# More posts than member number? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696 "2016-03-31T04:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/41 "2016-04-01T19:48:41Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Well, you missed me, for one. Member # 35658, post count quite a bit above that. And me: Member Id: 24625 Total Posts: 39,281 Posts Per Day: 7.89 And when I go to one day of work per week next week I can get my posts per day up to something reasonable. For now = _goes off and sulks._ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/42 "2016-04-01T19:55:51Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Until more realistic methods of compensating creators are realized this will have to do. I appreciate the content and someone has to help pay for it. The $50 a month I spend on all of these products is well worth the cost. Agreed. Since they won’t let me adorn myself with T-shirts covered in Slug’s illustrations, or drink from a mug emblazoned with the motto, or otherwise spend my ill-gotten lucre on Official Straight Dope merchandize, the membership will have to suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/43 "2016-04-01T20:25:38Z")
Didn’t realize there was a separate thread for this. > [@Who is the oldest member still posting? And what is your number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-oldest-member-still-posting-and-what-is-your-number/750462/62): > > I’m #35,413 and I am on track to double that in post count in 436 days, give or take :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/44 "2016-04-01T20:38:13Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > So you’re saying I need to make 6 times the amount of stupid posts as I do now? Well, you could try posting something that isn’t stupid. It will still count;) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/45 "2016-04-01T20:58:37Z")
At my blistering pace of 55 posts/year - I’ll cross the threshold in 2516! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/46 "2016-04-01T23:06:38Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > It doesn’t look like this was ever intended to be a definitive list, just a collection of names he ran across in the past few days. True. I’m sure there’s lots of people I missed. Here’s an addendum of members just from this thread: ```auto member # post count username ================================== 977 5,492 Quimby 3380 9,795 StGermain 7380 12,737 bump 7649 18,635 Robot Arm 24625 39,286 Voyager 35413 64,812 Really Not All That Bright 35658 44,767 silenus ``` Then there’s the ongoing **ftg** saga: member number 12660, current posts 12629… ---
**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:** [April 3, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/47 "2016-04-03T23:35:21Z")
Hey, I make the cut: Member number: 8564 Posts: 12289 (not including this one). Please refer to me as “Senior member El\_Kabong” from now on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/48 "2016-04-03T23:39:46Z")
I’m just a lowly guest these days, but my number is 7,603 and I have 13,158 posts, including this one. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/49 "2016-04-04T13:37:49Z")
Slackers. Regards, Member 7912 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/50 "2016-04-04T15:48:36Z")
As member 539 with 1475 posts…now!🙂 … I’m in this “club” more by virtue of a low member number than a high post count. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/51 "2016-04-04T16:42:09Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > As member 539 with 1475 posts…now!🙂 … I’m in this “club” more by virtue of a low member number than a high post count. By posting this today you have more than quadrupled your average daily post rate (of 0.24 / day). Stop posting! 😃 ---
**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:** [April 5, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/52 "2016-04-05T11:15:25Z")
Member Number: 560 Total Posts: 9811 ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/53 "2016-04-05T20:07:21Z")
member #173 Posts (including this one): 172 🙂 10 posts per year is good right? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/54 "2016-04-05T23:25:54Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > member #173 > > Posts (including this one): 172 🙂 Looks like you’re going to be in a race with **ftg** for first to move from the close list to the main one. That’s what we need, some excitement in this thread. > [@](#): > > 10 posts per year is good right? Then again, let’s skip the race. Don’t want to give you the fantods… ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/55 "2016-04-05T23:46:23Z")
I’m #1,933 with 3,227 posts. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/56 "2016-04-05T23:48:54Z")
I’m only a couple thousand away. I could do that in a year! > [@USCDiver](#): > > I made a list! I’m on “The Shit List”. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/57 "2016-04-05T23:50:12Z")
But only if I _really try!_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/58 "2016-04-07T23:34:49Z")
We have a milestone of sorts: **ftg** has posted enough to join the Club. Congratulations! So I’m going to post the entire list, but not just because of that. There’s also a number of additions, including some who did not post to this thread. Current count of Club members is 156. ```auto member # post count username ================================== 6 1,788 Ed Zotti 14 19,642 Monty 22 7,971 Eutychus 32 10,420 TubaDiva 33 7,012 GusNSpot 39 2,781 Doug Bowe 41 15,614 gotpasswords 45 14,270 AskNott 46 13,764 PunditLisa 47 837 KCB615 66 17,471 AHunter3 82 38,960 tomndebb 114 2,229 whitetho 157 5,995 Enright3 199 13,419 Jophiel 215 6,931 Doctor Jackson 236 6,087 ExTank 300 20,116 Revtim 366 11,819 cmkeller 387 28,626 Skywatcher 535 19,884 kunilou 539 1,475 John Bredin 560 9,811 Crafter_Man 630 38,172 RealityChuck 743 31,175 RTFirefly 774 44,569 Czarcasm 877 9,133 furt 879 4,225 Motorgirl 937 31,824 Left Hand of Dorkness 977 5,492 Quimby 1265 2,130 OttoDaFe 1307 14,815 Stoid 1478 24,449 Joey P 1492 21,122 NorthernPiper 1544 27,055 Sunspace 1663 31,686 astro 1686 12,913 Wendell Wagner 1717 11,950 Ukulele Ike 1779 9,475 dougie_monty 1804 2,372 Doug K. 1933 3,220 Spud 1972 13,197 Earl Snake-Hips Tucker 2010 14,233 Lumpy 2019 4,596 cornflakes 2027 14,399 glee 2146 23,377 samclem 2255 5,487 amanset 2306 12,379 JRDelirious 2322 4,000 psycat90 2324 11,871 scr4 2501 9,392 Finagle 2541 21,540 GuanoLad 2661 5,239 Eureka 2680 9,861 Max Torque 2709 24,923 kaylasdad99 2917 18,356 Musicat 2934 11,625 Cartooniverse 2941 12,431 Ike Witt 3057 3,286 Icerigger 3237 13,166 FriarTed 3284 39,401 Liberal 3380 9,795 StGermain 3447 5,831 CurtC 3516 66,540 Little Nemo 3665 49,148 Bricker 3693 16,848 Kimstu 3734 29,602 Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor 3735 16,681 Baker 3925 53,353 Johnny L.A. 3927 10,946 elbows 3932 4,129 dtilque 4176 61,991 Chronos 4211 12,063 Fenris 4278 7,244 HailAnts 4762 49,996 elucidator 4799 15,338 Una Persson 4928 7,766 casdave 5496 9,627 bibliophage 5569 9,881 Omar Little 5630 18,656 Smeghead 5718 21,571 gigi 5777 23,769 Qadgop the Mercotan 5807 17,729 Telemark 5881 48,264 carnivorousplant 5911 17,810 Derleth 5945 24,474 Mahaloth 5989 9,248 pkbites 6009 8,074 teela brown 6200 35,212 pulykamell 6214 22,102 friedo 6269 20,880 Thudlow Boink 6323 32,880 Fear Itself 6344 39,088 CalMeacham 6363 14,713 Dinsdale 6373 24,431 Shagnasty 6642 12,229 Clothahump 6671 8,427 kenobi 65 6672 25,744 dropzone 7018 7,557 Balance 7108 34,280 RickJay 7380 12,737 bump 7442 9,434 drachillix 7481 7,519 Bear_Nenno 7603 13,159 Jack Batty 7649 18,635 Robot Arm 7758 20,841 Alessan 7912 30,802 Shodan 7923 9,512 CarnalK 7980 18,528 Lemur866 8080 48,673 Guinastasia 8220 38,984 EvisL1ves 8244 24,594 Ludovic 8334 24,500 KneadToKnow 8478 33,639 FairyChatMom 8547 10,911 MEBuckner 8564 12,291 El_Kabong 8915 10,341 MaxTheVool 8939 22,322 Freudian Slit 9579 10,473 Enderw24 9680 11,297 Spoons 9827 24,305 Captain Amazing 9885 25,159 panache45 10115 30,997 Colibri 10351 12,051 Measure for Measure 10426 11,519 Temerlane 10463 48,656 Cat Whisperer 10829 16,617 Gyrate 10914 51,061 Bryan Ekers 11001 25,085 Ethilrist 11047 21,201 running coach 11098 18,423 Muffin 11672 12,983 Quasimodem 11858 12,617 Princhester 12660 12,664 ftg 12973 24,212 Zsofia 13192 22,324 Broomstick 13242 28,166 DrDeth 13366 18,559 MrDibble 13817 18,266 WordMan 14048 14,203 hajario 14104 20,759 elfkin477 14424 53,921 Mangetout 14776 17,063 don't ask 15874 22,844 GIGObuster 16467 21,620 ZipperJJ 19015 35,219 Boyo Jim 19853 26,468 Exapno Mapcase 20755 25,734 dropzone 21592 29,921 Acsenray 24625 39,286 Voyager 24999 34,812 Sampiro 27822 68,921 John Mace 32062 77,111 BrainGlutton 35413 64,812 Really Not All That Bright 35658 44,767 silenus 46809 59,423 Elendil's Heir ``` I was hoping to add someone who’s joined the message board more recently than **Elendil’s Heir** but have not come across anyone. He joined in 2004, only 5 years after the message board got started. There are several members who’ve been fairly prolific posters among those with higher member numbers, but I haven’t found any with more than 40K posts. Some that have over 30K are Whynot, Nava, Der Trihs, Siam Sam, Tripolar, and the abovementioned Prof. Pepperwinkle. All of them are at least 15K posts from being in the Club, so they don’t even qualify for the Close list. Speaking of the Close list, here it is. Note: except for a couple fairly close members, I haven’t rechecked any of the post counts below. ```auto member # post count username ================================== 173 172 Scoobysnax 5660 4,511 USCDiver 6811 5,547 SpoilerVigin 8481 8,136 jsc1953 11630 8,043 Knorf 13513 13,399 cmyk 13769 13,205 engineer_comp_geek 16255 12,322 Grrr! 16562 13,789 Duckster 16848 15,895 clairobscure 16870 13,374 Gatopescado 17605 16,438 Dseid 19816 19,595 ivylass 30898 26,739 jsgoddess 36596 33,988 Chefguy ``` ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/59 "2016-04-08T02:18:31Z")
Dude, you have Too Much Time on Your Hands. You should speak to a Man of the Cloth, or your Physician. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696/60 "2016-04-08T03:18:04Z")
I swear, I must be as blind as a bat, because I still can’t find my member number. Grrrrr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696.md?page=4)