I would have made poll on this but did not care to research how... I was just wondering... Be honest folks... Is posting and the post count a kind of ego thing... I think that a lot of people post to try and get their count up...

Me, Honestly, I have worked in tech support and like helping people and feel the same here on LQ but have to admit I really was excited when I hit 1000 posts...

I have submitted maybe 10 out of the 1000+ I have posted and honestly don't really play the numbers game but it does feel good that I have help people with their problems be it, 1 or 1000.

I did at first want that Senior Menber status but after it happend I don't see any change in the way I want to help or contribute to LQ

Hope your input will be inspiring to other to help and make LQ a great resource for Linux Users...

KC

some people post to truly help others, then some post just to tell someone they are doing something wrong and that their way is better.

I post try and stick to making posts that actually help people. Although, I ask more questions then I actually help. Im a bad LQ'er

It's kind of like hitting 100,000 miles on your car. It gets kind of exciting as you draw closer, but once you get there, you realize it's no big deal.

Not True... I don't know why you think positing questions is bad...Why? I have been taught asking questions is the way to promoting intelligence ( had to look up that spelling BTW), I have learned so much from LQ... I think that the basis of this sight is not to answer question but to try to get Linux users to learn how to research issues and find answers like I did... \

to me Intelligence is the ability to learn not what you know...

KC

if you post just to post, if you post pointless posts, or if your posts in anyway are off topic, then it's wrong(the first two aid in the 'ego trip' theory). If you're posting to help/get help, then by all means do so I'm just a 'user' anyway

We count posts here? I always wondered what that number under my name in each of my posts represented.. hmmm.. interesting!

If nothing else it certainly shows your level of participation in the community to which you belong. Certainly it doesn't say anything about quality, but in terms of quantity it shows...

I think it's an incentive to an extent.

Well Kid,

I really think its an ego thing... I really think that someone new to LQ will tend to heed advice from a 1000 plus poster then a 100 poster... Reality... I don't think the post count makes the person more or less knowlegable about Linux but I do think that people posting do think so...

KC

I truly think it means nothing, it has absolutely nothing to do with quantity or quality. I see it as a way to track posts over a time period, that's all. Some posts are me moderating, others are helping, then some are fooling around or explaining things in threads like these.

Let me put it this way. On this *particular* forum (LQ) it's really hard to notch up 1000 posts unless you know something about Linux. That's because you need to post in the technical forums if you want to raise you post count. General posts don't count.

Certainly 1000 posts don't make us gurus, but it does show that we've been using Linux for a while and we know something... I don't believe a total newbie can come into this forum and get a post count of 1000 without even installing Linux or using Linux... very rare occurence indeed...

If nothing else if each one of my 1000 posts were questions and at least 200 of them got an answer, I would be that much more knowledgeable about Linux.

I dissagree that it means nothing... if it did like other traking it would not have to be posted... and the number would not be posted under the name... I really think deep down it is an ego issue and have to say that it"s not a bad thing but has to be recognized as a human emotion and I think is great... I would do what ever I could to help someone in trouble... That is what makes the US and other counteries great...

KC

Well that's fine, I think they don't mean anything. If I visit a forum, I don't think any different if a member has 10 posts and another one has 1,000,000 posts. I also don't think members should ever think that if a member with 1 post replies with one answer and another member with 1,000 posts replies with a different answer that the member with 1,000 posts is correct and should take their answer instead.

A perfect example of a member with only 1 post and probably one of the few people I'd consider a real Linux guru: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...o&userid=20141

I am not refering to Linux Guru's or not. Only that a someone new to LQ will probably heed advice from a poster of 1000 or 100...

I think that is only human nature and not confined to LQ...

KC

Trickykid, I think we're mixing two issues here.

The lack of post counts don't mean anything. Nobody is saying that a person with 1 post count may not be a guru. But the presence of a high post count does tend to suggest that a person has been

1. Active in the community.
2. Somewhat knowledgeable in the subject.
3. Has taken some effort to transfer that knowledge in interacting with the others.

I think that's what post counts are about. Sure, we may not be experts, but we aren't total newbies either. I think a person with > 1000 posts counts especially here at LQ.org must have something.

Like I said, a total stranger to Linux would find it almost impossible to notch up 100 posts leave alone 1000 without some kind of interaction with Linux... I think *some* level of Linux knowledge is necessary to post in these forums over a period of time..

Also the other way round, if I have 1000 posts, I feel that much more responsible when I reply to threads knowing that many people would trust me and that much more careful in my replies, so I tend to do my research before I reply unless I am absolutely sure of the answer.

I think that kind of incentive also works in many people.

OOPS I just called myself lame. Even though LQ has been a great source for answers to MyLQ. I have had one occasion that wanted to get more than a single digit post rating. I did this only because I wanted to help with some posts that had 0 replies and I didn't want those replies to notice a single digit post. I have found so many answers here w/o even posting a question!