# 15,000 posts in one year: does the Professor get a prize? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 27, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660 "2014-03-27T02:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/21 "2014-03-27T15:31:41Z")
That’s like Dio and Marley level of posting. Lets see. 15,000 divided by 365,…7 and carry the 2 minus the 13 with 38 left over…damn that’s like 4 posts a day. Who the hell has that kind of time? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/22 "2014-03-27T15:52:12Z")
Drunky Smurf does Drunky Typing, apparently. 😉 41 posts a day, not 4. That is a lot, though. Is it too late to welcome him to the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/23 "2014-03-27T15:52:16Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > That’s like Dio and Marley level of posting. Lets see. 15,000 divided by 365,…7 and carry the 2 minus the 13 with 38 left over…damn that’s like 4 posts a day. Who the hell has that kind of time? People who don’t do much in the way of math have more time for posting! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/24 "2014-03-27T16:13:11Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > If so, what’s his prize? > > What would be most appropriate? A life? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/25 "2014-03-27T16:55:05Z")
IIRC, **handy** was hearing impaired, and I read somewhere that hearing impaired folks tend to spend a lot of time communicating online since it bypasses much of the real-life communication difficulties they face. I wonder if **Prof. Pepperwinkle** might also be hearing impaired. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/26 "2014-03-27T17:24:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Is it too late to welcome him to the Dope? Na na :p! I welcomed him when he got here. His posts in GD were of high quality, unlike that of most newbies. Quality posts and a high post count are hard to do. Also, I am very surprised this wasn’t a **Zeldar** thread. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/27 "2014-03-27T17:30:21Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Drunky Smurf does Drunky Typing, apparently. 😉 > > 41 posts a day, not 4. > > That is a lot, though. Is it too late to welcome him to the Dope? I’m not that good at maths. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/28 "2014-03-27T17:38:06Z")
May I propose that prolifically proficient Prof. Pepperwinkle’s prize be either a Prius or a peppermill? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/29 "2014-03-27T18:11:50Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Dunno if this is true. Maybe he was a Guest for some period of time before being a member, and Guest posts may count too, though the number isn’t visible until Membership makes it so. Tracking begins when you register, which for the professor was March of last year. I assume that Leo meant becoming a member in the loose sense, not when he purchased a membership. In any case, Guest posts count the same as Member’s, but don’t appear on your post., only in your profile ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660/30 "2014-03-27T18:42:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What sort of tracking are you talking about? NSA. Posting 15000x/year adds more chaff for them to sort through. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-000-posts-in-one-year-does-the-professor-get-a-prize/684660.md?page=1)