Do You Pay Attention to Post Counts?

[Neuromaster]

Yeah I do, mostly to identify new users/sock-puppets at a glance.

 

[Mortons4ck]

I tend to pay closer attention to a user's join date as opposed to their post count.

I lean more towards this, and also whether or not they have bothered to set up a forum avatar.

 

[Jodah]

Only if its a troll. I like to mock them further if they troll with a low post count.

 

[commodore96]

Yepp if it is one of their first I like to say welcome or be nicer to them if I disagree

 

[LordRoyal]

Being more active on an internet forum doesn't really make your argument any more valid.

So not really. Most people with higher post counts tend to be slightly more mature, albeit with that sort of smugness that exists on other forums. But besides that it doesn't really factor in all that much.

 

[Lenin211]

I feel like such a n00b.

And no, I do not look at post counts because it only means that you are more chatty on the forums and that you have been on the site longer.

 

[hi_im_h]

Its all about the numbers bro!

I dont think it really matters, your could have very intellectual community minded people who have only recently joined the escapist and contribute in a very positive way to the forums and are all round great people.

I dont really pay attention to them.

 

[Argtee]

Some times when i see someone with like 30K+ posts, I be all like "Wow, that guy has posted lots", aside from that. Not really, Though i am proud of my Neo Badge.

I'll get it one day dammit!

Anyways: I always look at a persons post count before I look at their join date.
I don't know why. It's just a habit.

I don't care a lot about post count, but I am happy that I've made it to almost 1400 posts without probation! (or anything worse)

 

[crudus]

Only if it is a particularly poor post or if a post got some sort of moderation. Although I do take a look if I am noticing a certain avatar a lot which doesn't happen that often.

Silence OP, your post count is lower than mine, therefore not worth my time!

Yes my liege.

 

[Kirky]

I prefer to pay attention to a poster's join date... Though, admittedly, that's mainly because I joined back in 2008 and yet still have fewer than 100 posts.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

Its a funny habit some of us pick up isn't it? We look at a person's post count, and we sometimes makes assumptions based on them. For example, any time I see someone with over Ten Thousand posts, I tend to treat them with more respect, since they must have payed attention to the rules and been reasonable to have lasted that long.

At the same time, I tend to look down on newer posters, since I'm still suspicious of people who might not yet know the rules, or are stealth trolls.

Then there are the regulars with a thousand posts or more, and I equate myself to being on the same level as them.

Does anyone else here do this? If you do, can you think of why we might set up a mental image of a forum hierarchy?

I agree, when I see someone with more than 1000 posts, their words weigh a hell of a lot more than someone with 100 or 200.

I don't think there should be a hiearchy though, simply because we have enough of that in the real world, regardless of our governments. There is a high, middle and low class in every society, can't we all just get along?

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Snip

That's a very interesting way of looking at it. I was basing my opinions on how I felt towards a person based on their post count, while your method assumes what sort of posting they actually do. Pretty neat.

 

[infohippie]

Sometimes, but only when the count is really high, like 30k or so, or if their post count is really incongruous with the amount of time they've been here. It's a bit odd to see someone who's been a member for two or three years and their post count is still in double digits. And it's really odd when I occasionally see someone who's been here no more than two weeks and they're already over a thousand posts.

 

[staika]

I look at post count and join date, I see it that the more posts you have the higher level of respect you get. I for one didn't like the dark days when I had 100-300 posts I felt like a noob and I felt I got little respect (even though this wasn't true) but I am comfortable in the 500's but I would like to get to 1,000 posts soon.

 

[PeePantz]

Nah, I take into consideration the time a user a user joined, more than their post count. I've seen people with 3000 posts but have only been members for like 3 weeks.

I judge people with excessively high post counts in a short amount of time. It tends to be with people like that, they want to play "catch up" and be "known". Usually with these motives, their posts tend to be awful.

 

[AWDMANOUT]

Yes, of course.

The higher post count you have, it usually means the longer you've been here. Which equates to seniority.

I've yet to break 1000 though. :/

 

[sassafrasses]

I'll look at the post count out of boredom/for entertainment. For higher post counts, I might sit there and read what they have to say to see how much it makes sense to me and if I can gain anything from it, maybe not. Perhaps they know something I don't, maybe their solution to the problem is better than mine, and then again, they could just be blowing smoke. I know mine isn't super high or anything, but I'll sit here and actually voice my opinion, whether or not you agree with me, well. That's on you and I don't really care. This is only the internet after all. Not everyone's going to agree, so why really pay attention to the post count? Like I said, I'll look out of boredom or curiosity, but I don't really pay any real attention/mind to it.

 

[Original Bubs]

I tend to think of people with 5-digit post counts as fairly respectable people, but I don't often look down on those who have low counts, probably because I assume the reason their count is so low is the same as mine: that they just don't have much to say.

 

[SuperVegas]

I've been a member since 2009, under 100 posts.
I just don't see the point in jumping in unless I've actually got something to say.

Its conflicting, because I like forums, but discussion doesn't seem to happen, there seems to be about 2-3 (non-troll) responses people can have, repeated, and all it does it add pages numbers.

I don't feel like adding to the discussion, if my opinion is roughly the same as the 30 posts before mine, just to boost my post count.

I guess I will forever be in lurker limbo?