# Which posters do you recognise from their posting style? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247 "2012-01-21T21:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/1 "2012-01-21T21:53:31Z")
I was skimming through the thread on [Abe Lincoln’s cheques](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638555), and was intrigued by [post 21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14692301&postcount=21), outlining in detail the pension and money issues of presidential widows. When I started reading it, I didn’t notice who had posted it, but by the time I was done, I said to myself: “Gotta be **Sampiro** - he’s the only one who knows this much stuff and writes this way.” Scrolled up, and yup, Sampiro. So, anyone that you can recognize from content and style, without first noticing who posted it? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/2 "2012-01-22T00:39:44Z")
I generally note the poster before I read the post. There are some posters that I would recognize without doing that. **elucidator** **Starving Artist** **Snowboarder Bo** **Skald the …** And, as with you, **Sampiro** ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/3 "2012-01-22T04:11:12Z")
You mean, besides the Grapist? Yeah, I could quite possibly recognize a post by **Sampiro** or **Skald** by its style. Maybe a few others, but I can’t think who right now. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/4 "2012-01-22T04:17:06Z")
**Sampiro** and **elucidator** are the only ones I can immediately recognize…but I always sort of take in the poster’s name at the same time as I start reading their post, so I don’t know who I’d recognize just by their posting style. I could probably recognize **Der Trihs** by the content of his posts but not through any sort of distinctive writing style. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/5 "2012-01-22T04:21:26Z")
Qadgop (apologies if it’s misspelled) Quasimodem Bosda PSXer etv78 Runner Pat (easy one) Ralph124c ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/6 "2012-01-22T04:44:01Z")
The loony spammer who repeatedly showed up here and elsewhere ranting about Nostradamus and the ANNIHILATION of ATHEISM, with lots of random CAPITALIZATION. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/7 "2012-01-22T04:49:46Z")
Gagasumthing The guy who seems to think each sentence needs a separate line. Can’t remember his exact name. I don’t remember him from when I was last posting a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/8 "2012-01-22T04:58:55Z")
In no particular order: **Skald the Rhymer** **Der Trihs** **Qadgop the Mercotan** **Bricker** **John Mace** **Indistinguishable** **CalMeacham** **Stranger on a Train** **Ring** Of course, this mostly doesn’t relate to distinctiveness in posting style itself, but to familiarity: I tend to find myself in threads with those folks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/9 "2012-01-22T05:11:21Z")
Probably all my SDMB “Friends.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/10 "2012-01-22T05:16:17Z")
**Qin Shi Huangdi** ’s writing style is probably the easiest for me to recognize here. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/11 "2012-01-22T05:44:52Z")
It makes me positively giddy when I see a 9 where a ( should be and I look up and see **ralph124c** ’s name. It seems recently he has taken to the poetic type of posting style that I am not very fond of. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/12 "2012-01-22T06:03:19Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Gagasumthing > The guy who seems to think each sentence needs a separate line. > Can’t remember his exact name. > I don’t remember him from when I was last posting a lot. I always have the urge to quote four of his lines, then add “Use Burma Shave” ---
**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:** [January 22, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/13 "2012-01-22T07:13:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The guy who seems to think each sentence needs a separate line. > Can’t remember his exact name. > I don’t remember him from when I was last posting a lot. Likely **colonial**. He or she prefers not to use the word wrap feature, and hits the Return key, So his or her posts look a lot like this. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/14 "2012-01-22T07:30:38Z")
Only one person comes to mind for me: If a comment is loaded with relevant facts and provides a pretty damned good one-post answer, it’s probably from **Chronos**. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/15 "2012-01-22T16:41:53Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > Only one person comes to mind for me: If a comment is loaded with relevant facts and provides a pretty damned good one-post answer, it’s probably from **Chronos**. **Stranger On A Train**. **Chronos** thinks chili needs beans in it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/16 "2012-01-22T16:54:52Z")
Maybe Sklad, but I’m horrid at things like this. Hell, I can’t even recognize my own (seriously, I’ll accidentally pop into a zombie thread, read something I wrote 6 years ago and think “Damn, that guy said exactly what I wanted to say”). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/17 "2012-01-22T17:20:37Z")
I think there’s a lot of confirmation bias going on here. Certain posters, like **elucidator** , make a lot of posts that are very similar in style and tone. But I think most of us would be surprised at how many posts fall outside the norm for that particular person. And it depends on the forum. I can usually identify **Sampiro** in CS. If he happens to make a longish post about Southern mores in GD, then I can usually pick it up, too, but there are plenty of other posts of his that aren’t in that same vein. Same with **Der Trihs** (especially now that **Naxos** has been banned). If he’s posting about abortion or religion or the evils of the US in GD, his posts are usually pretty easy to identify. But his doesn’t always post about those things, and he tone is much different in SC, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/18 "2012-01-22T18:25:28Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Same with **Der Trihs** (especially now that **Naxos** has been banned). If he’s posting about abortion or religion or the evils of the US in GD, his posts are usually pretty easy to identify. But his doesn’t always post about those things, and he tone is much different in SC, for example. Sure, he swung hard towards the center, but I still think it was ridiculous of him to think he could pose a viable challenge to Gingrich… ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/19 "2012-01-22T18:43:43Z")
Without naming names, many socks are identified this way. There are a few posters who have the same uncanny ability to spot a returnee and give us a heads up. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247/20 "2012-01-22T18:51:43Z")
**Lust4Life** And recently the poster who uses all the annoying ellipses. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-posters-do-you-recognise-from-their-posting-style/610247.md?page=2)