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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 2108352" data-attributes="member: 13098">*scratches head*OK, I have a few thousand posts so perhaps I can rebut this.&nbsp; Most of the threads I start don't go anywhere.&nbsp; The most popular threads I have support Ceramic DM, which isn't even my creation.&nbsp; I have been the apparent thread killer on several occasions as well.&nbsp; I guess if I look at post totals, there are between 125 and 130 folks with more posts.&nbsp; Perhaps that doesn't make me popular enough?&nbsp; I will readily admit that popularity holds a place on EN World.&nbsp; To try to argue that would be foolhardy.&nbsp; But EN World isn't all about popularity either.&nbsp; Rather it is about visibility.&nbsp; The posters that I remember the best are the folks that have said something that really grabbed my attention.&nbsp; The more times they say something that interests me, the higher visibility I have for them.&nbsp;&nbsp; In some cases, I will hit a thread just because I see that somebody specific posted in the thread.&nbsp; (No Crothian is not one of those people - sorry Crothian!)&nbsp; There are some folks with a relatively low postcount that are always interesting to me.&nbsp; *shrug*&nbsp; Perhaps that is popularity as measured in my terms though.Spelling errors occasionally annoy me.&nbsp; They really annoy me when I make them myself!&nbsp; It is late and I should be asleep.&nbsp; Surely there is at least one spelling error in this post.&nbsp; When I realize it later, I will mumble a curse of some sort.&nbsp; When somebody else points it out, I will laugh at myself.&nbsp; When other folks make a spelling error, I try to be forgiving.&nbsp; Alas, there are times when the post in unintelligible.&nbsp; When that occurs, I resort to skipping the post entirely.&nbsp; If it happens regularly, I begin to skip over that person's post habitually.&nbsp; It isn't pesonal, but it happens.&nbsp; I suppose some would accuse me of being elitist or &quot;cliquish&quot; because I read some people's posts no matter what and have learned to ignore others.&nbsp; IBut that is part of the dynamics of social interaction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BSF, post: 2108352, member: 13098"] *scratches head* OK, I have a few thousand posts so perhaps I can rebut this. Most of the threads I start don't go anywhere. The most popular threads I have support Ceramic DM, which isn't even my creation. I have been the apparent thread killer on several occasions as well. I guess if I look at post totals, there are between 125 and 130 folks with more posts. Perhaps that doesn't make me popular enough? I will readily admit that popularity holds a place on EN World. To try to argue that would be foolhardy. But EN World isn't all about popularity either. Rather it is about visibility. The posters that I remember the best are the folks that have said something that really grabbed my attention. The more times they say something that interests me, the higher visibility I have for them. In some cases, I will hit a thread just because I see that somebody specific posted in the thread. (No Crothian is not one of those people - sorry Crothian!) There are some folks with a relatively low postcount that are always interesting to me. *shrug* Perhaps that is popularity as measured in my terms though. Spelling errors occasionally annoy me. They really annoy me when I make them myself! It is late and I should be asleep. Surely there is at least one spelling error in this post. When I realize it later, I will mumble a curse of some sort. When somebody else points it out, I will laugh at myself. When other folks make a spelling error, I try to be forgiving. Alas, there are times when the post in unintelligible. When that occurs, I resort to skipping the post entirely. If it happens regularly, I begin to skip over that person's post habitually. It isn't pesonal, but it happens. I suppose some would accuse me of being elitist or "cliquish" because I read some people's posts no matter what and have learned to ignore others. IBut that is part of the dynamics of social interaction. [/QUOTE]

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