# Prolific Dopers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 1, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998 "2003-10-01T22:00:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/1 "2003-10-01T22:00:57Z")
I’ve been a member for about eight months, and this is only my 49th post. I’ve noticed that there are some people here whose SDMB posts number in the four and five digits. How do some of you find the time to read through all these threads and post so often?
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/2 "2003-10-01T23:14:15Z")
I don’t even come close to reading them all. I skim titles and probably read ~10% of the threads in GQ, ATMB, here and MPSIMS, in that order. I rarely even peek into the other forums.
Some threads I will follow for awhile.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/3 "2003-10-01T23:31:34Z")
Bear in mind that the more prolific dopers aren’t reading all 7 (or whatever) pages of every thread every time they post, because they have been involved in the thread all the way.
Like **Ringo** - I skip totally over some threads (sport-related ones, for example). Others I will look at once and not return to.
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### Author:  [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/4 "2003-10-02T04:29:36Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ringo \*
> \*\*I don’t even come close to reading them all. I skim titles and probably read ~10% of the threads in GQ, ATMB, here and MPSIMS, in that order. I rarely even peek into the other forums.
> \*\*
Ah, and you just happened to catch this thread on a rare peek into IMHO!
I doubt that I even read even 10% of the threads on this board; 5% is probably a more realistic estimate.
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### Author:  [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/5 "2003-10-02T04:32:48Z")
Sequential Thead Titles…
**Prolific Dopers** followed by
\*\*Most Prolific Posters \*\* here [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=214225](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=214225)
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### Author:  [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/6 "2003-10-02T04:50:58Z")
Sorry, I’m addicted to post count threads. :o
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/7 "2003-10-02T04:54:44Z")
Everything’s just gone pear shaped.
What the hell just happened?
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/8 "2003-10-02T04:57:28Z")
Oh. I get it. I got it into my head that this was the similarly themed thread in MPSIMS.
I too probably read about 1 to 2 percent of the threads. The vast majority are dull or not relevant.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/9 "2003-10-02T05:05:34Z")
Most of my posts come from are discussions of my favorite show(s) with other geeks. Some of them are more like a chat than a thread.
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### Author:  [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolific-dopers/204998/10 "2003-10-02T05:10:05Z")
Figure:
3+ hours/day reading the board (on a day when I don’t have much time).
Fast typer.
Fast reader.
Been posting for over 3 years.
Do the math:)