I think I first 'signed up' around July 2002. the same time as Piper.
The fact that I have have some very lengthy discussions with the likes of Hagar, Hawker, Andrew etc. means that my tally of posts is pretty high (although not as high as some in shorter periods).
For instance, get three or four of us going on the BoB or the Spit versus the Hurricane, and it's worth a good 15-20 posts each by the time we've all exchanged ideas.

Some have said that they are bored with some of the discussions that we have, sometimes the same kind of subject (although to us there are subtle differences). Well, they don't have to even see it, if they don't want to.
I generally only post in General Discussion and Cafe SimV. The rest I only visit, very occasionally.

Some do get there numbers up by spamming, but as I've been 'accused' of being unnecessarily long-winded on many occasions, I dare say that in total words, I would definitely be well up front.................lol

As far as I'm concerned, give what you want, take what you need, and it should all come out in the wash.
Some of us have more time to spend here than others.
Age, school, work, family. health etc all effect how much we can give. So if some one can only pop in occasionally, that's fine, they obviously have something more important to tend to.
But then, if you can't or don't spend as much time here as others, then you aren't going to get the numbers up, if that's what really is important to you...........

To tell you the truth, I don't even know how many I have, right now.................I think it's around 1500......

Brensec, long-winded ?..........you kiddin' me ?......he just likes to clarify things so they can't be mis-construed !

But if each post had a limit and he said the same amount of stuf,f all spread into different posts, it would be Andrew chasing Bren...........Whew ! 

     

I don't really worry about it, I just like to help people, or make them laugh (about half my posts on the way to resident status were in the Jokes Forum , some of them even made people laugh.... ).
I think for most people it doesn't matter, I treat everyone the same whether they're a new member or a hard core resident. If they have a question I can answer I do.
Probably why I ended up being a moderator, I opened my big mouth too often
Its not how much you post, its what you post. Rifleman had to point out to me that I'd broken the 4000 barrier, I hadn't noticed 'cos I didn't care. Maybe when I hit 10000 I'll get a couple of bars of chocolate to celebrate talking too much

Ozzy

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I remember actually saying those words (about clarifying and making sure things are clear) when I was mentioning my long-windedness, a short while ago.

You have obviously remembered this comment and used it to defend my waffling.......................lol

  I agree with Ozzy and the others who said that the number of posts really doesn't matter, if I see something here that I feel like commenting on, I post a reply, sometimes I start a thread but not very often.
I just enjoy being a part of this community, I feel like I fit in here and can be myself.

  Unless I am missing something, I don't think this is meant to be a race to see who reaches a certain number first, a little friendly rivalry is cool, but in fact, it's a bit childish to post a complaint about who has more stars or a higher number of posts anyways.

As long as we're on the subject of things that are a pain in the neck; you know what's annoying?  When people change the subject line of a posting on a reply.   There's nothing like going into your mailbox and finding eight messages with four different titles, all leading to the same posting.

Let's understand one thing - from day one, ANYone can be a "resident" - it's all on how the basic forum is set up.

you can have it set up for 1 post you're a member, 2 posts, you're a jr member, 3 posts.. and 5 posts you're a "resident"....

Going after the 5stars means nothing.  You can easily reach that by replying to every post with a "Huh?", "Good post", "Nice" ...   etc.

You can be a Jr Member and still be more "productive" than some "Resident"... 

I know of one poster who is not even halfway to being a "Resident" but each of his posts are helpful, and to the point.

For example, at the new FFDS Forum, I've started each FFDS Associate as a "resident"  (Actually I call them "Hopeless Fanatics") with 500 posts each...