Re: Topic count error!

Posted by Graham Perrin on Jan 31, 2009; 11:04am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Topic-count-error-tp2173112p2249540.html

I gain great meaning from:

* Last Post (date)
* Replies (count)

I occasionally consider:

* Views (count)

— but I don't treat this count as meaningful; AFAIK my own repeated visit to my own post (whilst I'm reviewing, correcting) will bubble the count upwards unrealistically.

I never observe the topic count. I never even think about it.

As the ways of presenting Nabble fora, with and without children and grandchildren, are so diverse: I doubt that you'll arrive at a method of counting that's universally understood.

My suggestion:

* remove the topic count.

For a moment, forget theory and semantics.

Simply: use an existing forum for around a month, ideally a forum that's reasonably busy. At the end of the month:

* how often has the topic count informed your approach to that forum?

Regards
Graham