Here's an interesting thing...

The Wombat · Post by **The Wombat** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:44 am

Have a look at the memberlist sorted by post count.

3 people(?) are 200+
3 people are 40-50
Everyone else (other than Admin) are in single figuires. (At least, they are as I write this.)

We seem to be stratifying into distinct types of posters.....

The Wombat · Post by **The Wombat** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:17 am

And another thing. Almost half the people who bothered to register then either send only one post, or none at all.

What's it all mean?

anti · Post by **anti** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:22 am

it means there are several different types, as you said.
I basically only came here to lurk and ask a post a suggestion, so that'd be the reason for my low post count.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:31 pm

I'm man (well, Growler) enough to admit I did quite a bit of lurking on the old forum before signing up & then gradually mustering up to post a bit...then, there's a bit of the snowball/avalance thing. With this new forum, ya can't even lurk a little w/o signing up...guess I can't blame'm.

Anyone care to do their research dissertational thingie on the psycho/socio-(il)logicality of this forum?

HGamer · Post by **HGamer** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:02 pm

Although somebody mentioned that your post count doesn't go up if you post and then delete, I did notice that some people's posts can't be found. For instance, FyL is listed as having 2 posts, but I don't see them anywhere.
PMs don't appear to affect post count either, but I could be wrong.

Domhnall4h · Post by **Domhnall4h** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:33 pm

I signed up at the old forum, and then never visited until after the game came out. Even then, it wasn't for a while that I started making a decent number of posts.

I remember seeing Fyl's post somewhere, but it may have been an optical illusion.

The Wombat · Post by **The Wombat** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:38 pm

Speaking of which, excuse me while I try a little experiment....

The Wombat · Post by **The Wombat** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:45 pm

AHA!

Contrary to what has been suggested elsewhere, if you delete a post, your post count does indeed reset. I.e. it goes down by one.

So, no surruptisious way to "level up". ( At least, none so far! )

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:42 pm

You could always amuse the DW crew here by multiple postings of semi-crude Aussiexpressions... I've heard quite a few from a friend who hung out with a guy from down under--hey, hold onto yer donkeys! Not that kinda 'down under' ...geez

The Wombat · Post by **The Wombat** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:23 pm

Well, I 'spose it would better than a poke in eye with a burnt stick...