# What makes you a cool poster here on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242 "2002-11-04T17:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/1 "2002-11-04T17:11:13Z")
(This is not a rant, just an observation, it is mindless, and pointless, as well as shameless - so here goes). I was noticing (with some envy) how much attention trolls get, and I’m thinking, “gee, why don’t I troll, then EVERYONE will know my name! I will be famous!” Right. So the question is, do we pay more attention to the post count, the time you have been registered, or how many responses your posts get? I see some who have thousands of posts in just a few years, YIKES, that’s like posting all day every day. I have seen low post counts with massive responses. And I have seen long registered low post counts with reasonable responses. But what determins your level of hipness here at the SDMB? Me, I lurk 5 or 6 hours a day, only post (usually) when I have something to say or at least a desperately funny comment to add. Now, I have a perfectly healthy ego, I lay awake at night feeling sorry for the poor folks that aren’t me, and if I don’t start getting some respect around here (in spite of my dismal post count) I’m gonna have to start shamelessly trolling! I dare you to reply! (oh look, i’m up to 150 posts!) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/2 "2002-11-04T17:27:35Z")
People say I’m cool because of my witty “pre-signatures” I leave after my name on all of my posts. Of course, they just _say_ that. . . Tripler And I thought it was because of my looks. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/3 "2002-11-04T17:39:22Z")
To borrow a line from the movie _Working Girl_: [ul]I am, after all, me.[/ul] Post count? Longevity? Pah - matters not. Trolling just ticks everybody off. All the cool kids are just nice, friendly, more-or-less-normal individuals who write stuff that’s fun to read. I think that pretty much sums it up. And **Rue** ’s cool just because of who he is. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/4 "2002-11-04T17:42:03Z")
I am not cool at all. I am sure there will be others under me who will second that opinion. They are the cool ones. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/5 "2002-11-04T17:48:23Z")
You don’t have to hit enter after every fifth word or so because the board wraps your text for you. When you understand that, you will be cool. And if you troll, you’ll be banned. How cool is that? Me, I’m not that cool. I used to be, back in the day, but not so much anymore. No idea what happened there but to be real honest, it doesn’t bother me too much. It’s quite peaceful. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/6 "2002-11-04T18:34:52Z")
It’s uncool to admit that you’re cool, so I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/7 "2002-11-04T19:38:55Z")
Big ears. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/8 "2002-11-04T19:44:20Z")
Big ears. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/9 "2002-11-04T19:50:02Z")
I think someone’s suffering from post-count envy. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/10 "2002-11-04T19:54:55Z")
i’m cool because i laugh at people who are different from me. HA HA HA HA BIG EARS!!! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/11 "2002-11-05T03:29:17Z")
I’m cool because of my enormous penis. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/12 "2002-11-05T03:55:39Z")
I think some people are just more open and interact alot more giving the perception that they’re more “popular” on the boards. I usually don’t even pay attention to who said what - I just read the posts. In all my time here I’ve memorized the names of most of the regulars but I couldn’t tell you what most of their personalities are like. I just know: tomndebb and chronos are extremely well informed and probably the best all around GQ answerers. SPOOFE is a good guy to have around in a geek thread (Star Wars, video games, etc) The word “geek” being used in a positive way. Qadgop is a doctor and a LOTR afficiando, making him useful in _every_ situation. Billy Rubin is funny. Jack Batty seems to be alot like me for some reason Fenris is a comic book god and for this I bow to him. These are the posters that are “cool” to me. That’s only about 7 people that have really caught my attention after being registered here for over 2 and half years so I don’t expect to be noticed any time soon or at all for that matter. I think the coolness or popularity factor here is mostly an illusion, some people just have a tendency to get noticed more. That doesn’t mean the average doper is going to put any less effort into reading your posts just because [s]he hasn’t heard of you. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/13 "2002-11-05T05:05:49Z")
I’m cool… very cool.In fact, If I were to step outside right now, I’d be SO cool that If I stayed out for few minutes, I’d get frostbite!! I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist… Its REALLY fucking cold outside. ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/14 "2002-11-05T05:28:31Z")
My modesty…no wait, my hubris. I always get those mixed up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/15 "2002-11-05T05:28:31Z")
Oh, and I mustsay, **Gingerofthenorth** Is superly gynormousely cool. But thats just cuz shes my aunty… Oh, and **Weirddave, Hamadryad, and Iampunha** are pretty cool too… but I know them personally, so you know. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/16 "2002-11-05T06:07:34Z")
So _that’s_ what I’ve been missing all these years! I’m not a relative of **magic8ball**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/17 "2002-11-05T11:01:16Z")
hmmm. so if i marry into **magic8ball** ’s family then i too will be cool… **magic8ball** - do you have any nice looking female relatives between the ages of 20-30 who would be interested in marrying a 23yr old english web-developer? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/18 "2002-11-05T13:42:16Z")
Jeepers Wally, I never had such a response. First of all the question was half sincere and half [trucker\_voice] **Breaker 19** [/trucker\_voice]. As I whined I wanted to get to know more people and, Volla! From **FairyChatMom** > [@](#): > > Post count? Longevity? Pah - matters not. > Trolling just ticks everybody off. All the cool kids > are just nice, friendly, more-or-less-normal individuals > who write stuff that’s fun to read. > I think that pretty much sums it up. That’s pretty much the way I see it, BTW, this is as close to “trolling” as I will ever get, I posted a reasonable question that was designed to get a response. This is how you get better known on the boards. My friend **Thrusting\_Rod** (post count 14,975 in 1 year, go ahead do a search) said that’s the deal, if you never post anything no one will ever know you. and make sure it’s a decent read. From **Winston Smith** > [@](#): > > I think someone’s suffering from post-count envy. 'Tis true enough I guess, I just want to know, though, if we are cool because of our high post count, OR, do we have a high post count because we are cool? (neat, now I have 151 posts!) From **Manduck** > [@](#): > > I’m cool because of my enormous penis. Thought I’m sure some here are disappointed, I just wanted to take the time to say thank you for NOT posting a link proving this claim. From **Cisco** > [@](#): > > In all my time here I’ve memorized the names of most of the regulars but > I couldn’t tell you what most of their personalities are like. I just > know:… I have gotten to know most of those names, except **Jack Batty**. I also remember lots of other names because they stuck out or the writing made particular sense (yours included).::Janx shamelessly sucks up to veteran poster:: [People often mix me up with Jinx](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=119831) From **RTFirefly** in the above link > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **dqa** > > > [@](#): > > > > I always got you confused with Jinx > > Now _that’s_just ridiculous. > > Jinx is the cat who used to chase after Pixie and Dixie, shouting, > “I hate those meeces, to pieces!!!” while Janx is the spirit in a > Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, the best drink in the galaxy. > > Not the least bit alike. Now, you gotta admit \* that\*is pretty cool. From **Silver Fire** > [@](#): > > You don’t have to hit enter > after every fifth word or so > because the board wraps > your text for you. When > you understand that, you > will be cool. About my psychotic typing style: I know I don’t need a hard return on each line, and I know the flow is annoying to look at/follow and I’m sorry, but I’m doing this for _YOU_.(see how cool I am) Lemmee 'splane: I cant spell for dog doo, so I write my responses on my e-mail program in order to correct the spelling then cut and paste it to the board. that’s why the funkey format, I also do this so I have a back up in case the hamsters eat my post. if there is some suggestion as to how to pre-format (short of actually learning how to spell that is) for the board I’m all fingers. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/19 "2002-11-05T13:50:19Z")
Use MS Word. It won’t wrap the text. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242/20 "2002-11-05T14:14:07Z")
Don’t know. As much as I post, I think I’m more well-known for meetings IRL. I just seem to get along with people better personally than on the eeeentah-net. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-a-cool-poster-here-on-the-sdmb/135242.md?page=2)