# Post count meaningless? Bollocks! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379 "2002-12-13T00:46:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/1 "2002-12-13T00:46:25Z")
I say it’s bollocks. What do you say? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/2 "2002-12-13T00:48:19Z")
i have a higher post count, Kneal before Zod!! ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/3 "2002-12-13T00:49:38Z")
Ri ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/4 "2002-12-13T00:50:03Z")
::cough:: Post count, other than figuring out if someone is new to posting or not, is usually not much of an indicator of anything other than how many posts a person has. For example, **Lynn Bodoni** has a post count c. 2200, and **handy** has a post count approaching 13K, I think. It would be a mistake, IMO, to measure anything other than “how many posts has this person had?” by this number. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/5 "2002-12-13T00:50:47Z")
dic ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/6 "2002-12-13T00:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*Kneal before Zod!! \*\* You mean, like…on my kneas? ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/7 "2002-12-13T00:51:52Z")
u ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/8 "2002-12-13T00:52:55Z")
lous ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/9 "2002-12-13T00:53:05Z")
ni? ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/10 "2002-12-13T00:54:16Z")
Oh wait, I **get** it NOW… st ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/11 "2002-12-13T00:54:18Z")
I met Kneal once. Nice guy. His brother Steev is okay too . . . Tripler But I say Zod before Kneal! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/12 "2002-12-13T00:59:24Z")
SO there are people who have high post counts because they post a lot of tripe. That, is an anomoly. My argument is that the SDMB changes people. If a person has a high post count then they have likely been through the sdmb-mill. they have become at least a little bit more diplomatic, tolerant, respectful than they were before. Especially people who lacked those qualities before they joined the sdmb. I was going to put the above expanation in the op, but for reasons I don’t quite know - I decided it looked better as > [@](#): > > I say it’s bollocks. > What do you say? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/13 "2002-12-13T01:04:43Z")
i misspelled that on purpose to help you all pad your postcounts. Yeah, that’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/14 "2002-12-13T01:06:42Z")
What’s a post count? ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/15 "2002-12-13T01:07:20Z")
I’m new. But I’m lkely to have more than a thousand within a month. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/16 "2002-12-13T01:08:04Z")
and why would I care? ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/17 "2002-12-13T01:09:08Z")
and what is “padding” ---
**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/18 "2002-12-13T01:09:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmileyDeath \* > \*\*I’m new. > > But I’m lkely to have more than a thousand within a month. \*\* You should care because I’m the king! (I realize what you wre doing) ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/19 "2002-12-13T01:10:13Z")
btw, I _really_ like pie. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379/20 "2002-12-13T04:51:19Z")
But the problem lies within the post count. Some people (sometimes newbies, sometimes just random lurkers) will say, “hey, poster XXX has X[sup]10[/sup] posts under his/her belt. This must mean _something._” And it really doesn’t. When you get down to brass tacks, it all comes down to quality, not quantity. Like this post, for example. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-meaningless-bollocks/142379.md?page=2)