post count / register date

The Bollox

when do you refrence a persons post by their post count or registration date? I usually don't, but if someone posts something retarded I check their reg date first and if it's either this month of the previous month I mutter "moron" and don't bother reading the rest of the post, or if I do it's to take the píss. I am fairly sure I am not alone on this. I generally try not to judge a poster on when they registered or how many posts they made, but sometimes it's a very good indicator as to how retarded their writing skills / point is

connundrum

Surely you would have seen this topic hashed over every 6 months or so in your 2 years and 9 months on boards?

If a noOb has a good point I'll respond and treat em as I would anyone else. If a noOb keeps starting stupid threads then I'll stab them until they die from it. With a spoon. Naturally.

Fighting Irish

connundrum wrote:

Surely you would have seen this topic hashed over every 6 months or so in your 2 years and 9 months on boards?

If a noOb has a good point I'll respond and treat em as I would anyone else. If a noOb keeps starting stupid threads then I'll stab them until they die from it. With a spoon. Naturally.

werd

its the same with:
what would you do if you won the lotto
where were you when the planes hit the WTC
blah blah blah

FlutterinBantam

Personally I take no interest in a persons register date or post count.

What I judge people on is basic spelling and grammar and the ability to string a coherent sentence together.

General standard is appalling and indeed some people even take pride in their inability to spell and use the tenses.

Slow Motion

FlutterinBantam wrote:

use the tenses.

I find the best way of dealing with the tenses was a good massage

Fighting Irish

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Personally I take no interest in a persons register date or post count.

What I judge people on is basic spelling and grammar and the ability to string a coherent sentence together.

General standard is appalling and indeed some people even take pride in their inability to spell and use the tenses.

meh

its the internet

Schism

I suppose I would be considered a newbie to boards although I did browse about for a while before I registered.

I agree with FlutterinBantam that its quite annoying to read through a post that hasn't been thought out and meanders along. Little spelling errors happen all the time though from what I can see, just poor typing.

FlutterinBantam

Little spelling errors are no problem.

Sheer laziness and a "fcuk you" attitude are.

The irony of all this is that some of the worst offenders are third level students,or graduates,who espouse their views all over Boards,not realising they are showing themselves up as dummies,by their appalling use of spelling and grammar.

Terry

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Little spelling errors are no problem.

Sheer laziness and a "fcuk you" attitude are.

The irony of all this is that some of the worst offenders are third level students,or graduates,who espouse their views all over Boards,not realising they are showing themselves up as dummies,by their appalling use of spelling and grammar.

Hehe

smashey

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Little spelling errors are no problem.

Sheer laziness and a "fcuk you" attitude are.

The irony of all this is that some of the worst offenders are third level students,or graduates,who espouse their views all over Boards,not realising they are showing themselves up as dummies,by their appalling use of spelling and grammar.

The space bar is quite useful.

humbert

I'd only consider post count or register date if I thought the person was trolling or pimping something. I think you'd be a bit of a dummy to discredit what someone says because they are new to the site, or due to mistakes in spelling or grammar for that matter(unless the post is truly incomprehensible).

Miguel_Sanchez

Bah - you're all newbies here.

Now where's my walking stick? :mad:

Cuddlesworth

I only judge people on how long it takes them to put me on ignore.

Dizzyblonde

humbert wrote:

I'd only consider post count or register date if I thought the person was trolling or pimping something. I think you'd be a bit of a dummy to discredit what someone says because they are new to the site, or due to mistakes in spelling or grammar for that matter(unless the post is truly incomprehensible).

I agree. Spelling can be a real problem for some people, and some can find it quite difficult to post on a site like this. To feel they're being 'judged' on spelling, grammar etc would be daunting indeed.
What's important is the point they're making, not the way they're spelling it.

Zzippy

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Personally I take no interest in a persons register date or post count.

What I judge people on is basic spelling and grammar and the ability to string a coherent sentence together.

General standard is appalling and indeed some people even take pride in their inability to spell and use the tenses.

Who's General standard? Or do you mean "The general standard..."??

Fighting Irish

FlutterinBantam wrote:

Little spelling errors are no problem.

Sheer laziness and a "fcuk you" attitude are.

The irony of all this is that some of the worst offenders are third level students,or graduates,who espouse their views all over Boards,not realising they are showing themselves up as dummies,by their appalling use of spelling and grammar.

My grammar will be near perfect if its important, if its just some INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD i couldn't give two mucks

just my opinion

The Bollox

Dizzyblonde wrote:

I agree. Spelling can be a real problem for some people, and some can find it quite difficult to post on a site like this. To feel they're being 'judged' on spelling, grammar etc would be daunting indeed.
What's important is the point they're making, not the way they're spelling it.

and that's fair enough, but when someone makes a post like this:

me n me m8s wer takin da udr day abt me mot etc etc...

you just can't be bothered

Dizzyblonde

The Bollox wrote:

and that's fair enough, but when someone makes a post like this:

me n me m8s wer takin da udr day abt me mot etc etc...

you just can't be bothered

True, that's just laziness. I'd just hate to think somebody might be made to feel 'unworthy' of posting on the site because their grammar or spelling isn't up to scratch.

The Bollox

I don't mind bad spelling or bad grammer... much, it's gobshítes that post in txt spk that does my nut

Tar.Aldarion

I am more than the sum of my postcounts.

Dizzyblonde

The Bollox wrote:

I don't mind bad spelling or bad grammer... much, it's gobshítes that post in txt spk that does my nut

Fair enough, I hate it too. As a matter of fact my pet hate is the errant apostrophe - drives me mad and they're everywhere, lol.
The level of spelling in newspapers has gone down lately too, I've noticed. I don't know how many times I've read 'lead' when they should have written 'led'. Mind you, it was the Evening Herald.

Slow Motion

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I am more than the sum of my postcounts.

So, you're quite large then

biko

On the post count, like in real life, you get more respect the older and grumpier you are.

c0rk3r

If your join date is post January 2001 your opinion means nothing to me.

Feb 1998 users are demi-gods. Modern day hercules

Ruu_Old

It does not matter to me unless I'm looking for spam, trolls or those nasty shills. *shakes fist*

John Mason

The Bollox wrote:

I don't mind bad spelling or bad grammer... much, it's gobshítes that post in txt spk that does my nut

people who use txt spk, should all be brought out and shot

MOH

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I am more than the sum of my postcounts.

You're quite old then?
edit:
Bah, just read page 2, Slow Motion was quicker
I'll get me coat.

Maximilian

Given that the oldest registered poster on this thread is only 2001 and everyone else is a relative noob, I have ignored everyones' posts.

Therefore I would like to either agree/disagree with the point of this thread, whatever that might be, depending on whichever would objectively be the most appropriate.

mike65

Maximilian - less than 2000 posts in 9 years? You are a slacker and can be ignored!

Mike.

Cake Fiend

c0rk3r wrote:

If your join date is post January 2001 your opinion means nothing to me.

Pff, 21st-century blow-ins...

layke

...and here's me thinking I was old skool

Oh how wrong I was.

Cuddlesworth

mike65 wrote:

Maximilian - less than 2000 posts in 9 years? You are a slacker and can be ignored!

Mike.

21k in 6? Get a job.

Maximilian

I'd be grateful if some other Feb '98-er could relate to me whatever it is that Mike 65 said about me. I did not deign to read that Johnny-come-lately's reply.

AlmightyCushion

There are people who have been here years with thousands of posts that are muppets so I tend not to judge people on their post count or join date. Quality of their previous posts (where applicable) is all I judge them by.

Terry

Where's Talliesin when you need him?

Pighead

Terry wrote:

Where's Talliesin when you need him?

Probably indulging in some kinky sex games involving a pot of marmalade, some baling twine and Tsubh Dearg. He's probably the manliest man on boards. Pighead for one is intimidated by his overpowering masculinity.

pretty-in-pink

I have an old reg date, and a low post count as I've only started using this again since moving to Dublin. I'm a n00b and a classic user.

Cuddlesworth

pretty-in-pink wrote:

I have an old reg date, and a low post count as I've only started using this again since moving to Dublin. I'm a n00b and a classic user.

I'd kill for a post count like yours.

Time Magazine

Galwayguy99 wrote:

Who's General standard? Or do you mean "The general standard..."??

*Whose.

AlmightyCushion

Ibid wrote:

*Whose.

Nope, I think he meant 'Who is General Standard?'. Implying that General Standard is a person.

mc nuggets

pretty-in-pink wrote:

I have an old reg date, and a low post count as I've only started using this again since moving to Dublin. I'm a n00b and a classic user.

Same here. Its wierd to think that i only joined a couple of months after Pighead:eek:

cournioni

I think I've been in the eight thousands for this last year and a half...

Terry

Top 75. Woot.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=75

AlmightyCushion

Terry wrote:

Top 75. Woot.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=75

Damn, I'm not even in the top 100.

marco murphy

Is it me or does it take longer to interpet |33t speak than to just read proper english?

mc nuggets

Unless i missed something that was fairly odd

Black Swan

Earthworm Jim! wrote:

Little spelling errors happen all the time though from what I can see, just poor typing.

To error is huMAN?

slade_x

Never, the only thing worth concerning myself about is the actual content of each individual post.

Spelling mistakes dont bother me since most of the time they seem like typo's like Jsut for example.

After all it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. As you dnot raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

DonkeyStyle \o/

I give more weight to newer reg dates and lower postcounts... as it's likely they have a life outside of boards.

/troll

AlmightyCushion

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

I give more weight to newer reg dates and lower postcounts... as it's likely they have a life outside of boards.

/troll

Go on call us degenerates.

biko

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

I give more weight to newer reg dates and lower postcounts... as it's likely they have a life outside of boards.

/troll

You mean old reg date and low post count? Jun 2001, postcount 268
New date just means "turned 14 today"