# Talking about our number of posts. (Spin-off from the Trolls R Us thread.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098 "2026-05-15T16:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/61 "2026-05-16T01:11:00Z")
Oh, just ask @EinsteinsHund apparently they are quite the critic of my posts. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/62 "2026-05-16T02:01:07Z")
And what does this number say about a poster? In plain English. No clever wordplay or numbers. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/63 "2026-05-16T02:12:41Z")
I try not to ask. I hear you don’t appreciate the inquisition. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/64 "2026-05-16T02:20:48Z")
Given that I joined in 1999, dividing the total number of posts I’ve made by the time I’ve been here, it works out to fewer than 10 per day. That’s not excessive, is it? Is it? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/65 "2026-05-16T03:16:19Z")
@wolfpup has set themselves up as the arbiter of what’s excessive. You can accept or reject their commands. Being as they’re a dog, and I (and you) are not, I suppose I’d rather be the one issuing the “Sit! Stay!” than responding to it. Besides, we all know dogs have less to say on any given day than humans do. So it’s no surprise, and certainly no cause for controversy, that the dogly standard for the right number of posts per day is less than the human standard. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/66 "2026-05-16T03:17:32Z")
I’m averaging over 5 posts/day, over the course of my 26 years here. There were years when I wasn’t particularly active, but I’ve been much more so since around the time of COVID. So, definitely a blabber. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/67 "2026-05-16T03:26:58Z")
4.6k since 2006, a Blabex of about .64. I did take a seven-year hiatus, without which I might be approaching 1. I’ll continue to sit back and listen to you blabbermouths. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/68 "2026-05-16T03:34:46Z")
I have less than half of the posts of anyone in the top 10, but apparently I _am_ in the top 10 most prolific _readers_ at 1.2 million posts read. Which checks out. I don’t read every new post obsessively, but I do often remember great old threads and then search them out to have the pleasure of re-reading them. And then when I search for them, my search often comes up with _other_ great threads I also find I need to reread. My count would probably be even higher if the links in old threads to other old threads did not break in the move to Discourse, so I’d be able to follow all the discussion again in context when people link to then-current threads. I sometimes look for those threads using keywords, but often don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/69 "2026-05-16T03:48:51Z")
Checking more stats: Started 360 topics, read 523K posts, 4.3K visit days. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/70 "2026-05-16T04:07:09Z")
Huh. Whaddaya know? I’ve got a Blabex of 4.16, over 25+ years. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/71 "2026-05-16T04:19:46Z")
Shy of 26k despite posting since March 99. “Jophiel? Never heard of 'em” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/72 "2026-05-16T04:45:25Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > The number of posts by itself isn’t really a meaningful measure of blabbermouthedness; it must be measured in relation to the duration of the poster’s history. What you want is the Blabbermouth Index, or Blabex, which is number of posts divided by total number of days since joining. The unit is posts per day, Agreed. Base rate fallacy otherwise. From when I joined in Oct. 2009, my Blabex is ~3.5 posts per day (21.4k total). I’ve only started 148 topics, or about 9 per year. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/73 "2026-05-16T06:06:11Z")
So… the old prohibition on post-count parties has been rescinded? 23.7k according to my profile summary. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/74 "2026-05-16T06:07:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > And what does this number say about a poster? Your average number of posts per day. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/75 "2026-05-16T06:17:18Z")
Oh yeah, I coulda told you that. Without math. I meant more existentially. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/76 "2026-05-16T07:28:41Z")
Member since early 1999, 78.5 thousand posts created, 3.5 thousand threads created. Does this remind anyone of Sturgeon’s Law? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/77 "2026-05-16T07:52:29Z")
14.3 k posts and a member since Nov, 2003, giving a Blabex of 1.7. Given that I have a much higher regard to the value of my opinions than how others see them, the Blabex is still probably too high. It’s still interesting to read the boards, so I’ll probably keep going on at about this pace. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/78 "2026-05-16T08:17:25Z")
Nothing to add but thanks to our friend @wolfpup for giving us the measurement of “blabex.” I like it! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/79 "2026-05-16T10:04:26Z")
My Blabex is 3.547. Sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098/80 "2026-05-16T12:39:57Z")
17.7k posts since joining in November of 2017, which is 3114 days ago. That’s a Blabex of 5.684. I do play a lot of Thread Games, which adds to my count but adds little to the overall quality of the board. And I’ve only created 106 topics, many of which are weekly NFL threads. (And I’ve just added ‘Blabex’ to my online dictionary. Thanks, @wolfpup, for creating another word that’s fun to say out loud!) Oh, and can anyone tell me how the ‘Time Read’ stat is calculated? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-our-number-of-posts-spin-off-from-the-trolls-r-us-thread/1030098.md?page=5)