What's with all the new folks?

[Desdichado]

You thought Crothian's avatar was an OOZE!

Silly -- it's a Gibbering Mouther.

I thought it was a slimy helmet...

 

[helium3]

btw - Having high post count does not necessarily mean any sort of credibility or knowledge... it only indicates someone who talks alot. In the geekish world of computers, rpg's, books, astonomy, jeapordy, I have noticed many who spout opinions as if they are facts for everyone else.

Heh. That reminds me of the pimple faced 12 year old uber-geek I overheard last week while browsing mini-paints at the local game store. He was very loudly proclaiming his opinions regarding the motivations for and techniques behind using a sleeper-hold while engaging in unarmed combat. I kept chuckling to myself and thinking, "That's right pip-squeak. Besides your newly discovered genitalia, the only thing you've ever had in a sleeper hold is your little brother and your pet dog."

So, I totally know what you mean.

 

[mojo1701]

btw - Having high post count does not necessarily mean any sort of credibility or knowledge... it only indicates someone who talks alot. In the geekish world of computers, rpg's, books, astonomy, jeapordy, I have noticed many who spout opinions as if they are facts for everyone else.

Gar! How could I forget astronomy? I took the damn course first semester! Don't forget medieval history.

 

[pogre]

I proposed eliminating post counts for some of the reasons you stated a few years ago in Meta. The mods said - "nah. We like to see if this is a noob post (innocent mistake) or a veteran wagging their stuff at the rules."

There are quite a few folks on here with less than 500 posts that I immediately check to see what they have to say. On the other hand, folks with high post counts are much more likely to be on folks' ignore lists.

 

[Eeralai]

I lurked for awhile before posting, and it wasn't the post counts or ribbing and joking about post counts that bothered me, it was the sheer size of ENWorld that I had to spend my time lurking to get over.

That has been my problem too. And also, by the time I get to a thread my opinion has been stated two or three times by other people, so I see no point in posting. I like keeping track of post counts though. Then I can tease my husband for being geeky with a high post count

 

[Greylock]

All post count means to me is that, hopefully, when I am new to a forum folks might cut me a little slack until I have the forum customs, rules, some familiarity with local ashhats and/or grognards, and history down pat. In my case, that usually means I hit my "comfort level" around 30 or 40 posts wherever I may be. For me at least it's a warming up period. After that, I really don't give a dang about them.

 

[Arc]

I've been lurking the site for a few years, and only created an account when I first felt that I really wanted to say something. In retrospect, I find that somewhat interesting, as once I created my account, I started posting constantly, chiming in with minor opinions and clarifications, and really putting in effort to get my postcount up. Once I hit 200 posts, however, I really slowed down. My early posting wasn't really representative of my natural verbosity, it was just my personal attempt to build up a decent amount of credibility as a poster, so that when I did post, I wouldn't be brushed off as a newbie.

I do enjoy seeing postcounts, however. It's nice to be able to look at a repeated question or hackneyed suggestion and write it off as a newbie post, instead of actually thinking it stupid. The counts grant a bit of forgiveness to new posters, and give some credibility to regulars.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I've been lurking the site for a few years, and only created an account when I first felt that I really wanted to say something. In retrospect, I find that somewhat interesting, as once I created my account, I started posting constantly, chiming in with minor opinions and clarifications

Same here. And hey, low postcount doesn't mean you're a noob, and high postcount doesn't mean you aren't. I'm a noob; look at my join date. Soon, however, I will probably be on page 1. Power to all the other noobs and lurkers out there!

 

[DaveStebbins]

What he said was "and I did feel a little intimidated, but not by other poeples' postcounts." So it actually goes against what you are saying. He didn't post and did feel intimidated but not by other people's postcounts.

He may have been referring my attempt at humor in the post script to my message, which he also quoted.

Edit: BTW Dave, I'm on page 10 so

Woohoo, Top 300! Good for you reveal!

The thing that I'm currently wondering is if I should start a thread to celebrate when I reach 1,000 posts...

-Dave
OK, for those who may not know, I generally reply to every postcount milestone thread, so the last bit above is another one of those attempts at that humor thingie.

 

[Crothian]

Wha?

Are oozes growing teeth?

You thought Crothian's avatar was an OOZE!

Silly -- it's a Gibbering Mouther.

I thought it was a slimy helmet...

You're all wrong!! Its an ooze reading a book.....