# How many posts until you are taken seriously? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602 "2005-02-11T16:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/61 "2005-02-12T00:45:16Z")
Okay! I’m back! I’m ready to share… ahem, SHAVE, as soon as I get that card. Or my ass. Honestly, I’d prefer my ass. Unless that card carries discounts at local area merchants? ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/62 "2005-02-12T01:37:51Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > About 1,786, I hope. You beat me to it! But 1666 is a more memorable number than 1786. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/63 "2005-02-12T01:40:16Z")
Why thank you **Rufus**. I’d not noticed that and just figured it was a cumulative lines thing. Learn something _knew_ every day. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/64 "2005-02-12T02:05:26Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > _Quality_ is preferrable to quantity, honestly. Said the poster with over 17,000 posts. Easy for you to say. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/65 "2005-02-12T02:21:41Z")
> [@](#): > > How many posts do someone need before they are considered a ‘real-deal’ member of the boards? Not sure, really, but I figure another 7000 or so and I should be just about there. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/66 "2005-02-12T03:01:11Z")
[owl]Three-hee![/owl] Sorry, all the other jokes were taken. ☹ There’s goes my chance to be taken seriously … well, there wasn’t really much chance of that anyway. > [@JimSox5](#): > > I don’t know about taken seriously, but a good way to get known is to do something memorable, like our good friend Giraffe here and Hot Buttered Toast (if she’s still around). I would tell the story, but since Giraffe has been in this thread a few times, I’ll see if he wants to tell us. . . I thought Giraffe was well-known for his extremely long tongue? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/67 "2005-02-12T03:32:09Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I thought the first step was to eat a pee sandwich. Which is an episode of the French Chef that I want to make sure to miss. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/68 "2005-02-12T03:49:45Z")
What about the **Join Date**? Is a person who joined in 1999 w/ 3000 posts taken more seriously than a person who joined in 2003 with 5000 posts? ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/69 "2005-02-12T05:22:22Z")
I’d just like to take the time to say that while I may be a humble peon, I’ve recognized almost every poster in this thread. How many I take seriously is another matter entirely. ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/70 "2005-02-12T06:30:24Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > So it really works out to a nice probationary period, when you think about it. Unless you’re conspicuously obnoxious, you don’t get on my bad side until you’ve got 400 posts or so. Oh shit. My probationary period is almost up! Honestly, I felt weird posting when I was a serious newbie…but since then I’ve realized that I rarely look at people’s post counts (and often don’t even look at their names unless what they’ve said is particularly interesting or obnoxious), and there’s no reason to believe people are sitting at their computers basing their opinions of my posts on anything other than their own merit. The fact that my posts rarely _have_ any merit is an entirely separate issue… ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/71 "2005-02-12T08:31:01Z")
For some reason, I don’t think it’s 227. ---
**Author:** ![Baggins111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/72 "2005-02-12T08:32:39Z")
Or 228. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/73 "2005-02-12T20:56:38Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Why thank you **Rufus**. I’d not noticed that and just figured it was a cumulative lines thing. > > Learn something _knew_ every day. Wow! I didn’t expect you to take me seriously… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602/74 "2005-02-14T14:03:48Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > _And_ accomplished, _and_ respected. I knew the sentence division was going to get me in trouble, but since you were the first doper to say something nice to me, I wanted to remember you first. What a nice thing to find waiting for me on Valentine’s Day! **King of Soup** , you gave me some warm fuzzy feelings this morning. Thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posts-until-you-are-taken-seriously/289602.md?page=3)