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Subject: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Little Hawk Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:24 PM Clinton said he figures there are only 10 to 20 regular posters on the Mudcat. I know I'm one of them. Who else would admit to being a "regular poster" here? At least in the BS section... (And forget about the jokes concerning bowel movements, okay? That's not what "regular" is meant to refer to in this context.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:28 PM I may not have been going for 100% accuracy in that post LH.... As a guess though, I might be tempted to wager that it's under 50... But first we gotta define 'regular poster'... more than 2 or 3 posts a day? more? less????? |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: greg stephens Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:28 PM I'm pretty regular I would say, LH, and I'm not going to mention prunes or anything like that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Rapparee Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:36 PM Digital Ex-Lax has created my regularity. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:38 PM I think I qualify too. Don T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:39 PM You'd better count me in the frequent poster category. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Little Hawk Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:40 PM Yeah, Clinton, I figure it would be closer to 40 or 50. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: bobad Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:40 PM Is there a distincton between regularity and frequency ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: jacqui.c Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:42 PM I go between occasional and regular depending on the threads. I open up the 'Cat every day to see what's happening. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:47 PM I've posted any average of 3.2435395 times per day since joining. That probably puts me on the cusp between regular and irregular. That's okay. I like cusps. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Amos Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:49 PM I am quite regular, thank you, and I don't think you needed to ask. :) A |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: catspaw49 Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:50 PM Although he posts a lot I would have to say that The Shambles is not a regular poster. I seriously doubt that Roger has had a good, healthy shit since maybe 1998. He's such an uptight-tight-ass that his turds go straight to a jewelery store for polishing and cutting. I hear that Prince Charles recently acquired a Shambles Brown Diamond for Camilla. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:51 PM " I figure it would be closer to 40 or 50" A pretty small drop in the inflatable pool that is the internet.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Little Hawk Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:51 PM You are beyond regular, Amos. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Purple Foxx Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:56 PM I am actually a new member of several minutes standing, but I anticipate being frequently regular on a semi-regular basis.Is this information enormously helpful? |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: bobad Date: 21 Feb 06 - 04:56 PM Does anyone know the total number of Mudcat members ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Firecat Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:04 PM I think I count as a regular poster... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: jacqui.c Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:08 PM So good to see your contributions Spaw - that's twice today you've got me laughing out loud. We've still got a couple of presents here for you. I'll just have to get the Cap'n to decide to head down your way at some time, but you know what these Mainers are for going out of state.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Ebbie Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:10 PM One way to estimate how many are regular readers/contributors would be to go to the Mudcat Members link, pull down one of the choices, such as Location, and then seeing how many of those listed we see here regularly. Haven't done it yet but I suspect there are seriously more than 50. 'Regular' to me means someone who doesn't necessarily post here every day but comes on often enough to stay current with what's happenin'. Not to mention that I'm sure there are a lot of us who rarely post but still read. Oh. Yeah. I'm regular by anyone's figuring. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: bobad Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:12 PM 3.235 posts per day average since joining - I guess that's regular. Welcome aboard Purple Foxx. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Morticia Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:16 PM hmm, how would you define 'regular'? Is that compared to Big, Grande or Super-sized poster? |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: ranger1 Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:19 PM It depends on the interest I have in what threads are up at the time as to whether I post. If I don't see something that interests me, I'm not going to bother to post just for the sake of posting. I'd say I'm a fairly regular poster, although I could perhaps be just an occasional poster. It depends on what the definition of "regular" is. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: John MacKenzie Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:20 PM I believe that the Cat gets something like 1,000,000 hits a month, but not all from the same person! Giok |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Joe Offer Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:22 PM How many registered Mudcatters do we have? Well, the last "welcome" thread was directed at new member Marty.by, who is member #18085. the welcome thread was begun 8 February. I suppose there are other new membes since then, and I could figure out exactly how many, but I'm guessing February 8 is recent enough to give you a good idea. I'd say half of those 18,000 are valid memberships, and half are goofed-up or duplicated registrations. I have no way of telling how many are "regular" members. You can get a guess by looking at "members since last visit," and doing a tally. There are some whizbang computer geeks around here who can probably figure out a way to tally without tallying.... -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Joybell Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:27 PM Count me in. Cheers, Joy |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:28 PM So yer regular if you say you are? That hardly counts as valid statistical information..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:30 PM "the Cat gets something like 1,000,000 hits a month" I suspect that is ONLY true if you count each and ever letter in each and every post in each and ever thread a "hit" every single time that thread is displayed |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Ebbie Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:43 PM OK, I just counted 91, and could have tallied more- the 'Location' link is not a complete count, by any means. Ninety one does include people like Spaw, however, because although he is not posting frequently he still knows what is going on and so he is obviously a regular lurker. (Hi, Spaw!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Severn Date: 21 Feb 06 - 05:54 PM Some remember Firecat from back when she was a poster child. I'm a quasi-regular poster. Sometimes when I should have and didn't I'm a "sup-poster". Whoever's compiling my writings is a com-poster. "Guest" is an Im-poster..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Richard Bridge Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:06 PM Please: "regular" = recurring with a fixed periodicity. We have (at least the English speakers here have) no regular posters. We may well have many frequent posters, but the question is so vague without adequate numeration as to defy response. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Ebbie Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:07 PM I'd say, Severn, that Guest frequently is an "imp- oster", or at least a wannabe. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Bunnahabhain Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:13 PM well, I'm definitly a frequent poster to the BS section, and a irregular one to the music part. In fact, I'm an irregular poster everwhere.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Clinton Hammond Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:33 PM And the Pedant Award for Worthless Post goes to Drum roll! "Richard Bridge Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:06 PM " Congradulations...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Azizi Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:35 PM Azizi's in the House!! Count me in as a regular poster though how many comments I post depends on the topics of the threads, and my mood, and the free time I can squeeze in from work [don't ask. don't tell] and what's going on at home, and what's going on elsewhere in [with/to] my life... Same as everyone else, I reckon. **** And while I'm here, welcome to Mudcat, Purple Foxx! Love your name. I hope to see it around these parts alot. While you're here, remember to share, learn, and enjoy!! Ms. Azizi |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: autolycus Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:41 PM Being a moon child, I'm irregular -it's all mood. Partly a reaction against the Dr.Spock (not Mr. thank you) regime. I think the question was a rough sort of enquiry and needs arough-and-ready rather than anorak/superaccurate response. So I'd say, more than you think. I see in my mind's eye someone doing a graph of "recent"(define,define, for God's sake) postings, showing who is most frequent, 2nd, etc. I'm pretty sure I'm 48th in the UK evenings. But then I listen to my body; when it says "Go"... Ivor |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Bobert Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:41 PM I ain't discussin' my bathroom habits with nobody but my doctor... And I'm not too sure why she's so hung up on 'um either.... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:43 PM Ah! I beg to differ, Richard Bridge! I may only post an average of 3.2435395 times per day, but I post those 3.2435395 posts at precisely the same times of day, every day. I post once at 10:00 AM, once at 12:15 PM, once at 4:00 PM, and .2435395 times at 6:15 PM. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Janie Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:45 PM I'm quite frequent--regular is another question entirely. Janie |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Azizi Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:50 PM Bee-dubya-ell, you forgot to mention that sometimes you make an exception to your regular posting habits and post at 06:43 PM. Does this only happen each year on 21 Feb? |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: jaze Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:50 PM What jacqui c said. Both times. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: GUEST,Art Thieme Date: 21 Feb 06 - 06:57 PM Count me in! Art |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 21 Feb 06 - 07:51 PM There's a simple explanation for that 6:43 PM post, Azizi. You see, I didn't specify in which time zone, counting base, universe, or dimension I post. If you look at my posting history for this day you will see that it appears I have posted eleven times at various times during the day. Not so. That is only the way things appear to a casual observer who adheres to the mundane space-time conventions held by the majority of the people who inhabit this planet. I have, in fact, posted precisely 3.2435395 times at exactly the times I stated. You just have to think outside of the box. WAY outside of the box. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Azizi Date: 21 Feb 06 - 08:25 PM What box?? I don't see no box. Do you see any box? "Nope". Me neither. LOL!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: freda underhill Date: 21 Feb 06 - 08:31 PM I think it would be more like a couple of hundred regular posters. You see certain names dominate, but then there's another wider circle who post only a few times a week. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Once Famous Date: 21 Feb 06 - 09:23 PM I think it's more interesting how many regulars log off and pose as guests.
-Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Richard Bridge Date: 21 Feb 06 - 09:32 PM Hi Clinton. Learn to spell first, then maybe to speak English. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: PoppaGator Date: 21 Feb 06 - 10:01 PM I was pretty regular for a couple of years there, but not since my neighborhood became part of Lake Pontchartrain about six months ago. I'm just starting to come back here a little bit, once in a while, as my life gradually returns to something-like-normal. I think Clinton is way wrong with his lowball estimate of "10 or 20 regular posters," regardless of how you define regular. I would estimate that there are at least a hundred distinct and recognizable personalities who were participating regularly back in August, last time I was a daily Mudcatter. I'm sure a few others besides myself have dropped out since then, but I'm also quite sure that an equivalent number of newbies have achieved "regular" status during the same period. Part of the reason why I suddenly disappeared upon the arrival of Katrina, and why I have remained absent, is that I no longer have a job where I have to sit at a computer eight hours a day and where it's just too tempting and too easy to goof off. I don't think this is unusual. I can remember one very regular character who suddenly seemed to disappear a couple of years back. When he finally made a return appearance, he explained that he had retired from the job where he had been conducting his entire cyberspace life. Like many of us, he didn't even have internet service at home, or at least not a high-speed connection. My question: how many "regular posters" do their regular posting on their own time (i.e., outside working hours), using their own computers and connections? Well, anyone who's self employed, of course, but who else? I'd be willing to bet that most of these messages ~ certainly most of the "BS" participation ~ originates from the workplace... |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Once Famous Date: 21 Feb 06 - 10:10 PM Not me. I've gone exclusively to the home thing only. My work is way too busy and only figures to stay that way. |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: Epona Date: 21 Feb 06 - 10:17 PM Oh, I'm guilty of workplace mudcatting! :) E |
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Subject: RE: BS: How many 'regular posters' do we have? From: GUEST,MarkS Date: 21 Feb 06 - 11:20 PM Irregular poster but frequent lurker - still like it here Mark |
