people with upwards of 20,000 posts

[wilt the stilt]

Do you have anything else to do? I have been here 12 years and have about 4.000 posts and most of those are in sports.

[TSIAS]

1. Post count doesn't always equal quality

Lots of posts consist simply of rec, one-line retorts, and obnoxious emoticons.

That being said, if someone is a member for 10 years, that's only 2000 posts a year. So about six posts a day. That's not a lot if you think about it.

DU'ers on a whole, tend to be older and have more time on their hands. There are some who just seem obsessed with the conflict and thrive off the back and forth.

[pintobean]

7. +1

[dragonfly301]

2. I was wondering that too

I'm an empty nester now and checked in DU to read for a bit yesterday and wondered why people weren't spending time with their children - they should take a day off from trying to win the internet!

[blogslut]

3. WTF?

You want to live my life? Pay my rent.

[KamaAina]

4. I'm multitasking at the office

[lagomorph777]

5. I've been seeing some right-wingers here with 32,000 posts

I don't know how that happens without them getting blocked or ignored.

[sense]

6. They are "at the office".

[LannyDeVaney]

8. Please let us know an acceptable post count

I'm not clear on how many posts one can make before others judge them to have nothing else to do.

You remind me of folks who point out that I had my eyes open during a prayer.

[hobbit709]

9. I'm retired. DU is my hobby.

[aikoaiko]

10. posting to see my post count.

ah. I'm over 20K.

I'm a 10+ year member. I think I post in waves. I get ornery and start causing a fuss. Other times I lay low.

[Avalux]

11. I've been here well over a decade and was a moderator way back when.

Much of my post count goes back to that time, where I spent a lot of hours discussing whether or not to remove a post, and whether or not to give a troll a pizza.

[BeyondGeography]

12. Wilt thought very highly of himself, too

[Beaverhausen]

13. Why do you ask?

Why do you care? Do you honestly think none of us with over 20K posts have full lives that includes chatting on the internet with fellow democrats?

[Kingofalldems]

14. I get it--Post shaming.

[Zippyzagnut]

15. I've read 20K post, does that count.

Obviously, you're concerned about the posters' welfare, but seriously, this is the funniest post I've read today.

[patricia92243]

18. lol! And welcome to DU. You'll love it. n/t

[Trajan]

16. What a piece of work ...

CLICK!

Gonna be a busy few minutes here ...

[wilt the stilt]

17. it's just a joke- sorry folks

laugh at yourselves once in a while.

[Aristus]

19. A lot of us with high post-counts joined early in the Bush years.

Back then, being a liberal Democrat was a pretty lonely proposition. The conservatives were busy gloating and strutting and fretting their hour upon the stage, and the apolitical were saying things like: "Well, Bush is President now, so we just have to accept it." Even before the horror of 9/11, a lot of us were looking on-line for a sympathetic ear. I found DU through a link from an anti-Bush site, and knew at once I had found a home.

Since then, through the downs and the ups, I have stayed loyal to the DU community, and made some life-long friends here. And mourned the loss of a few of them, as well. I'm not a retiree, or a shut-in; I'm a Physician Assistant practicing clinical medicine in the community health setting. I have a pretty active social and cultural life. At work, I check DU if there is a lull between patients, and I spend an hour or two on DU every night after work. DU is part of my life.

[spin]

20. Between here and the sister site DI I have over 20,000 posts. ...

I'm retired and have plenty of time to enjoy reading and posting as well as other activities. Plus posting helps keep my mind active.

[pintobean]

21. The more, the money-er