# Does the amount of posts you make, make a better poster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 10, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453 "2000-02-10T05:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/61 "2000-02-11T01:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > wishes someone with 1,000 posts would write so that he could have something to read. You want that I should just bump this a few dozen times? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/62 "2000-02-11T02:02:00Z")
Spiritus Mundi said: > [@](#): > > I, myself, never bother to read the amateurish efforts of those whose post count can be expressed in 3 digits or less. (Not that heā€™ll read this message, of course, but perhaps one of the kindlier 1000 post+ members could send it on to him.) Philosophical question, SM- given that the post counter only keeps tab on oneā€™s current post level (that is, that it does _not_ deliniate what number in the sequence of posts any particular one is), once a person reaches 1000 posts, are all of their posts imbued with this millenial worthiness? That is, do you feel justified in going back and reading over someoneā€™s post #672, because they have now reached the threshold of greatness? If not, if posts 1-999 do not measure up, how, pray tell, do you denote the difference given that UBB technology currently makes no distinction? Is there such a quality differential between post 999 and post 1000, that a mere glance will tell the difference, much as a wine conneseiur might distinguish a 1936 Chablet du Chatpussai et Gurglio from a 1998 Thunderbird Ripple Special? Just wondering. Oh, and as to the OP- Iā€™m a little nervous around people with very small numbers of posts, if only because they have yet to prove to me whether they are intelligent or loons (or both). I do not necessarily refuse to reply to low-posters; I just feel more comftorable replying to high-posters because Iā€™ve been able to make a strong personal case as to whether theyā€™re Intelligent, Rational, Witty people or Wild-Assed Aggravated Froot Loops. * * * JMCJ This is not a sig. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/63 "2000-02-11T04:26:00Z")
Waiting on the flood of emails thanking me so yā€™all could have a damn good timeā€¦ Not to mention boosting yā€™alls post count. šŸ™‚ The answer came through loud and clear. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/64 "2000-02-11T08:33:00Z")
Well, except for David B, who is a moderator, and handy, who is deaf and therefore has nothing else to do (Kidding!), I have the most posts here. And look where it got meā€¦ (Waiting for the punchlinesā€¦ Donā€™t say I never gave you guys anythingā€¦) * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/65 "2000-02-11T10:04:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Abner Normal: > \*\*Waiting on the flood of emails thanking me so yā€™all could have a damn good timeā€¦ > > B] Abner, you didnā€™t check the email notification box, did you? Wait, donā€™t answer that! There is only one thing dumber than checking the email notification box, and that is admitting publicly that you have checked the email notification box. You are gonna get soooooo Hammered with Email, man. What do you think, folks? Is this subject as worthy of debate as say. . . ā€œThe Earth is Flat, I read it in the Paperā€? \

          **Tris** \ \\ \*\*\*\ -\\\*\*\* ---

**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/66 "2000-02-11T12:42:00Z")
JC - I wanna be a Wild-Assed Aggravated Froot Loop! What do I have to do, huh? Tell me, tell me! :eek: I wanna know! ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/67 "2000-02-11T14:05:00Z")
Trisā€¦ Nope no email notification. No hand emails of thanks either! Whatā€™s up with that? \One more step up the ladderā€¦\ * * * ā€œTell me and Iā€™ll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and Iā€™ll understand.ā€ - Old Chinese Proverb ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/68 "2000-02-11T14:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by John Corrado: > \*\*Spiritus Mundi said: > Iā€™m a little nervous around people with very small numbers of posts, if only because they have yet to prove to me whether they are intelligent or loons (or both). I do not necessarily refuse to reply to low-posters; I just feel more comftorable replying to high-posters because Iā€™ve been able to make a strong personal case as to whether theyā€™re Intelligent, Rational, Witty people or Wild-Assed Aggravated Froot Loops. > \*\* Consider me D. All of the above Nav, RE: love potion ā€“ the stuff doesnā€™t work * * * The odds that the bread will fall butter side down are directly proportional to the cost of the carpet. ---
**Author:** ![Navigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/69 "2000-02-11T15:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Nav, RE: love potion ā€“ > the stuff doesnā€™t work Sorryā€¦ but you are wrong. They made a movie, documentary I think. With Sandra Bullock. The stuff works like a charm. šŸ˜ƒ Now we gots something to debate. Abner! hows it going dood??? * * * ā€  Jon ā€  Phillipians 4:13 ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/70 "2000-02-11T19:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Navigator: > \*\*The stuff works like a charm. > > šŸ˜ƒ > > Now we gots something to debate. > \*\* Well, **I** ainā€™t gettinā€™ any, so based on, uh personal observation, I say it doesnā€™t work, so nyah. ## Is that debate enough for you? The odds that the bread will fall butter side down are directly proportional to the cost of the carpet. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453/71 "2000-02-11T20:01:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Is that debate enough for you? Nope, sorry. šŸ˜‰ [Moderator Hat ON] No signs of turning into a Great Debate, so Iā€™ll let the MPSIMSerā€™s kick it around for a little. [Moderator Hat OFF] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-amount-of-posts-you-make-make-a-better-poster/17453.md?page=3)