# What's you posts-per-day average?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 19, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243 "2012-04-19T03:49:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/1 "2012-04-19T03:49:33Z")

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I’ve been posting here for nearly a decade. I realized today when I saw the Charter Membership announcement that I can no longer readily see my post count, so I clicked on my own profile to find out:

I’m at 0.36 PPD.

Hm. I’m not exactly prolific, am I? I’m guessing the only people who know who I am have played Forza with me online.

But, this isn’t a pity party; I’m genuinely interested, and I thought this would be a fun poll:

What is your PPD average?

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/2 "2012-04-19T03:51:50Z")

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I’m at 1.28 post per day. Probably half of my posts are in Mafia Game threads…

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/3 "2012-04-19T04:00:53Z")

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Just over 4. Join date: 12-29-2005. (damn, has it been that long?)

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/4 "2012-04-19T04:06:01Z")

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5.94. Shows how little you can say in a lot of words.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/5 "2012-04-19T04:10:53Z")

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I’m at 1.19/day.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/6 "2012-04-19T04:11:31Z")

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6.29

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**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/7 "2012-04-19T04:12:09Z")

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1.87

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**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/8 "2012-04-19T05:00:37Z")

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0.62

It’s been exactly 12 years.

Boy, that’s higher than I thought. I usually don’t post much, but I guess every week or so I get involved in a thread and make a bunch of posts at once.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/9 "2012-04-19T05:03:58Z")

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9.11

:o

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**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/10 "2012-04-19T05:05:49Z")

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I just double checked to see if it had hit .30 yet, but I’m still at .29. It’s actually quite the improvement; up until a couple of months ago I was at less than a quarter post per day.

My five-year doperversary is coming up in 11 days.

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**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/11 "2012-04-19T05:09:34Z")

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0.30 1151 posts in over 10 years, but then I’m not here that much. Not even a third of a post per day. 😃

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/12 "2012-04-19T06:08:58Z")

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What I would find interesting is a graph of my average over the 11 years that I’ve been posting here. I’m sure you could find correlation with certain events (and lack of events) in my life.

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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/13 "2012-04-19T07:44:24Z")

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0.62

(or maybe 0.63 after this post!)

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**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/14 "2012-04-19T07:49:10Z")

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We who post in this thread except for maybe Rachellogram, are a bunch of pikers. Diogenes, who was banned 6 months ago is at 16.87.

Whoa!

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/15 "2012-04-19T12:07:18Z")

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Posts Per Day: 4.83

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/16 "2012-04-19T12:55:53Z")

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10.09

It’s been higher.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/17 "2012-04-19T13:07:13Z")

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8.77 and I’ve maintained that high level for over ten years now.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/18 "2012-04-19T13:15:05Z")

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I’d be surprised if **ntucker** didn’t have a way to find out the top x-number of “posts per day” the same way he was able to answer some similar questions in [Another look at “active users” at SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632686) late last year.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/19 "2012-04-19T14:02:01Z")

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1.67

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-you-posts-per-day-average/619243/20 "2012-04-19T14:08:22Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> I’d be surprised if **ntucker** didn’t have a way to find out the top x-number of “posts per day” the same way he was able to answer some similar questions in [Another look at “active users” at SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=632686) late last year.

Somebody actually did that over on the Giraffe board. I’ll see if I can dig up a link.

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