# Rate Yourself: Lurker, Poster, Thread Starter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 8, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734 "2009-03-08T15:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/21 "2009-03-08T19:09:25Z")
I just ran a second search on **twickster**. She has 1,361 OPs and 23,630 posts, for a 5.7% OP rate. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/22 "2009-03-08T19:11:35Z")
The search engine says I have ~8500 posts and have started exactly 750 threads, bringig me to 8.8 %. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/23 "2009-03-08T19:19:28Z")
Statistics show… 7/1 post/thread ratio. As for lurking I’d stay that’d be roughly 10 times the posting amount so… 70/7/1 Percentages 89.6% Lurker 9.1% Poster 1.3% Starter I guess that’s close enough… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/24 "2009-03-08T19:19:37Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The search engine says I have ~8500 posts and have started exactly 750 threads, bringig me to 8.8 %. See above. The 750 is not a true count of your thread starts. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/25 "2009-03-08T19:40:59Z")
**Skald** ’s actually started 794 for a 9.3 OP Rate. I like meaningless statistics. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/26 "2009-03-08T19:42:07Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > **Skald** ’s actually started 794 for a 9.3 OP Rate. > > I like meaningless statistics. I knew if I waited long enough someone would do the work for me. What sort of pie would you like me to teleport you as payment? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/27 "2009-03-08T19:44:52Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > **Skald** ’s actually started 794 for a 9.3 OP Rate. > > I like meaningless statistics. Me too. And lists. And useless trivia. I mean, some trivia are not useless, just trivial. Not a real side-track/hijack, but do you believe in ETAOIN SHRDLU? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/28 "2009-03-08T19:46:19Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I knew if I waited long enough someone would do the work for me. What sort of pie would you like me to teleport you as payment? 🆒 Quiche. I’ve not had lunch yet. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Me too. And lists. And useless trivia. I mean, some trivia are not useless, just trivial. > > Not a real side-track/hijack, but do you believe in ETAOIN SHRDLU? I had to look that up on Wikipedia to even know what you meant. I initially thought you were asking me if I worshiped an Old One or something. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/29 "2009-03-08T19:49:09Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Quiche. I’ve not had lunch yet. Nor I. Just coffee. And that’s pronounced kwitch. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/30 "2009-03-08T19:58:53Z")
92/7/1 - I have about .6 posts per day, and I spend a lot more time here than what can be inferred from that number. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/31 "2009-03-08T21:53:10Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I just ran a second search on **twickster**. She has 1,361 OPs and 23,630 posts, for a 5.7% OP rate. Thanks for doing that – I would’ve been fine with rounding it off to “spends way too much time here.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/32 "2009-03-08T21:59:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Thanks for doing that – I would’ve been fine with rounding it off to “spends way too much time here.” 😉 Duh, don’t we all. I was blown away by your post count alone. (This from someone who has posted a lot more than most). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/33 "2009-03-08T22:49:07Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Duh, don’t we all. I was blown away by your post count alone. (This from someone who has posted a lot more than most). I tell myself that as long as I keep my average down below 10 posts a day, I’m okay. (9.84 is \*well \*under 10.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/34 "2009-03-09T02:00:45Z")
I figure I’m a lurker. (BTW, when listing all the threads “started by” from the Profile page, old board glitches may distort the numbers. It ascribes to me 17 extra threads in which I happened to be the first poster to respond to a damaged thread in which the actual OP was lost.) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/35 "2009-03-09T03:05:27Z")
I lurked for over a year, but now that I’m here, I start threads like nothin’. Don’t ask me about percentages. Math is _not_ my strong point. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/36 "2009-03-10T14:42:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m not a lurker. I’m more like 60/40 to 70/30 Poster/Thread Starter. > > You? I just did a little test. Out of the 100 most recent threads I have participated in, I started exactly 30 of them: CS: 14 MPSIMS: 6 (2 were locked for being revived zombies) IMHO: 6 GR: 4 Maybe that’s what gave me the impression of the 70/30 I alluded to in the OP. Now, as for the overall performance ratio, I’m content with the 95/5 that **ShibbOleth** authenticated. Recent history is clouding my judgment. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/37 "2009-03-10T16:29:28Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I thought of someone, and just checked him/her; they have a little less than 14% threads started to posts. I’ll wait and see if anyone else comes up with that poster, or if there is a higher number out there (in an older, established poster). I’m sure that there are some high ratios in folks that are new or not here long. Okay, the poster I was thinking of has 5,678 post. S/he has started 750+ threads older than four years ago, from April 4, 2003 - March 9, 2005. 454 threads started from March 18, 2005 - March 6, 2007 357 threads started between March 11, 2007 and March 9, 2009 So, just the April 2003 until today 1561 threads were started, and I can’t tell how many would have been started between the Dec, 1999 join date and April 4, 2003. At least 27% or more threads started. Jinx is, IMO, the King (or Queen). (Jinx has over 750 threads started in GQ alone between November 27, 2002 and March 8, 2005. Mind boggling) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/38 "2009-03-10T16:36:00Z")
Wow! Definitely the one to beat! Nice work, **ShibbOleth**! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/39 "2009-03-10T16:46:11Z")
184 out of 17263 or 1%. Seems to be dropping though. 2001 - 35 in 5 months 2002 - 46 2003 - 28 2004 - 23 2005 - 17 2006 - 16 2007 - 10 2008 - 8 This year - 2 ---
**Author:** ![Storm\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Storm\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Storm_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-lurker-poster-thread-starter/488734/40 "2009-03-11T18:27:00Z")
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