# You and your post count **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345 "2003-11-15T00:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/1 "2003-11-15T00:26:09Z")
At the moment, I’m part of several communities outside of the 'dope, and I have to say, none of them are as welcoming to newbies as we are here. It seems to be a recurring trend that people strive for a high post count (therefore proving their superiority) by posting the most inane stuff. A side note to say that I’m glad this board holds a higher regard for quality than quanitity. But anyway, I guess this “poll” comes in two parts. Outside of this community, what was the highest post count you’ve had? A couple of years ago, I was part of a band’s message board. I used to spend hours a day on there, sifting through the threads and replying to as many as I can regardless of how much I had to contribute to the topic. For a while, I would go into a thread, put a " 😃 " and leave. If it was done here, it would have raised some fuss and pittings, I’ll bet. But then again, this was a board filled with young teenage girls who were on at 10 on a weeknight because it’s past their curfew and too early for bed. Besides, it was a band’s message board, so any intelligence was minimal. After all this has been said and done, I was on it for about two years before it’s demise and gathered a total of ~25000 give or take a few hundred. Second part, how relevant are post counts to you? In the board where I had ~25000 posts, I thought I was hot stuff because of the high post counts. It’s now that I realise, “Hey, high post counts = no life = pathetic.” So, now, I honestly say, I disregard a person’s post count when I’m looking at a topic. It doesn’t change my opinion of the person and/or topic if I know that this person has a post count of 1000 vs 1. Honestly, makes no difference to me. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/2 "2003-11-15T08:32:39Z")
This is my first board. I never look at my post counts. I’m not the kind of person for it to mean anything to me anyway. So what if a person has 10 posts or 10,000? Either they have something to say … or not. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Moo\_the\_Magic\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moo_the_Magic_Cow)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/3 "2003-11-15T08:38:24Z")
My highest was 1000. They scare me. They indicate that I’m spending too much damn time on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/4 "2003-11-15T11:48:27Z")
I just passed 1000 on this one, I just passed 2000 on another and all up would have maybe another 1000 on another except that half the posts got deleted in a board crash. Generally, I don’t even read names let alone post counts however, if I start reading an OP that starts off exceedingly nutty or ignorant, I’ll scroll up and check the poster. If they’re someone with 500+ posts, I generally give them a chance and read till the end. If they are lower, I skim through and then laugh at the replies. ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/5 "2003-11-15T12:13:52Z")
I’m posting this post just so I can see my post count. I have no idea as I never look. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/6 "2003-11-15T14:21:53Z")
25,000 posts, **7**? ---
**Author:** ![Ludo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ludo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/7 "2003-11-15T14:26:53Z")
I registered here back in 2000 as a freshling in college. I’m always reading, but seldom posting, for one reason or another. And this is the only message board I have ever been a member of. I’m of the mind that any other board would be a major let-down after experiencing the almighty SDMB. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SJSB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SJSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJSB)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/8 "2003-11-15T14:28:10Z")
I have been using one other message board for about six months now. My post count there is (let me check)… 173. Post counts don’t matter to me though. Like **Moo the Magic Cow** , I’ll keep an eye on them purely too see how little of a social life I have these days. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/9 "2003-11-15T14:36:14Z")
My highest was just under 10,000. I don’t go there anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/10 "2003-11-15T16:27:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 7 up yours \* > \*\*… I would go into a thread, put a " 😃 " and leave. \*\* Oh, oh. I have done this here, and I don’t see anything wrong with it if that’s one’s comment. Like 🆒 = cool. I think many people have jobs that allow them to post all day, but my work is not sitting at a desk all day, so that makes a difference in post counts. The post count doesn’t have much meaning to me. But I know that it’s all personal. I rarely post to other boards. This has been my most consistent. This is the intelligent choice! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/11 "2003-11-15T16:43:51Z")
Post count, shmost count. You can have 20,000 posts to your name and have said far less than someone with only 200. Quality, not quantity, is what matters most, especially, I think, on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/12 "2003-11-15T16:55:04Z")
The board that I would’ve had the highest post count on was an AOL board, and therefore didn’t count posts. However, I was on that board for ::counts on fingers:: about four years, and I posted between 2-3 per day. So between 2922 and 4383 posts, with the most likely number being around 3600. I don’t post a lot, but I’m fairly constant in my number of posts. I have about 1300 here, I think, and would have about 1600 without The Winter of Our Missed Content. ::shrug:: Fortunately for me, it purged at least one embarassing thread, so I’m not complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/13 "2003-11-15T22:07:44Z")
I managed to rack up about 10,000 on an entire message board network (EZBoard) about two years ago but that name was banned for my being a naughty boy. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/14 "2003-11-15T22:45:25Z")
er. I have over 5,000 here but I’m not sure exactly. I have just under 5,000 on a board I am the Admin for, somewhere under 300 over on Una’s board and maybe over 100 over at Fathom. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/15 "2003-11-15T23:02:51Z")
I’m one that doesn’t always even look at the name let alone post counts. My post count to thread reading ratio is about a gazillion to one. However, if I see someone that is posting nonsense, I usually look to see how long they’ve been a member and their post count. I tend to give a little more leeway to newbies for loonie posts. That’s the only time I think they’re relevant to me. It’s quality not quantity. ---
**Author:** ![superstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@superstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superstar)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/16 "2003-11-15T23:53:01Z")
I don’t look at ones post count as much as I look at their time of registration. How long has someone been here. As we can all rack up points in a short time if we want to. Honestly, when I first came here I was a little intimidated by high post counts, but now in a short few months I have come to realise it means nothing when I’m reading something interesting , or laughung at a funny thread. ---
**Author:** ![scablet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@scablet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scablet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/17 "2003-11-15T23:59:45Z")
I tend to roll my eyes at excessive post counts. I subconsciously tend to respect posters who have been registered a long time and have few posts. It makes me think “this person puts thought into what they toss up on a message board,” or at the very least “this person has a life of some kind.” Neither of which I would neceessarily apply to myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/18 "2003-11-16T01:35:46Z")
I don’t know how I haven’t broken 500 in two years. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/19 "2003-11-16T06:39:10Z")
I have too much to say… my count is growing like a mutant fungus! ARRRRGH! I’m past 700 somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/20 "2003-11-16T12:01:43Z")
None of the other boards or rooms I belong to have the “post count” thingie, just this one. And I don’t pay too much attention to my own, or anyone else’s post count. Likely due to belonging to “non-post count” sites, prior to SDMB, so it wasn’t something I was used to, or trained to notice. Once in a while I’ll see mine and be surprised thinking “I don’t remember posting that much since the last time I looked”. Of if I notice someone seems to be posting in a rather hostile or non-SDMB way, I’ll glance over and give them the benefit of the doubt if they’re “just” newbies. Sometimes folks need a few hundred posts to get their “SDMB legs”. I know I did. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345.md?page=2)