me, I never understood why. A large chunk of topics here pertains to phpBB in some way or form and it's not like higher post counts unlock privileges or are evident of any phpBB knowledge.

[Methen]

The post count isn’t incremented in the GD forum.

That does not even make any sense.

[ssl]

What makes no sense is to worry about the number of posts on a forum

[Deactivated 1950056]

The post count isn’t incremented in the GD forum.

That does not even make any sense.

"Increment post counter" is a forum-based permission and it has been a permission in phpBB for quite a while. I think even your site has that as something that can be disabled if you wanted to have a forum that doesn't affect user post counts.

[warmweer]

The post count isn’t incremented in the GD forum.

That does not even make any sense.

What doesn't make sense is being worried about a postcount.
BTW this is a board about phpBB and although I do agree that some non-phpBB related discussion should be possible (and is), it's not the main focus of this board.
Why not consider the displayed postcount here as the relevant postcount, as opposed to the factual postcount (which isn't really relevant)?

[Mick]

I believe the setting is an attempt to stop ‘post hounds’ posting nonsensical replies, starting rubbish topics, games and the like in a misguided belief that post numbers elevate their status in life. In answer to your question I would, in this case being as it’s not a bug, contact the community team leader by PM.

[Deactivated 1950056]

While I don't agree with the logic of it, I probably won't PM for something that petty.

[Jodi-86]

I think it's a brilliant idea not to have post counts in General Discussion.

There are a lot of people who think having a high post count makes them sort of "well liked" or "well respected" on forums - as Mick points out.

There are also a lot of people who think if someone with a high post count answers their question on a forum - the answer they are giving is more reliable because of the high post count.

This is a phpBB support forum, people visit this site for support with their phpBB forum, they don't rock up here just to chat and for that reason, if they post a support question and it is answered by someone with 5k posts - most of that posters 5k posts are phpBB related so they most likely know what they are talking about.

Now imagine they come and ask a question and it's answered by someone with 5k posts - but only 10 of those posts were to do with phpBB and the rest were random chatter - the poster is going to think what a shoddy support forum this is.

This is why the majority of software/product/business support forums do not have a General Discussion forum, members are encouraged to keep to the topic of the product, this avoids having pointless topics or people looking for illegal advices etc, could you imagine some unscrupulous character getting arrested for having illegal files and saying 'the guys on phpBB told me how to do it anonymously'

Other discussions can be had via the PM system - though some business's don't even allow PM's because if the advice they are being given is illegal - if it's in a PM they are still using that business's server.

This very site has a few political discussions in General Discussion - they all turn sour, it lets users see who is a Democrat sympathiser and who is a Republican sympathiser... which can cause a divide because some people are funny about that sort of thing, they will ignore the help of someone who supports the opposite political party - so if the support forum is about the product only... you avoid all this nonsense and pointless arguments.

It also benefits the search system too, being able to search for product help without pointless General Discussion topics appearing in the search results makes things a lot easier for the end user.

I dare say there have been people in the past and will be people in the future who have joined this very site who don't run a phpBB forum, have never ran a phpBB forum, have no interest in starting a phpBB forum, know nothing about phpBB so can't offer support but just signed up to chat - it's totally right that they shouldn't have a post count because they aren't contributing help towards the product.

[Methen]

While I don't agree with the logic of it, I probably won't PM for something that petty.

Nor do I it simply makes no sense so what if a person is a post hound and have a high number of post or what they choose to post that is what general forum is suppose to be for, The problem with this place is it has gotten like all other forums with the high levels of censorship and locking other peoples posts for what ever reason, as I said before that is the one of the main reasons that people avoid forums now due to insane levels of censorship.

[warmweer]

The problem with this place is it has gotten like all other forums with the high levels of censorship and locking other peoples posts for what ever reason, as I said before that is the one of the main reason that people avoid forums now due to insane levels of censorship.

Where's the data to back up your statement?
BTW you started off with : high levels of censorship, and in the same sentence (granted, it was after the comma), insane levels of censorship.
Going once .. going twice ...

[Mick]

as it’s not a bug, contact the community team leader by PM.

[david63]

The problem with this place is it has gotten like all other forums with the high levels of censorship and locking other peoples posts for what ever reason

This board is far less strict than many other boards that I visit, not to mention other social media sites.