# Who are the 5 highest posters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791 "2000-12-09T19:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/21 "2000-12-10T09:02:29Z")
We’re not measuring quality at all. This is entirely about quantity. You want to know about quality, there are other threads discussing it, but it’s somewhat more subjective. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/22 "2000-12-11T11:26:49Z")
You know there are a number of people missing from that last list who are around 2000 posts. Wonder if a mod would let one of us into the member’s area quickly or if that wonderful coldfire guy would do it for us sometime… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/23 "2000-12-11T11:54:50Z")
Yeah, I used the people from the old list. It took long enough to get all their post counts. I wasn’t about to try to track down everyone who might be on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/24 "2000-12-14T22:14:02Z")
Damn, I knew I shouldn’t have taken that break a few months ago. Now I’ll never catch back up to Falcon. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/25 "2000-12-14T22:33:40Z")
_ahem_…waterj2? Slide thine eyes to the left, if you please…I’m ahead of a number of those folks right now. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/26 "2000-12-14T23:00:16Z")
And I’m up there somewhere, above even the likes of Max Torque ---
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/27 "2000-12-14T23:07:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*If you’re looking for high posts:time ratios, **nymysys** wins, hands down. \*\* Damn, almost 600 in 6 weeks is perfectly normal in the circles I run in. I’ve just got a lot to say, y’know? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/28 "2000-12-14T23:28:45Z")
I’m 99th. How funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/29 "2000-12-14T23:34:34Z")
Wow. Apparently I’ve got _waaaaaaaay_ too much time on my hands. Has anyone seen my kids? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/30 "2000-12-15T01:49:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nymysys \* > \*\*Damn, almost 600 in 6 weeks is perfectly normal in the circles I run in. I’ve just got a lot to say, y’know? 😃 \*\* Yeah, but I’m averaging 500 every 4 weeks and 3 days. That averages to over 100 a week. So I win. What I win, though, is another matter. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/31 "2000-12-15T02:23:24Z")
Well, he who takes the cake is Homer. I’ve never seen anyone so high. Demo comes in a close second, due to drunkenness, but that’s a horse of a different color. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/32 "2000-12-15T02:56:20Z")
I don’t know… I always thought the highest poster ws that one fuck, Portnouy. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/33 "2000-12-15T04:23:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t remember ever posting high. Does anyone care to explain? You just got caught up in a smartass remark because I had recently seen your thread on methylphenidate. Don’t take it personally; it was a throw-away shot. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/34 "2000-12-15T04:38:13Z")
Just parachuting in with another meaningless post. Since it is quantity over quality here. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/35 "2000-12-15T16:08:48Z")
I just rounded the 1500 mark. Does that put me in the upper echelons yet? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/36 "2000-12-15T16:41:55Z")
3000, my eye—what about the 2000-some posts I’d had as Flora McFlimsey, way back in the 20th century? Do they count for NUTHIN’? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/37 "2000-12-15T16:49:03Z")
damn ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/38 "2000-12-15T16:50:23Z")
wait sec ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/39 "2000-12-15T16:52:21Z")
This could take a while… Why don’t you get a snack. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791/40 "2000-12-15T16:54:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*3000, my eye—what about the 2000-some posts I’d had as Flora McFlimsey, way back in the 20th century? Do they count for NUTHIN’? \*\* Umm, yes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-5-highest-posters/44791.md?page=1)