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

swingking · 18-02-2007 04:53PM #1

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 · 18-02-2007 04:55PM

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 · 18-02-2007 04:58PM

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

/edited typo

Rb · 18-02-2007 05:02PM

Hagar wrote:

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

Yeah, this is true.

hunnymonster · 18-02-2007 05:02PM

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 · 18-02-2007 05:31PM

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 · 18-02-2007 05:34PM

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 · 18-02-2007 05:40PM

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 · 18-02-2007 05:51PM

Hagar wrote:

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

My thoughts exactly.

humbert · 18-02-2007 05:57PM

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 · 18-02-2007 05:58PM

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 · 18-02-2007 06:05PM

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

I_and_I · 18-02-2007 06:22PM

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 · 18-02-2007 06:35PM

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 · 18-02-2007 06:46PM

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 · 18-02-2007 06:46PM

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

<_<

>_>

Futureman · 18-02-2007 06:49PM

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 · 18-02-2007 06:51PM

postcount means nothing to me...

LundiMardi · 18-02-2007 06:51PM

i'm serious by the way

LundiMardi · 18-02-2007 06:52PM

yup

+++

nesf · 18-02-2007 06:57PM

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 · 18-02-2007 06:58PM

LundiMardi wrote:

yup

+++

ORLY?

copacetic · 18-02-2007 07:01PM

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 · 18-02-2007 07:03PM

rb_ie wrote:

ORLY?

what you say about my momma?

nesf · 18-02-2007 07:03PM

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 · 18-02-2007 07:12PM

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 · 18-02-2007 07:13PM

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 · 18-02-2007 07:15PM

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 · 18-02-2007 07:17PM

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 · 18-02-2007 07:21PM

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 · 18-02-2007 07:38PM

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.

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

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