It took me 15 years to reach 4000 posts. How do some of you get to 100,000? Damn.

[silvershadow]

You must be writing in your sleep! LOL I have to pick up the pace...I'm being passed by trolls who have thus far evaded detection. (I'm only partially kidding about that, I've seen quite a few with higher posts counts, so beware).

[Boudica the Lyoness]

1. Well you're a regular little chatter box :)

I'm still working on getting to 3,000 posts after being here 15 years.

I think some people live here.

[silvershadow]

2. Well I feel like I contribute all the time, and have. I can't imagine how one would get to those

high numbers. I don't feel so bad on hearing your own story.

[matt819]

7. So I'm not the only one who wonders about that

I also have 15 years and I'm still under 5,000.

Well, the arithmetic suggests 27 posts a day, every day, for 10 years will get you to 100,000. Wow!

[tblue37]

67. I think some people do a lot of K&R posts, though. And some even do those

posts where they just post "." or "..." or even a smilie.

[Seeking Serenity]

85. Twelve years for me and not even to 2,500 yet

But then, I'm not exactly what one would call a "political junkie." Politically aware, yes, but not someone who spends a lot of her copious free time talking about politics, or arguing or pontificating on political message boards.

I visit DU in fits and spurts, but I don't comment much when I do visit.

[redstateblues]

3. Took me 12 years to get to 3500

I lurked for a long time. My wife thinks I spend way too much time here anyway

[sir pball]

4. Hell, I've been here 11 and I'm not even halfway there.

I mean, I follow this place voraciously, but as I've always said "politics is not one of my hobbies" so I rarely get involved. I literally do not have the time to make 10-100 posts a day.

[silvershadow]

15. My politics truly isn't a hobby, it is just who I am. It doesn't take me long at all to respond

to how I feel about an issue. Of damn near any kind. But I'm a junkie, and follow it daily, in all media. I'm disabled, and mostly stick to home, so there is more time for that now.

[sir pball]

23. Please don't think I was being judgemental or rude.

It's just a succinct way of saying "While I take a great interest in following politics, my preferred free time activities don't include involved discussions on political issues" - but if yours do, by all means go for it!

Seriously - if I had invested as much "hobby" time into politics as I have my own interests, since i joined in 05 I'd easily have 100k posts here. It's not that I lack personal time, I'd just rather spend it elsewhere.

[silvershadow]

29. Oh, I didn't. Carry on! (with whatever. LOL) nt

[Nictuku]

46. I'm a little over 11 years

I read daily, just don't post a whole lot.

[geomon666]

5. You are slipping.

I think it only took me about 12 years to reach 4,000. Catch up slowpoke!

[silvershadow]

21. Will this help?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Congrats on your milestone, my dear silvershadow!

When I first joined, I was about to retire, and after I did, I practically lived here!

I was new to the internet, and I was fascinated by all the things I could read and talk about. I did post a lot in the early days.

Someone computed my daily average back then, and I was posting about 40 posts a day. It adds up!

After I got to 100K, I did slow down.

A little.

[silvershadow]

10. Peggy, I don't have to ask how you got yours! You are hard to miss! LOL

And thank you, my dear Peggy- (or is it mydearPeggy? I can't remember)- for the kind words!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. You're welcome! You can call me Peggy.......it IS my name, lol!

One way to get your post count up pretty quickly is to respond to EVERY poster in your thread. It adds up FAST!

[silvershadow]

19. Oh I know, and I should. Not being rude. I'm always distracted by something else it seems-

oh look, a shiny thing- Seriously though, I should. Not always sure what to say, and I have hard time remembering names (its a medical thing). So except for a few, I can't seem to remember. The ones on my for sure remember list are names like Mineral Man, Ken Burch, Omaha Steve, H2O man, and my number one fan crush is Octafish. May as well give a few shout outs while I'm here.

[yallerdawg]

8. I don't care how many posts you have...

or how long you have been here.

Your credibility and respect depends completely on whether you agree with me or not!

[silvershadow]

11. I thought that was in the bylaws?

[Wilms]

9. ^

[silvershadow]

12. I like your signature line. nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. moderating (on DU2), MIRTing, Hosting all drive up post numbers!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Ain't that the truth!?

[Paulie]

33. My two turns at MIRT I think I posted as much as the previous 4 years

What a wild ride it was!

[awoke_in_2003]

93. Three term mod and two term MIRT here. nt

[Arazi]

17. Kicked and recced!! Actually that's the vast majority of posts

They boost their numbers w lots of k and r's

Or they were a mod in the early days. Many 100k+ posters were mods here

[davekriss]

18. OMG! Yes, DU has been around for 15 years! Yikes!

Although I'm a relative newbie, joining in 2002.

Pretty soon movies made after 2000 will show up on Turner Classic Movies, then I'll really feel old!

I, too, cannot comprehend how posters have the time to post tens of thousand of posts (I think I'm just a little bit over 3000). On another site (U75), I used to passionately engage with a right-wing user that was amassing more than 10,000 posts a year. I knew it was the same person, because we'd pick up arguments where we left off (and he praised me for my diction - I used to be able to write before senility kicked in). However, depending on what time of day I'd engage this user, sometimes he had no idea who I was or what we previously discussed. (I posted much more actively on that site and had a bit of a following, so it struck me as strange.) Others noticed the same. So we concluded that he really was more than 1 person, and they were assigned to propagate right-wing memes and obstruct arguments that otherwise steered consent to the left. In fact there were several users where we could say the same. I never saw concrete evidence proving anything, but it sure did seem like we were being trolled by teams of people signing on with the same userid. Thus "they" had lots of time to post tens-of-thousands of posts per year.

[silvershadow]

20. No doubt they were paid political operatives. Probably Rove and ilk. Nice to hear about

your writing. I used to write some. I was honors English during my brief stint in college. I have just gotten lazy over the years.

[Kalidurga]

22. Well.......

It's not that hard to post LOL, yep, nope, good idea, wtf, Republicans are nut cases, I seriously thought that was the Onion (happened about 5 times), thanks for posting, etc...

[silvershadow]

25. I see.

(like that? LOL)

[Kalidurga]

32. Yep

LOL

[silvershadow]

36. Hey, this conversational style is kinda neat. Thanks for the tip! Whatever you do,

do NOT, and I repeat, do NOT go afoul of the mods by mentioning anything about that southern vine that shall remain nameless and forever unmentioned. You probably know the one. 'nuff said. LOL (inside joke for the old-timers).

WARNING: Don't do it. 'tis but a Throwback Thursday, ONE-TIME inside joke, I don't wanna get alerted on.

[polly7]

24. I bet half of mine are K&R's.

My number makes me seem much more chatty than I am.

[silvershadow]

26. Perhaps so. Off topic: You middle name doesn't happen to be

Esther, does it?

Sorry. Truly. I couldn't resist.

[polly7]

28. No, but I like it!

(Actually, polly was the name of my horse and 7 the number of times she dumped me on my ass).

[silvershadow]

31. I see she left a fly in your signature line :D nt

[polly7]

34. lol. Yes. nt.

[donco]

27. We have a

life.

[rusty quoin]

30. I guess I should check in too.

I don't have all that much to say most of the time, because sharper people have beat me to it. I recommend a lot.

[silvershadow]

35. My eyes are bad...is that Zell Miller?

No offense, but gosh I hope not.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

37. Pick up the pace!

[trackfan]

38. Let's hear it for the long-term-low-posters!

I've been here since 2002, and feel like I post constantly.

[silvershadow]

39. A kindred spirit...LOL nt

[flygal]

54. 2004 here

but lurker since 2002. I signed up before the general election because they said due to high traffic only members would have access.

I still lurk every day but am just a woman of few words I guess!

[FreedomRain]

40. I get welcomes about a quarter of the time I post :)

Member since: Thu Mar 2, 2006, 04:22 AM

[FreedomRain]

41. whoah

my 10 year anniversary!

[dreamnightwind]

43. Welcome!

[FreedomRain]

51. lol

Thanks!

[silvershadow]

42. I try real hard to check a member's profile first, but I may have been guilty.

I like to particularly welcome low-post members not only as a genuine welcome, but also to alert others to newbies (in an attempt to curtail trolls as quickly as possible). (PS I wave most of the time, but can't remember who I've waved too, so I just wave all the time) LOL

[coyote]

44. It took me 15 years to reach a 1000

How did you get to 4000?

[Skittles]

45. you want I should kick your slow-posting ass, silvershadow?

LEMME AT YOU!!!

[kwassa]

60. so, you have 100,000 because you kick so much ass?

Have foot, will travel.

[avebury]

47. It took me a long time to get past 1,000. My post count started to

pick up during both of Obama's Presidential election years. I have become so fed up with the US election process and both political parties that I don't post as much anymore as I pretty much try to tune the election out. The Democratic Party needs to get people like DWS out of the national election process. She is no Howard Dean. I would like to see Joe Biden become involved with the national election process after he leaves office. He could at least make it a more positive process.

I chose to vote for Obama, it is an easy decision to vote for Sanders but a vote for Clinton feels too much like voting for the lesser of the evils. If the Republican presidental race was not so much of a clown car, the Democratic Party would be in a world of hurt.

It has become easier to just not engage in political discourse. No doubt Clinton would be better than any of the Republicans but I still want change and a more liberal President and that won't be her. In the absence of Sanders being the Democratic candidate the only thing that will drive me to the polls in November is former Democratic US Senator (now Univ. of OK President) Davie Boren's drive to make Oklahoma the state with the highest sales tax. I will show up to vote a big fat NO to that and will vote for the Democratic nominee while there.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

48. I've had my account for almost 12 years now

and I think I post a lot, yet I've got under 4,000 still. I guess a lot of times I read and don't post. It depends on how I am feeling. I don't post much if there isn't a lot going on. There's a lot more excitement with the current presidential race, so I'm more often.

[Pisces]

49. Great question. Hmmm. Bots and trolls have nothing better to do than post all day every day.

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. Well, the good news is, it only took you 12 (or this is 2019, and I slept late).

Many of us did a term or 10 of moderating. When you moderate/host, your post count tends to rise quickly.

And then you have a few mega posters.

[bigwillq]

52. You slept late, Sleeping Beauty.

Felicia is president. She told Donald Trump, BYE.

Hillary is still mad that Felicia is the first woman president.

[panader0]

53. I'd have twice or three times as much as I have

but I delete before posting quite often.

[Javaman]

55. I write in a stream of consciousness. nt

[silvershadow]

59. This might be the best answer yet!

[RedRocco]

56. TBH, I didn't know we were competing

I have never posted much because, being in poverty, I just don't have that much in common with the average poster here.

[Orrex]

57. I post at least 40 times per day...

to remind DU what an unrepentant scoundrel Dr. Strange is.

[Silver Swan]

58. This is my first post in months

But I come here several times a day to read what others are saying.

Member since: Mon May 29, 2006, 12:24 PM

[Ex Lurker]

61. I don't post much here, but on on another (non politics) board I've averaged nearly 10k posts a year

for almost 5 years. My work consists of brief periods of frenzied activity and long periods of sitting around waiting for something to happen. It helps the time pass.

[AgadorSparticus]

62. Lol! Glad it is not just me! I have been here for 12 years and I have 3700 and some posts.

[Retrograde]

63. I'm about the same

I try not to get into flame wars, which really seems to up post numbers, and tend not to post unless I think I can add something to the discussion.

[eissa]

64. Glad I'm not alone!

Been here almost 13 years and have about 3,200 posts. But I check-in all the time!

[Samantha]

65. K&R everything you read! That ought to do it.

I have only a moderate post count because I only "talk" when I feel I have something significant to say. But that post count is really important to a lot of people -- it is a kind of status symbol or something.

Sam

[tblue37]

66. I have been here for 12 years, and this makes post #18,466 for me.

Apparently I am a bit of a slacker, too, though maybe not as much as you are, since I am averaging about 1540 per year.

[peabody]

68. You're doing better than me!

I've been here almost everyday--and several times a day too--and I just managed to get over 250!

[peabody]

69. Rats! Not even 250.

240 rather!

[silvershadow]

70. Ok, so I just checked your profile. You've been here since the beginning.

You just might be the Slacker Award winner! LOL

[alcibiades_mystery]

71. 98.3% ofr my posts are just a :rofl: smiley

Not this one, though.

[silvershadow]

74. Now, see...I am here daily, and to the best I can recall I've never seen a single post from you.

(No offense intended). How does that even happen? I feel like I want to say "Welcome to DU!" And clearly, that can't be right. Well, anyway, welcome to my sphere of influence.

[Greybnk48]

72. I've been here 12 years and I'm

not even close, although I don't k&r things as much as I used to, lol!

[silvershadow]

73. If I'm not mistaken, DU at one time told us we couldn't K&R ? Or am I making that up?

[olddots]

75. I am still waiting for the promissed toaster oven

they told me I'd get if I quit posting .

[thereismore]

76. Hypomanic disorder? FFS don't alert on this - I am just ribbing the high posters! nt

[silvershadow]

82. :D I'm not a political doctor, I just play one on the internet.

just kidding

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

77. As easy as ... nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. One ... nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

79. Two ...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

80. Three ... nt

[silvershadow]

83. Careful. That treads a little too close to that southern vine that shall remain nameless and

unspoken. (throwback Thursday for the long-timers, you know exactly what I mean)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

86. The one that is going places? nt

[silvershadow]

91. LOL nt

[Demonaut]

81. it took me 13 years

[silvershadow]

84. I don't feel so bad, now. Thank you for the response. It actually is quite interesting to me

the surprising response this post has generated.

[TIME TO PANIC]

87. I kick and rec a lot of posts. K & R!

At least 25% of mine post are K & R's. I do it when I really like or agree with a post, but don't have anything to add to the conversation. It's kind of like tagging.

[Laxman]

88. I'm Going On 11 Years.....

and I'm just going over 1,600. If it wasn't for Chris Christie I'd probably still be significantly under 1,000. I once got a PM from another DU member suggesting that I change my DU name to Mr. Ed. (Mr. Ed will never talk unless he has something to say....) Being parsimonious with your participation is not necessarily a bad trait!

[hfojvt]

89. used to be there was only one or two at 100,000

but some people post a lot and some people get a lot of replies on the threads they post and then post replies to those replies. Many people are writing very short posts. There always were a few of those, but way back in the day this place was less like twitter than it is now.

BTW, 11 years is over 4,000 days. So my average is about 9 posts per day. My average for the last 90 days is 6.32

[Dont call me Shirley]

90. We're chatty, silvershadow...

5 years, 9231 posts.

[silvershadow]

92. I guess so, NotShirly... :D nt

[yortsed snacilbuper]

94. Quality over quantity!