# You and your post count

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345>\
**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:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/21 "2003-11-16T12:21:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \*  
> \*\*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. 😃 \*\*

That’s usually the only time I look at someone else’s post count as well. I’m much more forgiving with someone who hasn’t been here much than with someone who (IMHO) ought to know better.

Conversely, I am occasionally surprised when a newbie (especially one under 50 posts) posts something which demonstrates profound insight or wit; this usually means that this is someone to watch for in the future.

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**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-and-your-post-count/213345/22 "2003-11-16T14:23:22Z")

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I’ve been registered here since about February 2001 (I think – we’ll know for sure as soon as this is posted). I’ve only just broken 300 posts. Yeah, I’m still pretty much a lurker.

The only other message board I belong to and actively participate in is one I’ve been a member since June 1998. That message board has had a couple breakdowns and restarts as well as one temporary message board. In it’s current form, I have just under 3,700 posts. If I include the post counts from the earlier versions of that place, I probably have about 4,200 posts total.

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