In the Vote!!! thread, in order to emphasize how strongly he feels about the importance of his new thread, John Foss said,“You guys know how infrequently I actually create new threads. I thought this one was worth talking about.”
Curious, I actually took a look. And then I looked at how many threads I myself have created. The answer on both accounts… surprisingly few.
To count the number of threads started by someone, view his or her profile, click on Statistics, and then click on “Find all threads started by xxx”. The date of the most recent post shows. You can use that as the year the thread was created, which is more or less what I did. It’s fast although not perfectly accurate, but only a few threads live for years.
How many threads do you actually create? Are you surprised at how few or how many? Are those who are notorious for creating a lot of “useless threads” actually guilty of creating that many? I’m counting on everyone here to make this thread interesting somehow. Post your comments. Post your stats – or someone else’s.
Oh, God. I won’t name names, but one of our prolific posters whose controversial threads are always on page one has created 88 threads this year alone. He has created a veritable MOUNTAIN of threads – 329 total. I don’t have the time to do a per-year breakdown.
Would’ve been cool if I posted 13 threads in 2004, but I didn’t join until later in the year. Following this trend, I’ll have deleted my first thread in 2011. Cool!
Billy’s mountain is nothing compared to a notorious posting Addict… he’s created 200 threads this year alone. Perhaps we need to find him a 12-step program?
Creating many threads is not necessarily a bad thing. For example, I enjoy every one of Billy’s threads, whether I respond in them or not (or even read them at all). Just seeing a bunch of them on page one gives me a warm feeling inside. It’s like… aaaaaahhh, I’m home. This is where I should be.
