But it won't change ...

Please re-read this thread and come back and point out where I asked for change; or suggested change should occur.

No '?'; because that is rhetorical. Ie. I didn't.

I saw something that surprised me; I asked my question; I got my answer. Everything from then onward is my correcting those who simply don't read what is written, preferring to "respond" to something that they simply plucked from thin air.

I've never given any import to the meaningless number. Historically other people would message me to tell me when I had past some arbitrary power of 10 boundary.

What I have given some import to over the past 13 years and 22,000 posts; is the response they got -- individually -- in terms of my peers taking the time to cast their votes. This thread started simply because after all these years I became suddenly and sharply aware that the meaningless ranking that I've ignored all this time, is even more meaningless, arbitrary and capricious that I had previously thought. No big deal. For me at least; it changes nothing.

But, if it is so meaningless & unimportant:

Meaningless it is; but boy, for something so meaningless does it ever stir a flurry of comment and high powered vitriol if anyone should question it; or even be misinterpreted to question it. Even when that question is simply: How does it work?

This thread could have consisted of three posts:

  1. I noticed...
  2. Yes. That because link to appropriate documentation
  3. Okay. That sucks, but whatever.

That is continues is not down to me...

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In reply to Re^4: The significance of 2010-03-16? by BrowserUk
in thread The significance of 2010-03-16? by BrowserUk

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