Chit-Chat: On Tuesdays Oryx and Triforce think it's Wednesday

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I remember when I got a thousand posts it was so special and emotional, and now all I do is cap every 500 and move on. I don't understand what's so special about how many times you've successfully submitted a particular database query on a forum website, really.
 
When I got my first 1,000 a couple weeks ago I was pretty excited. I'll probably be excited until I hit 10,000 posts and then everything will be the same old same old. I hold my post count dear because I feel it shows my contribution to the site; which is also why I feel I need to post a lot more, since I only started up posting two or so months ago.
 
I only judge myself on posts. I like watching the number go up, but I never look at anyone else's - it's weird but I like stats so it works for me!

e: that first sentence means "I judge myself but no one else on posts", not "I judge myself only by the metric of posting".
 
For the longest of time I remember being jealous of having one of the lowest post counts on PC, but my activity from last year and this year just flipped that around.
 
O'aka XXIII said:
When I got my first 1,000 a couple weeks ago I was pretty excited. I'll probably be excited until I hit 10,000 posts and then everything will be the same old same old. I hold my post count dear because I feel it shows my contribution to the site; which is also why I feel I need to post a lot more, since I only started up posting two or so months ago.
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Before I got 1K I felt the same way. Now I've taken to the philosophy of showing my contributions and dedication to PC through what I post as opposed to how often. It does help having at least 1K, though, as it's not hard. :p
 
I felt the same before 2 and 3k... even at 3k I still felt like I had a tiny post count given that I've been here since January '12, but I feel better now haha. :3c Postcount doesn't mean as much to me now but a higher one is still... comfortable imo lol
 
i've been in here for 6 years

and only 1k posts wtf


this is why trivia and other forums that didn't count post count needed to be enabled sooner

It's just a number though. Then again, it's not good to be a number.


DON'T LET YOUR POST COUNT BE A NUMBER.

edit: Oh my god I did not just kill the thread. :|
 
I say let it be. It'd be better to judge someone's activity and ability to contribute, along with their demeanor and a bunch of other things than treat a statistic on their postbit as a means of validation of some sort.

Differently said, I've seen people with massive post counts with no interest in talking to them due to their demeanor/attitude, and certain members who were absolutely amazing without a post to their name. Besides, I feel freer without the status of a number in relation to the same number possessed by other people in the back of my mind day in and day out, but that's likely just me. :p

More shortly and frankly put, I'd find people more fit to judge by their avatar than by their postcount, not that that isn't by any means illogical in itself. :^
 
Alex said:
I say let it be. It'd be better to judge someone's activity and ability to contribute, along with their demeanor and a bunch of other things than treat a statistic on their postbit as a means of validation of some sort.

Differently put, I've seen people with massive post counts with no interest in talking to them due to their demeanor/attitude, and certain members who were absolutely amazing without a post to their name. Besides, I feel freer without the status of a number in relation to the same number possessed by other people in the back of my mind day in and day out, but that's likely just me. :p
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On a very serious note, all of this. At the end of the day, post count should mean nothing. 50 posts and amazing person to be around > person with 50,000 posts and just really unpleasant.

Anyways, enough about post count. I...had a creepy time at the park today...
 
Kyain said:
On a very serious note, all of this. At the end of the day, post count should mean nothing. 50 posts and amazing person to be around > person with 50,000 posts and just really unpleasant.
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Not saying that this applies to everyone, or even anyone, who has an enormous amount of posts, but maybe because that's all they care about? Post count, and they actually don't care about interacting with the community \:
 
I don't see what's the point of having a huge post count and not interacting with the community because having the huge post count would mean you ARE interacting with the community al;sa;lds;ld

I haven't met that many people like that on the community...okay, there is maybe one person I think of that way, but I'm not going to name them.
 
Zach said:
Lovely topic title is lovely.
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It sounded like a good tagline.

Sometimes on PC it feels like there's more judgment for people that even hint at caring about post count than for the "free spirits" who don't. You say anything that means you might know your post count and a ton of people start talking about how silly and dumb it is to care and how quality is better than quantity (as if you can't have many quality posts, especially over time), etc. etc. etc.

PC can be predictable.
 
Kyain said:
I don't see what's the point of having a huge post count and not interacting with the community because having the huge post count would mean you ARE interacting with the community al;sa;lds;ld

I haven't met that many people like that on the community...okay, there is maybe one person I think of that way, but I'm not going to name them.
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Oh, I meant like talking to people, and responding to posts? I don't know ;; Feel free to ignore me because I can go off on tangents and/or not make sense sometimes...
 
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