Does another user's post count affect your perception of him/her? - Page 2

**True Rune** · 09-01-2011, 01:43 PM

No. I never post things of worth and I post a shit ton.

**ppu6502** · 09-01-2011, 01:50 PM

I have noticed there's certain traits in common with most high post count members.

It's like war vets. There's the forum equivalent of a 1000 yard stare. I try to agitate them, try to get a rise out of them. But they're dead inside. They've seen too much.

It's a cruel fate, really.

**thod** · 09-01-2011, 02:18 PM

Nope. I have seen too many join and have a post count of 5000 in the first month. They treat the forum as a chat forum and all their posts are one liner spams as they engage in small talk with their new online buddies.

I get to recognise a few names because they tend to post in subjects of mutual interest and because they seem to have something to say. I am not too worried if they take opposite positions, just so long as they make interesting points. If they have nothing to say, I would rather they didn't post at all.

**Cygnus** · 09-01-2011, 02:28 PM

Post count is meaningless to me. So are most self promoted, self centered resumes of "experience" attempting to add validity to a person's opinions...about as worthless as an unsubstantiated statistic.

psykhe · 09-01-2011, 04:39 PM

Postwhore, I am.

Rudy · 09-01-2011, 05:05 PM

I take a certain perverse pleasure in having a relatively high post count, I won't deny, but I don't expect anyone to take my opinion more seriously in, say, a political debate because of it. The idea is kind of silly, I think.

	Originally Posted by nowt
	Sometimes. If they get to 8008 and don't post 'Masectomies!' ?

Damn; knew I forgot something.

	Originally Posted by Synapse
	There is also something to be said for homogeneity. I have seen people (like Zibber) that I did not want to be banned, but they are banned anyways.

zibber isn't banned... ?

**MortalWombat** · 09-01-2011, 05:05 PM

	Originally Posted by rahdam
	I use post count to assess the magnitude of the user's genitals.

I use a wheelbarrow.

ManWithNoName · 09-01-2011, 05:39 PM

A user's post count used to affect my impression of them. But then mine started getting high and people started commenting on how they liked my posts and I was like really? Most of the time I'm just making up shit as I go along. So now nothing really affects me now but getting a sense of the persons personality through reading a bunch of their posts.

**HackerX** · 09-01-2011, 05:43 PM

Back in my day, having a post count of over 100 was considered high.

Git off ma lawn damn kids!

**TheStranger** · 09-01-2011, 06:10 PM

	Originally Posted by ManWithNoName
	A user's post count used to affect my impression of them. But then mine started getting high and people started commenting on how they liked my posts and I was like really? Most of the time I'm just making up shit as I go along. So now nothing really affects me now but getting a sense of the persons personality through reading a bunch of their posts.

Yeah, if nothing else, this forum makes you take a hard look at yourself.

**Synapse** · 09-01-2011, 06:34 PM

	Originally Posted by ppu6502
	I have noticed there's certain traits in common with most high post count members. It's like war vets. There's the forum equivalent of a 1000 yard stare. I try to agitate them, try to get a rise out of them. But they're dead inside. They've seen too much. It's a cruel fate, really.

Explain. This theory is fascinating because I never saw us like that (being in "that crowd").

Positing from what you are saying, people like me are simply accustomed to what happens here. We do not, for example, get flamed because we are too stoic to accept that we are being insulted.

**venuspop** · 09-01-2011, 09:57 PM

	Originally Posted by Synapse
	Actually, I think the people with the high post counts tend to move into "post whore" or "covering their ass" territory. I cannot say I have not been guilty of one of those two offenses at some time.

Post whore? Please explain ...

I probably have a high post count. Yup, I do! That's because of the word games. I do not participate much in the other discussions because well ... I have my reasons.

Does this make me a "post whore"?

**peppersasen** · 09-01-2011, 10:29 PM

	Originally Posted by timeineternity
	Some people post in the game threads all the time and build up an impressive post count that way, but also post something more interesting once in a while.

I don't think people post on game threads because they want to "build up an impressive word count". I think they do because they'd like to have fun and/or are bored and/or are killing time. I wish I could participate on the game threads more, but I'm not all that witty and clever.

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	Originally Posted by venuspop
	Does this make me a "post whore"?

No, that doesn't. There's no harm in playing games. What's so wrong about having some fun?

**True Rune** · 09-01-2011, 11:15 PM

I don't really post in the game forums.. though "Insult the last poster" was a good one.

**MrFox** · 09-02-2011, 12:44 AM

	Originally Posted by Synapse
	We do not, for example, get flamed because we are too stoic to accept that we are being insulted.

IMO there's more to it than that - you triple-digit types are treated with more deference by us low double-digit types. We might get some slack with each other, but expect none as to you guys.

Does putting-up a 5-digit post-count while allegedly working on your PhD say anything not so complimentary about the poster?

**ModernLit** · 09-02-2011, 12:53 AM

	Originally Posted by ppu6502
	If you manage to get a really high post count, that means you survived a long time without being permanently banned. That's still a fairly low bar, but it's something. There's a few with really high posts counts that I'm legitimately curious how they made it that long, though :P

hehe, yes, agreed. also, um, i'm a fan of the game threads... a bigger inbox would be nice. workin' on getting to be 100% member, then i will feel like i've achieved something.

**RedHead8808** · 09-02-2011, 12:59 AM

	Originally Posted by Dolores
	Right. I love the games. I don't judge people on their post counts.

I don't judge by post count either.
Hell, i get most of mine through the game threads anyway.. which isn't a "bad thing" or a "good thing"... It just keeps me entertained while i'm doing school work or other related things on the computer.

**venuspop** · 09-02-2011, 01:45 AM

Yup. I'll say the same for the game threads. Some posts makes me laugh so hard I forget myself. Its some sort of entertainment for me.

thebrainpolice · 09-02-2011, 04:29 AM

	Originally Posted by peppersasen
	I wish I could participate on the game threads more, but I'm not all that witty and clever.

So. That never stopped me .

Storm · 09-02-2011, 06:04 AM

I don't know what my post count is unless I'm looking at it.

Rudy · 09-02-2011, 06:13 AM

	Originally Posted by MrFox
	Does putting-up a 5-digit post-count while allegedly working on your PhD say anything not so complimentary about the poster?

Probably says less than the complete inability to let go of a petty grudge.

Sinequanon · 09-02-2011, 07:18 AM

	Originally Posted by MrFox
	IMO there's more to it than that - you triple-digit types are treated with more deference by us low double-digit types. We might get some slack with each other, but expect none as to you guys.

Triple digit what? If you're talking about number of posts, you have 300-something, which is 3 digits. If you're talking about the percentage above your avatar, you have 7%, which is single digits (putting a 0 doesn't count). So what are you talking about?

IotaNull · 09-02-2011, 08:04 AM

	Originally Posted by Sinequanon
	Triple digit what? If you're talking about number of posts, you have 300-something, which is 3 digits. If you're talking about the percentage above your avatar, you have 7%, which is single digits (putting a 0 doesn't count). So what are you talking about?

The percentage is displayed with a 0 in front, so that's probably what he means.

**zibber** · 09-02-2011, 09:19 AM

No, but it happens quite often that I'll see a name I absolutely don't recognize (venuswho?), then notice that they have thousands of posts. Baffled me, until realized there are discussion posters and there are community posters

	Originally Posted by Undead Bonzi
	gaping anus's with a nasty case of diarrhea.

I'm not entirely sure why I made an effort to visualize that.

psykhe · 09-02-2011, 09:47 AM

	Originally Posted by zibber
	Baffled me, until realized there are discussion posters and there are community posters

Can I have the BEST of both worlds, please?

Some of the discussion threads here are full of shit. Life in itself is full of shit. I'll have wit and humor, please. There's also Ni and Te in the game threads.

09-01-2011, 01:43 PM	#26
True Rune Core Member [200%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8,017	No. I never post things of worth and I post a shit ton.
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09-01-2011, 01:50 PM	#27
ppu6502 Special Snowflake MBTI: INTj Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 11,515	I have noticed there's certain traits in common with most high post count members. It's like war vets. There's the forum equivalent of a 1000 yard stare. I try to agitate them, try to get a rise out of them. But they're dead inside. They've seen too much. It's a cruel fate, really.
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09-01-2011, 02:18 PM	#28
thod Core Member [162%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6,508	Nope. I have seen too many join and have a post count of 5000 in the first month. They treat the forum as a chat forum and all their posts are one liner spams as they engage in small talk with their new online buddies. I get to recognise a few names because they tend to post in subjects of mutual interest and because they seem to have something to say. I am not too worried if they take opposite positions, just so long as they make interesting points. If they have nothing to say, I would rather they didn't post at all.
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09-01-2011, 02:28 PM	#29
Cygnus Veteran Member [68%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,756	Post count is meaningless to me. So are most self promoted, self centered resumes of "experience" attempting to add validity to a person's opinions...about as worthless as an unsubstantiated statistic.
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09-01-2011, 04:39 PM	#30
psykhe Core Member [236%] MBTI: iNfJ Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 9,466	Postwhore, I am.
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09-01-2011, 05:39 PM	#33
ManWithNoName Core Member [202%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 8,110	A user's post count used to affect my impression of them. But then mine started getting high and people started commenting on how they liked my posts and I was like really? Most of the time I'm just making up shit as I go along. So now nothing really affects me now but getting a sense of the persons personality through reading a bunch of their posts.
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09-01-2011, 05:43 PM	#34
HackerX Core Member [166%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,667	Back in my day, having a post count of over 100 was considered high. Git off ma lawn damn kids!
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09-01-2011, 11:15 PM	#39
True Rune Core Member [200%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8,017	I don't really post in the game forums.. though "Insult the last poster" was a good one.
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09-02-2011, 01:45 AM	#43
venuspop Core Member [908%] MBTI: ISTJ Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 36,356	Yup. I'll say the same for the game threads. Some posts makes me laugh so hard I forget myself. Its some sort of entertainment for me.
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09-02-2011, 06:04 AM	#45
Storm Administrator MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14,680	I don't know what my post count is unless I'm looking at it.
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