<p>One of the characteristics of a good community is to maintain a consistent philosophy but at the same time let the membership guide at least some of the direction.</p>
<p>Our HS Life forum has been functioning as a de facto Cafe forum. We have periodically moved some of the topics to the CC Cafe, but that hasn't changed the nature of HS Life much.</p>
<p>So, we've decided to not count posts in HS Life toward individual post counts, which are a measure of a member's contributions to the overall community. Posts in the CC Cafe and Parents Cafe likewise don't count. This isn't to discourage use of these forums, but rather to ensure that if a new member encounters a member with hundreds of posts, he/she knows those posts have been on topics relevant to college admissions, search, etc.</p>
<p>It may take a while for this change to become evident. I hope that this is a better solution than trying to "police" the forum for topic relevance and continued moving of topics to the CC Cafe.</p>
<p>Thanks for your understanding.</p>