My XYZth post threads in OT...

[EricNoah]

We now have one giant thread for "hey I'm new" -- is it time to institute something similar for the "hey I just had my 300th thread" posts? They seem to overtake Off Topic at times.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Post count means nothing!

But you are just going to name it after your know who.

 

[Darkness]

We now have one giant thread for "hey I'm new" -- is it time to institute something similar for the "hey I just had my 300th thread" posts? They seem to overtake Off Topic at times.

I was thinking about this as well, but all I came up with (granted, I didn't give it that much thought so far) was to merge the currently active threads, which didn't seem very useful, so... But your idea is much better. Thank you.

 

[IronWolf]

I counted seven in the first two pages of posts (a quick count, maybe I missed one here or there). That's not all that bad and it seems to come and go in phases. Some people care about their post count, others not so much. I guess I don't see it as hurting anything if people are having fun. I may be in the minority though and don't have a huge preference one way or the other. Just throwing in my two coppers.

 

[Ferret]

I'm not annoyed but the amount but people seem to be celebrating mino (IMO) milestones: 300 posts, 500 posts, etc.

1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 and so on is fine. But such small numbers are faily annoying.

 

[haiiro]

I'm not annoyed but the amount but people seem to be celebrating mino (IMO) milestones: 300 posts, 500 posts, etc.

1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 and so on is fine. But such small numbers are faily annoying.

I tend to agree with Ferret on this one (celebrate the thousands), and I'm not wild about the idea of combining them into one thread.

Personally, posting about my two postcount milestones (1,000 and 2,000) was meaningful to me, and gave me a chance to reflect on why I enjoy it here, say thank you, and so forth. It wouldn't have been quite the same if I'd just been adding to a larger thread.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Personally, posting about my two postcount milestones (1,000 and 2,000) was meaningful to me, and gave me a chance to reflect on why I enjoy it here, say thank you, and so forth. It wouldn't have been quite the same if I'd just been adding to a larger thread.

In this vein: I'd bet you wouldn't really see many personal responses in the big thread. Among other things, it is much harder to tell that someone hit a milestone and what that milestone is if you wanted to post congratulations or comments. Not that this is a majour problem, but it is something to think about.

~Rystil, who's stopped with the threads for each thousand but wants to do one when/if 10,000 comes around

 

[DaveMage]

I'd vote for keeping them separate as well.

 

[the Jester]

I agree with the chorus: separate is generally better.

 

[Pbartender]

We now have one giant thread for "hey I'm new" -- is it time to institute something similar for the "hey I just had my 300th thread" posts? They seem to overtake Off Topic at times.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

This is my 2000th post... And I've been hanging around here since very near the beginning.