# Building up posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486 "2000-02-06T17:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/1 "2000-02-06T17:47:00Z")
I’ve read several posts written by different authors commenting either seriously or with tongue-in-cheek about members “trying to build up their posts”. It escapes me why building up posts is an honor or a goal or would have any significance. Please clue me in. ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/2 "2000-02-06T17:51:00Z")
Well, Skelton, you obviously don’t understand two things: 1. We people like round numbers, like 10, 100, 500, 1000, etc. I think it’s related to our fetish for breasts, really. 2. Also, a large number of posts is a sign of prestige. If you have more posts, your opinion is given more weight, and it’s a better sign that you’re ‘in’. Get it? Oh, and look at me, I’m almost to 540! * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/3 "2000-02-06T17:57:00Z")
Skelton, A lot of people around here get very excited about high post numbers- I don’t find it a big deal, myself. I didn’t have a 1000 post party or anything else. Now that the numbers are displayed by each post, though, I think people are anxious to be thought of as a “Veteran” as opposed to a “Newbie”. Personally, there are people here with thousands of posts that I think are idiots, and newbies that are quite fun to read. Makes no difference to me 🙂 Zette * * * Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high. Not enough and you’re gonna die… [Click here for some GOOD news for a change](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews5.html)[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/4 "2000-02-07T06:06:00Z")
The upshot of this is that my opinion, like yours, doesn’t amount to shit. Yet 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bug\_Vomit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Bug\_Vomit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bug_Vomit)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/5 "2000-02-07T06:09:00Z")
I’ll be having my 30th post party in a couple of weeks. You’re all invited. I hope Zette and Nemo can attend. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/6 "2000-02-06T19:57:00Z")
Don’t mind me. Just building up my posts… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/7 "2000-02-06T20:13:00Z")
Bug Vomit, Have I told you lately that I love you (r screen name?) I do- By the way, I hope I didn’t come off as a bitch- I said it didn’t matter to me, but I am certainly happy for those that choose to celebrate 🙂 Zette * * * Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high. Not enough and you’re gonna die… [Click here for some GOOD news for a change](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews5.html)[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/8 "2000-02-06T21:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by skelton4947: > I’ve read several posts written by different authors commenting either seriously or with tongue-in-cheek about members “trying to build up their posts”. It escapes me why building up posts is an honor or a goal or would have any significance. Please clue me in. Of all the lame, idiotic, juvenile ways to build up your post count skelton, this one takes the cake. Most people just post MPS here about their lives, and when other posters do the same, chime in with the appropriate sentiment “Oh, geez, that sucks, good luck, fantastic, I’m sorry, whatever”. Some people just post test messages in the ATMB thread. APB resorted to a flame war with APB; now that was creative. But a thread dedicated to discussing post count is a little transparent, don’t you think… * * * Sue from El Paso Siamese Attack Puppet - Texas Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Flang\_Dang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e4f/32.png) [@Flang\_Dang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flang_Dang)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/9 "2000-02-06T22:01:00Z")
I wear my low post number proudly as a badge that I actually have a life outside of an Internet bulletin board. My best wishes and deepest sympathy for the first person to 5000. * * * “Did you ever wake up, Bullfrogs on your– Bullfrogs on your– I mean mind? Did you ever wake up with bullfrogs on your mind? That’s a sure sign you got bullfrogs on your mind.” – Wm Harris ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/10 "2000-02-06T23:24:00Z")
This thread sure looks, walks and quacks like an invitation for a drive-by post… ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/11 "2000-02-06T23:51:00Z")
I didn’t even notice I hit 1000 or 2000. I was hoping for some sign of intelligence in one of them. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/12 "2000-02-07T01:51:00Z")
Well, the way I see it, the number of posts is seen as a rough indicator of a poster’s “value”. The more posts they have, the more familiar they are with the board, and the more “authoritative” their pronouncements become. It doesn’t really mean a damn thing, of course. The milestone post parties that spring up occasionally are just the message board equivalent of saying “hey, do you realize that we’ve known each other for six months as of today?” and things like that. That being said, does anyone else find the fact that the number of posts is availible for all to see mildly disconcerting? It’s as if every man and woman in America woke up one morning and discovered that their penis and bust sizes, respectively, were tattoed on their foreheads. * * * An infinite number of rednecks in an infinite number of pickup trucks shooting an infinite number of shotguns at an infinite number of road signs will eventually produce all the world’s great works of literature in Braille. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/13 "2000-02-07T03:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s as if every man and woman in America woke up one morning and discovered that their > penis and bust sizes, respectively, were tattoed on their foreheads. And a fine day that would be, too 😉 What’s my count up to now? * * * “I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/14 "2000-02-07T05:44:00Z")
Just upping my coolness… Sweet Basil ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/15 "2000-02-07T08:07:00Z")
\<— Having posted this many times with no real impact on any discussion, artificially inflating my post count with worthless drivel is a really depressing thought. – Sylence * * * If a bird doesn’t sing, I’ll wait until it sings. - Tokugawa Ieyasu ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/16 "2000-02-07T08:26:00Z")
By the time you read this Cyberian will have racked up 900 posts in Great Debates. And that’s under just _one_ screen name. ---
**Author:** ![Linney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@Linney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linney)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/17 "2000-02-07T08:28:00Z")
Oooohhhh, who ever it was with the dig on haveing a live outside of message boards, GOOD ONE! (I just upped my count) * * * “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even checkered by defeat, than to rank with those poor souls who neither suffer much nor enjoy much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt ---
**Author:** ![Sparticuz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Sparticuz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparticuz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/18 "2000-02-07T09:43:00Z")
I have been posting on and off at the straight dope for a year or two. I have no friends here, no one knows me and I usually don’t have a thing to say. But now with this post counter I’ll be here everyday. Competition for supremecy and good spelling still ring true here and the prior just got measurable, thanks to the post counter. * * * “Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions” -Oliver Holmes ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-up-posts/13486/19 "2000-02-07T12:19:00Z")
I promised myself I was going to give up pedantry, but this is just too good to pass up. > [@](#): > > Competition for supremecy and good spelling… It’s suprem **a** cy. There goes another New Year’s resolution.