# What user has the most posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798 "2003-04-24T05:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/1 "2003-04-24T05:46:44Z")
Maybe I just didn’t look hard enough but I couldnt find any stats about posting and such. Anyone know who has the most posts? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/2 "2003-04-24T06:03:13Z")
Just off the top of my head, I think **Handy** has the “most posts”. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/3 "2003-04-24T06:03:30Z")
Probably [url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=90] **handy**. ---
**Author:** ![hegel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cab0a1/32.png) [@hegel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hegel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/4 "2003-04-24T06:03:48Z")
Probably for ATMB. But handy, to answer your question. ---
**Author:** ![Dolomite21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Dolomite21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolomite21)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/5 "2003-04-24T09:43:55Z")
me ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/6 "2003-04-24T09:51:59Z")
Maybe **Handy** should have his own line in the FAQs, as one of our local legends. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/7 "2003-04-24T10:06:52Z")
Note: **handy** has 15209 posts, averaging 10.11 posts/day. **Q.E.D.** has 2868 posts, averaging 26.62 posts/day. At historical rates: **Q.E.D.** will match **handy** in (15209-2868)/(26.62-10.11) = 747.5 days, or 2 years and 17.5 days. ---
**Author:** ![Dolomite21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Dolomite21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolomite21)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/8 "2003-04-24T10:15:42Z")
what does Q.E.D stand for exactly My wag’s Question Every Day Question Ended Dog! Quién Es Droga ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/9 "2003-04-24T10:34:05Z")
**Dolomite21** , anyone who has studied latin, math or logic should know what it stands for. That narrows _you_ down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/10 "2003-04-24T10:37:56Z")
To be fair to **Dolomite21** , we know what Q.E.D. usually stands for, but without confirmation we cannot be sure that that is what our poster means it to stand for. ---
**Author:** ![Dolomite21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Dolomite21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolomite21)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/11 "2003-04-24T10:43:56Z")
quod erat demonstrandum…with that said Thank’s jabba…for the support I was just playing giving **Q.E.D.** some props ---
**Author:** ![Brendan\_Donovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Brendan\_Donovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brendan_Donovan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/12 "2003-04-24T10:53:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rayray5884 \* > \*\*Maybe I just didn’t look hard enough but I couldnt find any stats about posting and such. Anyone know who has the most posts? Thanks in advance! \*\* well it looks as if Handy and QED are prolific posters, but I was wondering why you asked this. I am rather new to the Dope (thanks everyone for the kind welcomes) but I lurked for a couple of weeks before getting into it and what I don’t understand is how important is the count of posts a member has? My new guy posts are treated the same way by the board, and also hope that they are read and considered as much as anyone elses by the members. So how would having 1000’s of post be better? Assuming that not all posts are equal is it possible (or even nessessary) to have another method of ranking a members contributions without bogging down the system? Or maybe the moderators consider this before banning someone? can anyone clear it up for the new guy? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/13 "2003-04-24T15:16:17Z")
Brendan Donovan, I’ve been here a long time. Plus, text, not audio, is my main method of communication. If there was a music based stright dope board, I would have the fewest number of posts :-0 ``` Who has the most post type-- of questions are in the ATMB forum. ``` ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/14 "2003-04-24T15:51:21Z")
Off to ATMB. **DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/15 "2003-04-24T16:01:27Z")
If anyone has taken the time, I’m curious as to who are next after **Handy** – I’m past 8,000 and I know there are a couple of posters who have broken 10,000. Has anyone taken the trouble to make a list of the Top Ten Posters? ---
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/16 "2003-04-24T16:06:02Z")
I was just curious as to who had the most because Ive seen post counts in the thousands and was just wondering who had the most, thats all. Thanks for the info everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/17 "2003-04-24T16:54:36Z")
at this rate i don’t think i’m going to brake a 1000 any time soon. i guess i’m not ready for the SD click yet. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/18 "2003-04-24T17:21:30Z")
**Polycarp** , it’s **Guinstasia** and then **Coldfire** , for most posts. Third, I believe is **Spoofe**. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/19 "2003-04-24T21:46:02Z")
\<\< what I don’t understand is how important is the count of posts a member has? \>\> See, **Brendan** , there’s this urban legend that the bigger your post count, the bigger your… um… member. So, some folks think that posting a huge number of comments – even if they’re mostly irrelevant, illogical, and stupid – enhances their, ah, member-ship without Viagra. Most of the rest of us think it’s the quality, not the quantity, that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798/20 "2003-04-24T23:16:05Z")
I think **tracer** is somewhere in the top five for most posts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-has-the-most-posts/170798.md?page=2)