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Old 10-16-2003, 12:40 AM
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Old 10-16-2003, 12:43 AM
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But Genmay is 9th and rising! (Look at the posts per week stats.) Actually, I have to say that this is probably the best general/debate forum on that list, and one of the largest out there, period.
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Old 10-16-2003, 12:51 AM
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We're #12!
We're #12!
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Old 10-16-2003, 12:59 AM
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There are two boards in the top 50 dedicated to the Dave Matthew Band. What am I missing?

Oh . . .

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Old 10-16-2003, 01:04 AM
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We're #12!
We're #12!
We're #12!

And my other favourite board's number 47!
And my other favourite board's number 47!
And my other favourite board's number 47!


Dutch hackers get to be #3? And Courtney Love is #11? I have serious doubts about their methodologies.
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:07 AM
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I was wondering about the Courtney Love thing as well.

We're #12!
We're #12!
We're #12!

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Old 10-16-2003, 01:26 AM
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  • Michael Jackson is the other music related forum @ #146. Go figure.
  • #8 has only 8504 members (SDMB = 40,320) but 1 million more posts.
  • #215 (Black Sheep Forums) has only 305 members, but still over 1/2 million posts.
  • People sure like to talk about cars, games and computers.
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:44 AM
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[*] #8 has only 8504 members (SDMB = 40,320) but 1 million more posts.
It's 8th? Hmmm...I'd swear Genmay was 9th. Also consider that the forum started out in July of last year.

Genmay'ers are a pretty active crowd, in part because we all came from www.hardforum.com when the owner axed the general talk sections (for reasons which should be obvious upon reading a few threads ). The forum isn't bad, just dumb, "youthful," and moderately funny. postcount++
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:49 AM
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I found this @ Black Sheep Forums:

Oh yeah there is a story too
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Old 10-16-2003, 02:02 AM
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and vBulletin seems to be the forum software of choice.
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:25 AM
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Fark's not on there anywhere? What are their criteria?
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:27 AM
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There are two boards in the top 50 dedicated to the Dave Matthew Band. What am I missing?
Nothing as far as I know.

Go Dopers! Let's keep pushing onward and upward!
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Old 10-16-2003, 12:24 PM
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The chant has died.
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Old 10-16-2003, 12:50 PM
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Maybe because we're now #13...
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:04 PM
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It's those damn North American Subaru Impreza Owners.
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:09 PM
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We must commit ourselves to more drive-by posting to bring up our rating to #1.

Remember when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor? Who's with me?
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:12 PM
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Let's face it. Only one thing can save us now.




Toga thread.
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:15 PM
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I found this @ Black Sheep Forums:

Oh yeah there is a story too
kniz, your link seems to be either broken or mis-referencing. All I got was a story about the Russian authorities banning an advertisement.
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Old 10-16-2003, 03:46 PM
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At least this answers the thorny question of which should be the next new SDMB forum to be added. It should be entirely devoted to video games with a car-driving theme; literary erotica dealing with Dutch I.T. difficulties; and North American Subaru Impreza owners who like Courtney Love.

That ought to do it. Number 1 by Christmas.
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:07 PM
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This is just a post-padding post.
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:10 PM
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Just doing my part to get us back up to #12!
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:15 PM
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:54 PM
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Old 10-16-2003, 04:56 PM
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Old 10-16-2003, 05:05 PM
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Remember when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor?
Q: What's intrinsically wrong with Shirley's question?

A: "Germans" should have been written without an apostrophe.
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Old 10-16-2003, 05:32 PM
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:::::Grabbing Sternvogel's guitar and smashing it into the wall until it is reduced to splinters:::::::

Apostrophes? We dont need no stinkin apostrophes!
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Old 10-16-2003, 05:46 PM
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I hate to say it -- but the only thing that can save us is the return of the "a" thread.
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Old 10-16-2003, 06:28 PM
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Past performance is not indicative of future high postings, but if we [i]combine[/b] a few, we should have a HPC in no time.

An example: [b]Ghostwriting the Lord of the Rings brought to you by the letter a[

See, it so simple is it positively devious.
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Old 10-16-2003, 06:29 PM
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Naturally, being a mastermind, my coding is off. Remind me to fire my secretary.
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Old 10-16-2003, 06:59 PM
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I just submitted a couple other sites I visit on a regular basis. Both will end up towards the bottom of the list.
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Old 10-16-2003, 06:59 PM
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ah, they're 1920's style message board rankings.
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Old 10-16-2003, 07:05 PM
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In for a penny in for a pound.

Where's Coldfire....

Probably boosting some Dutch board, I'll wager.
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Old 10-16-2003, 07:06 PM
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Old 10-16-2003, 07:18 PM
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Why are the Something Awful forums not on that list?
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Old 10-16-2003, 08:29 PM
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I hate to say it -- but the only thing that can save us is the return of the "a" thread.
Just what do you think that will accomplish?
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Old 10-16-2003, 09:28 PM
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It's those damn North American Subaru Impreza Owners.
im a member there too...i love my Impreza 2.5RS
its a really good car site...lots of car knowledge there...if your thinking of getting any of the Subaru car models...its good place to do some research before ya buy

ok plug over
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Old 10-16-2003, 10:14 PM
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Strikes me as odd that Slashdot is nowhere to be seen on the list. I too question the validity of that ranking.
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Old 10-16-2003, 10:42 PM
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Time to disguise some post count padding as helpin' the community!

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Old 10-17-2003, 01:26 AM
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Q: What's intrinsically wrong with Shirley's question?

A: "Germans" should have been written without an apostrophe.
Call me old fashioned but didin't the Japanese bomb Pearl ???


Man this is starting to look like one of those 20's style message board (much like they Death-Ray of the same ilk)
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Old 10-17-2003, 02:19 AM
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[quote/Call me old fashioned but didin't the Japanese bomb Pearl ???[/quote]

WHOOSH.
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Old 10-17-2003, 07:13 AM
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How did thet get to number 12?
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Old 10-17-2003, 07:15 AM
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What we need is:

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Old 10-17-2003, 09:07 AM
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I made chocolate chip cookies this morning. Mmmmmm ... They're still warm ...

Sorry, nothing to do with the thread other than trying to boost the post count
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Old 10-17-2003, 09:13 AM
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I made chocolate chip cookies this morning. Mmmmmm ... They're still warm ...

Sorry, nothing to do with the thread other than trying to boost the post count
Your name is somehow familiar - did we meet at University, perchance?
Or do we have a mutual Librarian* acquaintance?

Oh well, it will come to me.**




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**as soon as I stop post padding...
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Old 10-17-2003, 09:16 AM
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moo.
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Old 10-17-2003, 09:55 AM
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I'm just posting because we've sunk to #14 & I just can't have that.
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Old 10-17-2003, 10:05 AM
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Boobies.
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Old 10-17-2003, 10:42 AM
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Your name is somehow familiar - did we meet at University, perchance?
It's possible, glee, but hard to tell, since the student body was largely Unseen ...

Ouch!
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Old 10-17-2003, 11:32 AM
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Old 10-17-2003, 02:48 PM
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The handful of tired hamsters at the Straight Dope just can't compete with the armies of muscular rodents fueling some of the other boards.
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