BS: Who posts the most?

Subject: Who posts the most?
From: alanww
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 06:29 AM

The other day I was looking through the log of the postings of a friend of mine in order to find a thread that I couldn't by using the seach mechanism. I was impressed to see that she (no name so no potential embarassment) contributed no less than 3,269 postings since she became a Mudcatter in April 2000. Wow! That's 38 per week or 5.3 per day! (Personally, I have only managed 172 since Sept 2000 - or 11 per week.) 38 per week seem quite a lot to me but I'm sure its not the record!
So who is the biggest post-a-holic?! And what is there record number? (And, by the way, is there a post-a-holics anonymous?)

Kind friends and companions come join me in rhyme ...
Alan

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: GUEST,anonymous itinerant trainee information rese
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 07:28 AM

See BS: Who Doth Post Most?

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Wolfgang
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 07:59 AM

In my personal file of Mudcat records the leader in the file 'higest number of postings per day, maximum, not average' has 63 entries.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 08:09 AM

14,716 posts......36 months

You do the math.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Snuffy
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 09:51 AM

It's quality that counts, not quantity.

People like Malcolm Douglas, Stewie, Masato and others might not have the sheer volume of some others, but take a look at what they post. Almost every post is helpful, considered and informative. These will still be of value in 50 years time when all the froth has (hopefully) blown away.

WassaiL! V

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: The Shambles
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 10:59 AM

I think I must hold the record for contributions to a single thread. Or do I?

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 11:02 AM

I hold the record for the most nasty posts

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 11:38 AM

I clicked on Dick Greenhaus accidentally. The counter says he has 2,549 posts. Most are brief, but packed with information.
-Joe Offer-
(9,572 posts since January, 1997 - plus lots of added comments in brown font, and lots of anonymous line breaks)-

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 11:42 AM

Spaw - I'm a social worker because I cannot do math - *G*

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: 53
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 11:55 AM

I WOULD SAY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SPAW. bob

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Mooh
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 12:55 PM

This will be number 975 since the 28th of February 2000. Nowhere near the most posts or the most frequent, but nonetheless my participation here has earned me some new friends and acquaintances I would never have hoped to find otherwise (and I've met a few in person), and I have learned a great deal about numerous things, and have shared some of my own meagre (British spelling maybe? Looks okay to me.) wisdom and knowledge.

I don't often have the time or stamina to write huge posts like some of the citizens of Mudcatville, but I like to chime in where I can. I can't stay online for long periods either, so it's all rather hit and miss, but several short periods per day are likely, sometimes with several days off between by the look of my record of postings. I've noticed that by the time I recognize someone here they are no longer new members.

I avoid flames, frequent instrument, hymn, Canadian, art, and a variety of other threads, and generally try to have an educational time here.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 01:28 PM

I agree with Snuffy completely. The posts of Stewie and many others are so damned great that they boggle the mind. Stewie simply amazes me as does the Snuff himself and Malcolm, Masato, Dick G, etc. It's not the quantity that counts.

On the other hand, I'm not going to excuse myself to death for posting a lot of drivel either.....Sure, there's plenty of that because I read damn near everything too, but I also have a lot of posts regarding music, lyrics searches, song histories, and other subjects so hopefully the blind hog does find the......well you get the idea.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 01:35 PM

Does "refresh" count?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 03:46 PM

My guess is that the numbers crown has to go to either Spaw, Kat, or Mousethief. To pick one....I'll say Spaw.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 03:54 PM

Only if it's on a William Shatner thread Susan!

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: MMario
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 04:35 PM

I'm at 9563 posts since Sept 17, 98 - about 8.25 per day on the average - but a lot of those are "Thanks Malcolm" or Snuffy, or Ivan, or ... and a lot more are "Do you have a tune for that?"

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Benjamin
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 05:21 PM

I'm coming up on 400 posts. The first 2 "Benjamin" posts weren't me though. I'm not sure if I've set any records in my posts or not.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 05:43 PM

I haven't checked posts lately, but I think I still hold the record for fastest answer which includes a clickie--1 minute. Still working on and answer within the same minute it came in........(big fat ha ha)

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: artbrooks
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 05:53 PM

159 since my first post January 20, 2001. I am so far from the Inner Circle that you can't even get there from here.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 05:59 PM

OK, I went and looked--8,039 since Jan. 14, '01.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 06:00 PM

whoops. That should be since Jan. 14, 2000, not '01.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: lamarca
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 06:17 PM

Gosh - I haven't broken 1,000 yet - 795 since December 13, 1996, threadID=285

For some fun and Mudcat history, browse through the antique threads like this one: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.CFM?threadID=4

Just change the threadID=number to 7 or 36 or 217 to get an idea about what we dinosaurs were talking about in the Dark Ages - and how much things have and haven't changed!

Some people just spend WAY too much time on line, though, Spaw...

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Bill D
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 09:22 PM

and when you wade thru old posts at random, you find things like "Octopus & Flagellation"...*grin*...I may not be the 'poster with the moster', but I'm the first one to talk to alison!....

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 11:11 PM

As in all things - some are givers and some a takers

Animal names, appear like our pets...... they give little, and take a lot..... leaving poop to be cleaned up..... but because someone warrents them "cute" them remain underfoot.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 11:19 PM

I do have to say that I have learned a lot in 11 months. HTML, internal HTML, and thanks to Gargoyles' first nasty post to me, that I can actually TYPE lyrics in. I originally thought I needed a scanner. I have since learned to use search engines, and copy and paste. Thanks, Greg! I know there is a LOT more to learn.....I'm working on it.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Amos
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 11:51 PM

Over 6 thousand individual posts! Amazin'!

That shows what a cool invention the 'Cat really is.

Nothing else could lure me into making an ass of myself so completely and so frequently!

A.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 06:25 AM

Interestingly, Max has only posted 1240 times since Oct 1996, mostly info on the weekly radio schedule. His restraint and modesty put some of us (and I know who I mean!)to shame.
RtS (does kaolin and morphine work for verbal squitters?)

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 09:07 AM

I think I have posted the most rubbish! :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Amos
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 09:33 AM

John, with all due respect, I have to contest your claim; I believe I am entitled to the Max Rubbish Posted award,

A

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: marty D
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 12:29 PM

Almost everything I post is a question.

"How do you play this or that"?

CAN you play this or that without being a frigging genius?

How many people think this about that?

You know, I've ALWAYS gotten good answers. That's Mudcat.

marty

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Benjamin
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 02:18 PM

Speaking of that non-existant inner circle, did I ever get accepted?

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 04:00 PM

How do you find out how many posts you have made? And the date you started?

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 04:02 PM

Benjamin, from looking at three or four specific "Mudcat" threads over the last week, I'd say the inner circle comprises about a hundred and seventy five people! You'd have to shoot Pete Seeger to NOT be in it!

Rick

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: MMario
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 04:10 PM

Benjamin - didn't you get your Secret Inner Clique Kit at the Northwest Gathering? The S.I.C.K. were suppossed to be shipped in plenty of time to get distributed.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 04:13 PM

Norton.....Just click on your name (or anyone's name) on their post.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 04:15 PM

And Steve, you've made 567 posts since January 8, 2001.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 04:39 PM

I saw that - with 500 of them in the past 3 months it seems! It has been fun -

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 05:29 PM

This'll be my 832nd post since May 10th, 2000, so it's not me. :)

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: weepiper
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 05:54 PM

Good Lord! 136 since 1st September this year :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From:
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 09:59 PM

Hmmm. I've now gotten curious. How does one find this out?

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From:
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:05 PM

OK! I found it. Forum Search by the user name.

Not that many, 1753 since November 11, 1998, not including this message.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:13 PM

All I know is, I just got RoadRunner with its superfast cable modem, and I accidentally clicked on 'Spaw's name...and it took two and a half days to download all his posts. (Actually it would have been more, but I finally had to shoot the computer.)

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:15 PM

Yeah, but all of yours are excellent George, one of the true stars of the 'Cat. Excellent research!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:31 PM

I have Roadrunner too Mark and I could have saved you the trouble....it's in my first post up there......about 14,500 or so.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Bill D
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:42 PM

*big grin*...somehow this reminds me of an OLD Tonight Show, where Johnny Carson is doing his monologue.....

"You, know...I just read where McDonalds has just served their 2 billionth hamburger!...wow, just imagine!! 2 Billion hamburgers!!! Why...that must be...oh....6 or 7 HUNDRED pound of meat!"

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:43 PM

Aw hell Bill....In my case it ain't even enough to make a qurter pounder.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Amos
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:45 PM

Well, most of them aren't PURE-DEE BULLSHIT like that one, Spaw!!

A

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From:
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:47 PM

Thanks for the kind words, Catspaw. Very nice of you, considering the quality of posts such people as Malcolm, WYSIWYG, and Joe Offer.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From:
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:48 PM

Not to mention people like Bruce O, and Lesley.

Subject: RE: BS: Who posts the most?
From: Benjamin
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 01:14 AM

Sorry MMario, but appearently Max can't spell my name!