The future of Quarter to Three's message board

TimElhajj · 2012-05-02T16:59:02.000Z

How do we tell who has the most posts now that the user list has been retired? I have to know how I stack up! I’m suddenly feeling competitive.

Dave_Markell · 2012-05-02T19:58:46.000Z

If your name isn’t Jason McCullough, you lose. So much for competition.

Rachel_Brown · 2012-05-02T20:16:48.000Z

TimElhajj:

How do we tell who has the most posts now that the user list has been retired? I have to know how I stack up! I’m suddenly feeling competitive.

How indeed. You’re number 22.

TOP TEN QUARTER TO THREE POSTERS:
(Data valid as of reply post date. Post count may increase over time.)

Jason McCullough 32,917
Rimbo 22,496
Tom Chick 22,151
Robert Sharp 19,369
extarbags 19,329
Bill Dungsroman 19,122
Tyjenks 17,906
Andrew Mayer 17,683
Brian Rubin 17,354
Bahimiron 17,156

RichVR · 2012-05-02T20:46:42.000Z

I miss Bill.

Jason_McCullough · 2012-05-02T20:47:18.000Z

Whoa, when did Tom start posting so much?

Dave_Markell · 2012-05-02T20:58:08.000Z

Afraid he’ll catch you, Jason? ;-) More seriously, his post count is like yours, a body of work that stretches over many years.

Rachel_Brown · 2012-05-02T21:10:20.000Z

Jason McCullough 32,919

Jason_McCullough · 2012-05-02T22:06:48.000Z

I’m sure someone will pass me eventually, I’m not posting anywhere near enough anymore to retain the lead.

Alan_Dunkin · 2012-05-02T22:09:25.000Z

RichVR:

I miss Bill.

You miss Bill? He’s still around.

— Alan

JPR · 2012-05-02T22:23:59.000Z

He’s made 6 posts in the last month, one of which was “lol” and one of which was in the Brian Rucker memorial thread. And, actually, three others had a cumulative total of 18 words.

Hanacker · 2012-05-02T22:24:13.000Z

I like to think there’s a little bill in all of our hearts.

Dave_Markell · 2012-05-02T22:29:38.000Z

Jason McCullough:

I’m sure someone will pass me eventually, I’m not posting anywhere near enough anymore to retain the lead.

With a 10K lead, you could quit cold turkey today and still probably be number one almost five years from now. Combine that with the fact that you’re still a prolific poster, and I don’t think anyone’s catching you for a decade at least.

RichVR · 2012-05-02T22:33:12.000Z

Alan Dunkin:

You miss Bill? He’s still around.

— Alan

Yeah I know. But he doesn’t post enough.

Rimbo · 2012-05-02T22:40:26.000Z

Dave Markell:

With a 10K lead, you could quit cold turkey today and still probably be number one almost five years from now. Combine that with the fact that you’re still a prolific poster, and I don’t think anyone’s catching you for a decade at least.

There’s a wee part of me that sees this as a challenge.

wumpus · 2012-05-02T23:02:25.000Z

It’s a dumb challenge, because incrementing a post count number isn’t a meaningful metric. Any numpty can do that.

Posting umpteen thousand useful, relevant, interesting posts – now that would be a meaningful challenge.

Shame there’s no way to measure that in this software.

Razgon · 2012-05-02T23:04:07.000Z

Are you referring to the use of “like” additions to forum software by the last remark? I’m not sure that would ever qualify posts, only that someone else likes it, be it for its clever insightfullness, meanspiritness, shortness or whathavewe.

Rimbo · 2012-05-02T23:08:47.000Z

wumpus:

It’s a dumb challenge, because incrementing a post count number isn’t a meaningful metric. Any numpty can do that.

I know! I’m living proof of that. beams proudly

Rimbo · 2012-05-02T23:13:30.000Z

Razgon:

Are you referring to the use of “like” additions to forum software by the last remark? I’m not sure that would ever qualify posts, only that someone else likes it, be it for its clever insightfullness, meanspiritness, shortness or whathavewe.

No, I don’t think he was using sarcasm to suggest that such things exist or that “likes” and “reputation” are valuable forum software additions. Rather, he’s suggesting that someone can achieve a large post count without ever saying anything meaningful.

Jason_McCullough · 2012-05-03T00:00:31.000Z

wumpus:

It’s a dumb challenge, because incrementing a post count number isn’t a meaningful metric. Any numpty can do that.

Posting umpteen thousand useful, relevant, interesting posts – now that would be a meaningful challenge.

Shame there’s no way to measure that in this software.

FIGHTIN WORDS

JPR · 2012-05-03T00:13:47.000Z

He has been thinking about the subject recently and in more depth than a like button.