What does post count mean to you?

[I-Protest-I]

That when people have alot of posts over a short period they talk alot of nonsense. And anyone who even comments on their post count getting to any number like it was an amazing thing I feel bad for them, not angry as I am prone to, just saddened for them.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

A chance to get the Neo badge. Also as a sign of how often people post here, and possibly how well known they are within the community. I mostly judge people according to their avatars though.

I'm judging you based on your avatar.

....and I am judging you as AWESOME.

Then you are an excellent judge of character. And avatar. But mostly character. Because I'm totally as awesome as my avatar would imply, though I have never dodged bullets in my life. Or killed someone. And I'm not particularly good around blood. Maybe that method doesn't work that well.

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

Shows everyone how important I am, and how big my penis is.

If it's formatted in inches, centimetres, millimetres, or anything bigger, then I'd like you to know I DO NOT WANT.

Try feet, soon, soon it will destroy the world!

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

Not a lot, though I will say I often wonder if people find it odd that someone who has been here for nearly three years (I.E. myself) only has around 650 posts?

 

[Fijiman]

For me it's a way of showing both how long you've been here (in most cases) and how active you are in the community. Generally those who have been here a while have large post counts which tend to increase at a relatively fast rate, whereas those who are new to the Escapist tend to be a bit sheepish for the first month or three before really becoming an active part of the community.

 

[Doneeee]

Post count = the immensity of my virtual penis. Come men, let us compare wieners!

'looks at my 200 odd posts' My virtual penis is extremely small. I'm going to go cry insecurely now.

 

[Lucem712]

I enjoy it, especially seeing someone like a titanic amount. It's kind of like seeing a commanding officer, you know they've been there a long time and are probably respected around the community.

Though I usually don't recognize users by it. Though, I'll be a bit surprised if a user has a large amount of posts and I haven't recognized them before. I usually count it to them having changed their Avatar or not usually posting where I lurk/haunt.

 

[Aur0ra145]

I don't look at the post count really, rather I look in their profile for their join date. It helps me tell how well they are adjusted to the community or if they are just new.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[Carbonyl]

A chance to get the Neo badge. Also as a sign of how often people post here, and possibly how well known they are within the community. I mostly judge people according to their avatars though.

I'm judging you based on your avatar.

....and I am judging you as AWESOME.

Then you are an excellent judge of character. And avatar. But mostly character. Because I'm totally as awesome as my avatar would imply, though I have never dodged bullets in my life. Or killed someone. And I'm not particularly good around blood. Maybe that method doesn't work that well.

Are you acrobatic enough to cartwheel on a moving train? That might be enough.
I actually may be able to, given a wide enough train car.... Hmmmm.... This may be the genesis of either a really great or a really horrible decision.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

A chance to get the Neo badge. Also as a sign of how often people post here, and possibly how well known they are within the community. I mostly judge people according to their avatars though.

I'm judging you based on your avatar.

....and I am judging you as AWESOME.

Then you are an excellent judge of character. And avatar. But mostly character. Because I'm totally as awesome as my avatar would imply, though I have never dodged bullets in my life. Or killed someone. And I'm not particularly good around blood. Maybe that method doesn't work that well.

Are you acrobatic enough to cartwheel on a moving train? That might be enough.
I actually may be able to, given a wide enough train car.... Hmmmm.... This may be the genesis of either a really great or a really horrible decision.

Sadly, I am anything but acrobatic. As for the rest of your comment...

 

[Bat Vader]

A user's post count doesn't really mean a thing to me. I judge a user on the quality of their posts not the quantity.

 

[samuraiweasel]

Not much, but generally the people with 10k+ have something serious to say....

 

[CudaSpawn]

Not a lot, though I will say I often wonder if people find it odd that someone who has been here for nearly three years (I.E. myself) only has around 650 posts?

well compared to me your a local legend around here, and yea I often wonder what people think when we get around to actually posting

 

[bobstone]

I ignore post count mostly cause of my personal trend in posting. which is be active for a day to a couple of weeks, then do nothing for several months to a year. rinse and repeat.

what I do go by is readability of a post, a single huge paragraph ( be it a single run on sentence, or a well thought out yet LONG paragraph ) is a sure way for me to skip reading something. this is mostly because I find it hard to keep track of where I am at with out any breaks that the eye can find instantly.

 

[Carbonyl]

A chance to get the Neo badge. Also as a sign of how often people post here, and possibly how well known they are within the community. I mostly judge people according to their avatars though.

I'm judging you based on your avatar.

....and I am judging you as AWESOME.

Then you are an excellent judge of character. And avatar. But mostly character. Because I'm totally as awesome as my avatar would imply, though I have never dodged bullets in my life. Or killed someone. And I'm not particularly good around blood. Maybe that method doesn't work that well.

Are you acrobatic enough to cartwheel on a moving train? That might be enough.
I actually may be able to, given a wide enough train car.... Hmmmm.... This may be the genesis of either a really great or a really horrible decision.

Sadly, I am anything but acrobatic. As for the rest of your comment...
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That image is perplexing and somewhat offensive to my bleeding-heart liberal sensibilities.

But there is a train yard just a few blocks down by the river.... if only I didn't have a presentation at 9am tomorrow.

Also! On the earlier mentioned subject of ability to deal with blood, I come out of lab covered in sheep/squirrel/frog blood on a weekly basis. I am good with blood.

 

[Neonbob]

I used to think that it was important. But that was back when I had just joined and there were people all around with post counts in the thousands. Being completely new to forums, I was taken aback that people could make 5000 posts on a site. I thought that if I managed to join their ranks, I'd be all cool and people on the internet would look up to me. Thankfully, that idea was soon destroyed, as even after I got all my posts, I still felt like a newbie.
So the content matters, not the numbers, is the short version of my babbling.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

A chance to get the Neo badge. Also as a sign of how often people post here, and possibly how well known they are within the community. I mostly judge people according to their avatars though.

I'm judging you based on your avatar.

....and I am judging you as AWESOME.

Then you are an excellent judge of character. And avatar. But mostly character. Because I'm totally as awesome as my avatar would imply, though I have never dodged bullets in my life. Or killed someone. And I'm not particularly good around blood. Maybe that method doesn't work that well.

Are you acrobatic enough to cartwheel on a moving train? That might be enough.
I actually may be able to, given a wide enough train car.... Hmmmm.... This may be the genesis of either a really great or a really horrible decision.

Sadly, I am anything but acrobatic. As for the rest of your comment...
[/quote]

That image is perplexing and somewhat offensive to my bleeding-heart liberal sensibilities.

But there is a train yard just a few blocks down by the river.... if only I didn't have a presentation at 9am tomorrow.

Also! On the earlier mentioned subject of ability to deal with blood, I come out of lab covered in sheep/squirrel/frog blood on a weekly basis. I am good with blood.[/quote]
Hey, I don't make the memes, I just post em'. And I totally understand. I had a teacher who would get so angry about people who used the word ****** like that and thanks to her I can no longer use the word without feeling incredibly guilty. She once went on a big rant about how often homosexual teenagers kill themselves because of how people treat them like an insult. Then an office aid came in with a note and she chewed him out. He proceeded to walk away sheepishly and said that he was going to go kill himself.

You have a presentation at 9! I have a test just an hour before then! If you live in the Rocky mountain time zone than we could be doing those things at the same time! As I have no evidence to the contrary I will now assume you live in Montana because that would be neat. Montana has moose. Mooses. Moosen. Meese. Ah, fuck it.

 

[phatty500]

hmm i see you have over 2700 hundred posts so i agree with your opinion.

 

[loc978]

What does a user's post count mean to you?

Well, basically this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx_UJxuQGXo#t=0m17s]. We all started at 1. I'd rather judge a poster by the contents of their post.