How important is post count and what does it mean to you

swingking

This kind of follows on from the previous thread about the posting in afterhours and its effect on post-count

how important is postcount and does someone who has massive amounts of posts rate better than someone who has a few posts

opinions?

Rb

Postcount means nothing to me. Sometimes other peoples postcount and join date will effect how I react to what someone says, but not often.

Hagar

Does'nt matter at all, except perhaps to show that someone is active in the community.


/edited typo

Rb

Hagar wrote:

Does matter at all, except perhaps to show that someone is active in the community.

Yeah, this is true.

hunnymonster

I'm still a relative noob but


post count is not important to me. I can understand the mods mentioning it when someone with less than 10 posts appears to be advertising something but otherwise I've not found it an issue.


When I first arrived, I expressed an opinion on marathon running and some people in the fitness forum gave me hell for being a newbie and not knowing what I was taking about because of my low post-count. I'm an extremely experienced marathon runner and was gtting grief from someone who said he had never run further than 10 km. It peeved me quite a bit at the time.

Faith

It means nothing to me. I post when I have something to say, not just to increase a number. I don't get posing a load of spam just to increase your post count.

Rb

Faith wrote:

It means nothing to me. I post when I have something to say, not just to increase a number. I don't get posing a load of spam just to increase your post count.

Nor do I, maybe Tar could explain it for us

nesf

hunnymonster wrote:

I can understand the mods mentioning it when someone with less than 10 posts appears to be advertising something but otherwise I've not found it an issue.

That's about the only time I pay attention to someone's postcount.

Kojak

Hagar wrote:

Does'nt matter at all, except perhaps to show that someone is active in the community.

My thoughts exactly.

humbert

Not much, sometimes I'm amazed I've posted as many times as I have(though it's still relatively few).

postcount++ cha-ching

Ruu_Old

It was important with the old For Sale section, I probably wouldn't buy from someone with a lower count but apart from that doesn't matter really.

PiE

I disregard all views posted by anyone with a post-'02 regdate.

I_and_I

When looking at my own post count what I see is really something like a sundial, an indication of how long I have been posting on a certain forum. Other than that I don't think about it.

Futureman

Ruu wrote:

It was important with the old For Sale section, I probably wouldn't buy from someone with a lower count but apart from that doesn't matter really.

You're quite the aul' post whore judging by your post count! You have posted an average of 9 times per day without fail over the last 5 years! WOW! I mean, seriously...

Actually - with that in mind - who is the biggest whore on Boards? i.e. who has highest average of posts per day???


Edit: it appears to be "Victor"

Join Date: 03-12-2000
Total Posts: 28,862 (12.72 posts per day)

nesf

Futureman wrote:

You're quite the aul' post whore judging by your post count! You have posted an average of 9 times per day without fail over the last 5 years! WOW! I mean, seriously...

Actually - with that in mind - who is the biggest whore on Boards? i.e. who has highest average of posts per day???


Edit: it appears to be "Victor"

Join Date: 03-12-2000
Total Posts: 28,862 (12.72 posts per day)

Quit attacking people on here unless you want that ban reinstated.

Basq

I, for one, trust no-one without an avatar selected!

<_<

>_>

Futureman

nesf wrote:

Quit attacking people on here unless you want that ban reinstated.

Who did I "attack" and how? Enlighten me. I asked a question about who has the biggest post count - that's all! I called Ruu "an aul' pos whore" in jest/tongue in cheek - I guess you missed that. Nobody uses "aul'" seriously...

Can the mods on here please lighten up and stop taking sarcasm at face value please? I shoudn't be punished just because you can't tell when someone is only having a laugh.

LundiMardi

postcount means nothing to me...

LundiMardi

i'm serious by the way

LundiMardi

yup



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nesf

Futureman wrote:

Can the mods on here please lighten up and stop taking sarcasm at face value please? I shoudn't be punished just because you can't tell when someone is only having a laugh.

Welcome to the internet, where people can't see your facial expressions or hear the tone in your voice. If you are going to be sarcastic about a user just remember that this is a written medium and it's easy to be misinterpreted and we have to react to what's written in the post.

Rb

LundiMardi wrote:

yup



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ORLY?

copacetic

hunnymonster wrote:

I'm still a relative noob but


post count is not important to me. I can understand the mods mentioning it when someone with less than 10 posts appears to be advertising something but otherwise I've not found it an issue.


When I first arrived, I expressed an opinion on marathon running and some people in the fitness forum gave me hell for being a newbie and not knowing what I was taking about because of my low post-count. I'm an extremely experienced marathon runner and was gtting grief from someone who said he had never run further than 10 km. It peeved me quite a bit at the time.

i think in general people with only a few posts are just not believed no matter what they say. but in fairness I have seen a lot of people with only a few posts claim to be experts in whatever the topic of a thread is and I guess would be less likely to believe them. However the longer I've been around boards the more I realised that there is quite a complex relationship between post count and usefulness of posts, getting into the 1000s doesn't mean anything except you have too much time on your hands

LundiMardi

rb_ie wrote:

ORLY?

what you say about my momma?

nesf

daveym wrote:

However the longer I've been around boards the more I realised that there is quite a complex relationship between post count and usefulness of posts, getting into the 1000s doesn't mean anything except you have too much time on your hands

Or you've been posting on and off for years. It's easy to have a couple of thousand posts if you've been a member for 4 or 5 years.

Car Mad

LundiMardi wrote:

what you say about my momma?

wow post 24 after hours is really slipping:rolleyes:

++ 368:D

Means nothing to me anyway.Who gives two fecks how many posts you have:cool:

copacetic

nesf wrote:

Or you've been posting on and off for years. It's easy to have a couple of thousand posts if you've been a member for 4 or 5 years.

well obviously i didn't mean you, you're golden.:)

nesf

daveym wrote:

well obviously i didn't mean you, you're golden.:)

Eh, for me it's more a case of relieving boredom and/or putting off doing work than anything else..

copacetic

nesf wrote:

Eh, for me it's more a case of relieving boredom and/or putting off doing work than anything else..

emmm, so too much time on your hands?

biko

Postcount is not important on boards. There are well known posters and moderator with less than a thousand posts.
Having said that, I would never date someone with less than 2000+ posts.

Rb

LundiMardi wrote:

what you say about my momma?

Shes so fat, when she sits on my face I can't hear the stereo. There, I said it.

nesf

daveym wrote:

emmm, so too much time on your hands?

Nah, more creating time via the wonder of procrastination.

phantom_lord

i guess it means something in somewhere like the poker forum if you're not too aware of who's who, if there's conflicting posters, it's probably safe to go with the 3k+ guy over the 26 guy.

rb_ie

Postcount means nothing to me. It's just a bunch of numbers really.

rb_ie wrote:

ORLY?

RLY!

nesf

phantom_lord wrote:

i guess it means something in somewhere like the poker forum if you're not too aware of who's who, if there's conflicting posters, it's probably safe to go with the 3k+ guy over the 26 guy.

It doesn't really work though. I could go onto the poker forum and appear like I actually know a lot by that approach even though my poker knowledge pales in comparison to many of the guys on there with a small fraction of my post count.

On the 2+2 forums it'd be more applicable imho.

So Glad

Basically, the more post counts you have, the harder you work.

copacetic

nesf wrote:

Nah, more creating time via the wonder of procrastination.

me too, my post count has shot up now that I am working out my notice!!

Leon11

nesf wrote:

Welcome to the internet, where people can't see your facial expressions or hear the tone in your voice. If you are going to be sarcastic about a user just remember that this is a written medium and it's easy to be misinterpreted and we have to react to what's written in the post.

in fairness his comment was obviously tongue in cheek

ShoveAllIn

As a long time bulletin board user i believe in neither. A post is a post.

Been on boards since 2000 btw.

go figure.

Creamy Goodness

so wait, what's the difference between this thread and the one a couple of weeks ago?

Reganio 2

ShoveAllIn wrote:

As a long time bulletin board user i believe in neither. A post is a post.

Been on boards since 2000 btw.

go figure.

How come it says you joined in 06

Agent Smith

not really, on the old forsale forums, it did slightly, but now with adverts, not really

ShoveAllIn

Reganio 2 wrote:

How come it says you joined in 06

Internet. Serious business.

And stuff.

It's just an account on an internet bulletin board. try not to get sucked in.

daiixi

biko wrote:

Postcount is not important on boards. There are well known posters and moderator with less than a thousand posts.
Having said that, I would never date someone with less than 2000+ posts.

DISCRIMINATION! I'm going to sue. And if I can't sue you I'll sue boards.ie. You boys are going down.*







*+ what else would I do on a Sunday night with a glass of wine in hand?!

Terry

phantom_lord wrote:

i guess it means something in somewhere like the poker forum if you're not too aware of who's who, if there's conflicting posters, it's probably safe to go with the 3k+ guy over the 26 guy.

Wow. you poker players really like your postcount.
Mine could be stuck at zero and it wouldn't really bother.
It's quality, not quantity.




Not that I'd know much about that.

connundrum

My post count means the world to me, and could literally be seen as an extension of my penis.


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Edit - typo.

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thelordofcheese

Well i think it'd be very possible to have a very high postcount by going "your ma" in every after hours thread that could somehow trigger that response.

which shows exactly how accurate a postcount is in measuring someones contribution to a message board.

admiralofthefleet

post count means nothing to me but i post in and read bargain alerts quite frequently so if i saw a bargain or a freebie from someone with a low post count i would be quite sceptical, fearing spam/scam

dr.bollocko

If there was a guy in the adverts.ie section advertising Britney Spears freshly shorn locks and his post count was >200 I would have to reply to them wearing underpants.
If your postcount is over 2000 and I'm replying to you, I dont have underwear on.
It makes my work day quite hard to get through.

Rabies

connundrum wrote:

My post count means the world to me, and could literally be seen as an extension of my penis.

/Looks at connundrum's post count

/Looks at Vics postcount

connundrum is this <--> big*
Vic is this <

---

> big*




*a little birdie told me

Archeron

Post count means everything to me, and every time I get an extra 100, another little light comes on upon my huge map of the world that I keep at my secret island base.
Wait til you see what happens when I hit 4000 posts. MWAHAHAHAHA