500 Posts!
- Thread starter wdw_
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edX
mac shaman
well, somebody finally did it. started their own post count thread. 
as the person who started the first congrats thread, half as a joke, i can't tell you how dissappointed i have become over all this concern over who has how many posts. The first one was really an attempt at personal communication with others. It was all just a coincidence that Admiral had 1000 posts. i wasn't even the first one to notice it. alexandert made a joke about it in another thread.
but Admiral is a very social person and that thread became a semi-private communication between the two of us and a few others who joined us in talking about anything other than computers. We still use those threads to do that. It is fun. But look at Nummi and LTM, they started threads to talk without all the hoopla. They don't need an excuse. they just do it. (let's not go into how they got a little carried away with it at one point).
at any rate, if this your attempt to create a place where you can have friends and enjoy some good conversation with others, then let me say congrats wdw. You are a fine member of this site 90% or more of the time and i think that is all we can ask of anyone, myself included. May you nurture this thread with your kindness to others and may your personal generosity be returned to you.
however, if you just started this to get attention and are going to ignore it after all the applause dies down, shame on you.
I am hoping it is the former and that this thread becomes another nice place to stop by every now and then and join in some conversation about something other than processing speed
as the person who started the first congrats thread, half as a joke, i can't tell you how dissappointed i have become over all this concern over who has how many posts. The first one was really an attempt at personal communication with others. It was all just a coincidence that Admiral had 1000 posts. i wasn't even the first one to notice it. alexandert made a joke about it in another thread.
but Admiral is a very social person and that thread became a semi-private communication between the two of us and a few others who joined us in talking about anything other than computers. We still use those threads to do that. It is fun. But look at Nummi and LTM, they started threads to talk without all the hoopla. They don't need an excuse. they just do it. (let's not go into how they got a little carried away with it at one point).
at any rate, if this your attempt to create a place where you can have friends and enjoy some good conversation with others, then let me say congrats wdw. You are a fine member of this site 90% or more of the time and i think that is all we can ask of anyone, myself included. May you nurture this thread with your kindness to others and may your personal generosity be returned to you.
however, if you just started this to get attention and are going to ignore it after all the applause dies down, shame on you.
I am hoping it is the former and that this thread becomes another nice place to stop by every now and then and join in some conversation about something other than processing speed
ksv
web developer
Originally posted by wdw_
Yeah. I beleive in quality over quanity. There have been times where I start writing a post and then just close the window because I don't think it's good enough.
You're on my "oh, that's him, his posts are usually well written and have some worth"-list
ulrik
Registered
Originally posted by Ed Spruiell
I am hoping it is the former and that this thread becomes another nice place to stop by every now and then and join in some conversation about something other than processing speed
Concerning semi-private conversasion....ED, WHERE IS YOUR ANSWER TO MY GARDEN PICS (screamed in a loud, long and desperate tone)
nkuvu
Gone
Congrats on your posting content, wdw_. The post number is unimportant.
I, for one, hope that I never get a congrats thread. Not that I doub that I will hit 1000 posts, but I can talk to people in the B&G when I want, or start a new thread when I have specific questions.
I kind of feel like the post numbers should be removed altogether, if only to discourage posting for posting's sake. I know that this would remove some information -- if someone joined in April 2001 and has two posts, I trust their advice just a little less that someone who joined in April 2001 and has 346 posts.
We need some arbitrary, objective way to have a quality meter. So if someone posts 1000 posts that are nothing but flames and troll posts someone can look at the "quality-o-meter" and notice that it's in the negative.
I know this is unrealistic, but it's worth thinking about for anyone who feels that they want to write some forum software...
I, for one, hope that I never get a congrats thread. Not that I doub that I will hit 1000 posts, but I can talk to people in the B&G when I want, or start a new thread when I have specific questions.
I kind of feel like the post numbers should be removed altogether, if only to discourage posting for posting's sake. I know that this would remove some information -- if someone joined in April 2001 and has two posts, I trust their advice just a little less that someone who joined in April 2001 and has 346 posts.
We need some arbitrary, objective way to have a quality meter. So if someone posts 1000 posts that are nothing but flames and troll posts someone can look at the "quality-o-meter" and notice that it's in the negative.
I know this is unrealistic, but it's worth thinking about for anyone who feels that they want to write some forum software...
ulrik
Registered
I agree. Maybe somebody should start an *official* poll (by asking the admin first to take in serious and make it sticky) about post numbers.
I fear that most people want them, but I for one would be happy if they are gone, because we already had members who posted one line answers without sense just to increase their post counter. That's a stupid waste of bandwith...
I fear that most people want them, but I for one would be happy if they are gone, because we already had members who posted one line answers without sense just to increase their post counter. That's a stupid waste of bandwith...