# So I'm easily amused - What's the "Who Posted" for? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 23, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176 "2002-04-23T17:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/1 "2002-04-23T17:38:31Z")
Pick a forum, any forum. Let’s say MPSIMS. Now choose a thread, any thread. Let’s say [Two Word Post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94603). Now if you click on the number of replies in the forum window, up pops a small window that tells you who posted to the thread and how many times. For the thread in question: Total Posts: 376 User Posts Mudshark 23 Cougarfang 23 Rico 22 FireUnderpantsBoobs 17 Flamsterette\_X 11 and so on… It’s cute, but what would I, Joe MessageBoardUser, use this for? ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/2 "2002-04-23T18:05:03Z")
I think you answered your own question… I use it to keep myself amused when I’m bored. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/3 "2002-04-23T18:51:27Z")
I never noticed that! Thank you for pointing it out Why A Duck. Since it’s javascript, it might not work in every browser, but it’s a nice feature. Why is it useful? I can see several reasons. What if you don’t remember if you posted in that thread or not? You don’t have to read every single post to find out. What if I want to find out that my arch-nemesis, Why A Duck has posted in that thread, so I can make him feel the sting of my wit? etc… ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/4 "2002-04-23T18:56:47Z")
Cool. I’ve always wanted to be an arch-nemesis. What’s the job pay? Ow! Do I get a coffee mug? Ow! Hey! Point that wit somewhere else wouldja? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/5 "2002-04-23T19:15:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Why A Duck \* > \*\*…Flamsterette\_X 11… \*\* I only have 11 (now 12) posts in that thread? Wow, better get on it and add more! [sub]Then again, I don’t know how many more two-worders I can do… guess I can always try! Not for the supremacy, of course… :D[/sub] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Why A Duck \* > **Cool. I’ve always wanted to be an arch-nemesis. What’s the job pay?** Hold on while I ask my online friend… he says “sadly, nothing :/” (I guess that would be why he has programming computer games as his backup job 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/6 "2002-04-23T21:50:07Z")
It also comes in handy when you’re stalking **Geobabe** and **Persephone**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/7 "2002-04-23T22:14:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Why A Duck \* > What’s the job pay? Just send me a bill. (snort) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/8 "2002-04-24T10:06:00Z")
:eek: OK, you _do_ learn something new every day! ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/9 "2002-04-24T12:03:58Z")
Hey alright. I showed a mod _and_ an admin something new, I gained an arch-nemesis, and I got Noodles to make a bad duck joke. I feel content. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/10 "2002-04-24T16:44:06Z")
So is Noodles a nickname for **Arnold** or what? From teh context, I think it is, but I can’t really tell. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/11 "2002-04-24T17:09:17Z")
Yep. I took horrible advantage of the search engine during peak usage to find this thread: [Arnold Winkelried is an administrator?! Since when?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103788&highlight=noodles). ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-easily-amused-whats-the-who-posted-for/105176/12 "2002-04-24T20:54:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*It also comes in handy when you’re stalking **Geobabe** and **Persephone**. > > 😉 \*\* Guess that means I need to post more.