Excuse my Ignorance but what are the 'Watts' on your profile for?

[thebigyin]

As it reads in the title just curious about the 'Watts' anyone shed any light, 'skuse the pun.

[Oopsdabassist]

I think, if someone likes one of your comments, or uses one of the other amusing emojis, you get a Watt.  Its kind of a measure of your popularity......or not, in my case, been here for years, hardly a flicker.

Edited May 2, 2020 by Oopsdabassist

[Trueno]

3 minutes ago, Oopsdabassist said:

I think, if someone likes one of your comments, or uses one of the other amusing emojis, you get a Watt.  Its kind of a measure of your popularity......or not, in my case, been here for years, hardly a flicker.

I've just given you an extra watt... to show you're a good egg.

[Oopsdabassist]

aww fanks!!

[Dad3353]

As all decent bass players know, 'Watts' are a pretty meaningless measure of much, anyway. 

Edited May 2, 2020 by Dad3353

[mep]

Unless they are Trace Elliot watts of course.

[TheGreek]

IIRC those you collect in Off Topic don't add to your overall count 

[thebigyin]

Thankyou.

[Richard R]

 Next question,  which I asked before and nobody knew, was what the Rank is?

[PaulWarning]

2 hours ago, TheGreek said:

IIRC those you collect in Off Topic don't add to your overall count 

really? I didn't know that, does a sad face count as one?

[Reggaebass]

I didn’t think they counted at all in OT

[Oopsdabassist]

OT doesn't add to your post count either.

[AndyTravis]

18 minutes ago, Richard R said:

 Next question,  which I asked before and nobody knew, was what the Rank is?

In Manchester it means “not nice” like - “no way marmite is rank mate”

[stewblack]

2 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

In Manchester it means “not nice” like - “no way marmite is rank mate”

This statement is indubitably correct. There really is no way Marmite can be considered rank. 

[AndyTravis]

1 minute ago, stewblack said:

This statement is indubitably correct. There really is no way Marmite can be considered rank. 

It was the best example I could come up with at the time.

I don’t mind it. 
 

[stewblack]

Just now, AndyTravis said:

It was the best example I could come up with at the time.

I don’t mind it. 
 

same, I'm ambivalent 

[SpondonBassed]

4 hours ago, TheGreek said:

IIRC those you collect in Off Topic don't add to your overall count 

Then where have most of mine come from...?  They definitely count now.

[dave moffat]

Didn't even realise I had them 🙄 let alone what they are 😁

[Silvia Bluejay]

My understanding is that posts in OT don't add to our post count, but reactions received by any of our posts add up on our profile no matter where the post being reacted to is.

I'm not sure what this Rank you guys are talking about is. Mine seems to be called Member Title. Or am I looking in the wrong place?

 

Edited May 3, 2020 by Silvia Bluejay

[Frank Blank]

13 hours ago, Richard R said:

 Next question,  which I asked before and nobody knew, was what the Rank is?

I thought it was a place where one could enlist the services of a taxi?

[PaulWarning]

45 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

My understanding is that posts in OT don't add to our post count, but reactions received by any of our posts add up on our profile no matter where the post being reacted to is.

I'm not sure what this Rank you guys are talking about is. Mine seems to be called Member Title. Or am I looking in the wrong place?

 

so that would explain why some Basschaters have a very high watts vs post rating? I did wonder

[SpondonBassed]

15 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

really? I didn't know that, does a sad face count as one?

As far as I am aware only the positive ones are counted.  If someone reacts with "confused" or "sad" your total remains unchanged

[SpondonBassed]

15 hours ago, Richard R said:

 Next question,  which I asked before and nobody knew, was what the Rank is?

They have something on that in the Bad Jokes thread.

Edited May 3, 2020 by SpondonBassed

[BassTractor]

2 hours ago, PaulWarning said:

so that would explain why some Basschaters have a very high watts vs post rating? I did wonder

I think that if your Watts vs post rating is low, you probably have written considerate, well-reasoned, wise posts. If it's high, you've posted one or two Bad Jokes in appropriate threads. 😁

[ClassicVibes]

Watts are basically a way of saying someone has acknowledged your post.

So you may be wondering why your watt rating isn't that high - I will give you a hint. Members on here really like the Ramones...