I’m more of a lurker than a poster and for some reason I started paying attention to the post counter that accompanies each profile. I’ve noticed that several people are in the 4,000s and I’ve seen a couple who are up to 5,000, but who has posted the most on the SDMB? Is there an area that I’m missing that ranks the top posters?
rivit
I think handy is currently in the lead, with over 12,000 posts.
…quantity does NOT always equal quality. You’ll see.
I believe it’s handy, then Coldfire, then Guinastasia. handy has 12,848 at last count.
I’ve found many of handy’s post to be helpful.
The trouble is the S/N ratio.
What’s that?
Signal to noise – a phrase used to indicate the ratio of a poster’s helpful and high-quality output vs misleading and downright inaccurate posts.
Signal to Noise ratio. When interpreting incoming electronic signals (radio, radar, sonar, or other electronic measuring devices) there is always “noise” along with the “signal” (think of the hiss on AM radios when the weather is bad or the signal is weak). The S/N ratio indicates whether there is more “signal” (information) or more “noise” (unintelligible gibberish or random sounds).
Which could lead to a more appropriate General Question: Did “Signal to Noise ratio” originate in radio? In radar? In sonar? Or in some other electronic telemetric situation?
Tom~
“No one is entirely useless: they can always serve as a bad example.”
I’ve always paid more attention to how long people have been around for.
Radio, I believe. Here is a biography of Harald T. Friis that mentions signal-to-noise ratio appearing in a 1923 paper of his:
That was the earliest reference I could find. Note that IRE is the Institute of Radio Engineers.
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Couple problems with that.
I’ve been on the board since 1997 and I’m no genius.
Two, people(like me) have changed our name, so it’s difficult to tell.
One of the few posters I remember from back in '97 is Opal, oddly enough.
We do not keep an official list of posters with the highest post count.
Since this is a question about this message board, I’ll move this thread to ATMB.
“S/N ratio.”
Oh, I thought you were talking about serial numbers.
Recently Persperone put in a post about getting to 3000 posts, but when i looked at the profile, there were more than 6,200 posts.
Why are their two counts?
handy I know Persephone recently started a thread for Euty’s 3000th post. Perhaps you misunderstood?
Ok douglips, you said it, now, can you give it to us in real numbers. What exactly is his s/n ration?
Man, handy was right on cue there…
Whoa, Euty has 3 kiloposts now? He only hit a grand this past winter, and he’s been around forever!
Must be all the caffeine he’s getting in the new forum.
Oh, mea culpa, someone threw a post party for Euty. Usually they throw them for themselves. I must have got confused.,Well carry on then.
You know, the numbers really don’t matter so much. In fact, we’ve often discussed removing the post count, as some people care far more for the count than they do the content of postings.
That’s really not what we’re about.
It’s especially important in these days when so many people are having difficulty enough getting into the board as it is; to find bandwidth taken up by what is essentially petty “post count parties” and people that throw in posts simply to add to their count, that doesn’t help the situation one little bit.
Please don’t do this. It’s the content that matters. Or should.
your humble TubaDiva
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