posts in haiku, short poetry forum

[Magpie]

Just a thought and question.

Why don't posts in the 'haiku, short poetry forum' not count towards your actual posts? I know it changed from back in the old day when every post counted but then it changed to just the critique forums, which is fair enough, I understand the reasoning. The short poetry forum is still a critique forum and I have received some excellent critiques there and spent a bit time giving critiques.

I'm not looking to increase my post count, but back in the day it didn't seem to make much sense and I never asked why. 

It's just a thought I've had now.

[Bunx]

Here here! Haha
My devils advocate in me says it might related too time spent on the poem?

[Magpie]

I know where you're coming from Bunx, but sometimes I can spend days looking for the perfect word for a short poem.
I think with those haiku type poems every word has to be perfect. If I wrote longer poems the same way I would probably cry and just give in.

[Quixilated]

I don’t officially know, but my best guess is this:

Originally, the site required three critiques in the workshops in order to join.  Also, for every poem posted in the workshop, we still require at least one valid piece of critique also in the workshops.  The other forums, though they welcome feedback, they do not require it.  I think the post count was mostly a tool to help the mods keep track of whether or not people are behind or caught up on their workshop feedback. 

I don’t think it’s about time spent on the poem.  Just about which forums require feedback in order to post a poem vs which are more optional.

At least that seems to me the most likely reason.  I don’t know if it still works as it should, so I always count posts to poems manually.  Perhaps Addy or Todd may know if this is the correct answer?

[Bunx]

Heard I am just an edit junkie. Due to writing on my phone so much. Lately I have poems in my head or the beginnings spitting them out in the none critique sections.

I think it's the productive musician in me, happy accidents in the studio, nothing's perfect. Embrace the moment. Though some songs take me 6-7 months before I'm settled. I think your point is valid. Some of my favorite poems on here are three line short form.

[Quixilated]

Or it could just be a glitch leftover from one of the updates that we haven’t caught. ?

[Magpie]

That seems like a good option Quix, it make sense when you look at it as a moderator.

I remember the change, some people lost thousands of posts on their post count.

[addy]

Yes I believe i was something like what Quixi described, that this was a deliberate change implemented before so only posts made in select poetry forums were reflected in a member's post count. IIRC it was done so mods could look at the postcount of a newbie and evaluate from that how much the newbie has already contributed to the Critique forums vs hanging out in the for fun/ discussion side of things.

[Magpie]

Thanks Addy