Duxburian's 1000

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Duxburian's 1000

Post by DX » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:50 pm

Well, it took me 2+ years to do it, but I've finally reached 1000 posts at SSCentral! :) I've already passed 1000 on SM, but still have quite a ways to go at ISCF. It would be really cool to have over a 1000 at 3 water war forums. I don't know of many people who have achieved that. :cool:
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Post by Silence » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:50 pm

1000 Posts! Good job! Keep it going!
You needed a new thread, huh?

EDIT: Sorry I made such a short post, but I was determined to let vBulletin say that it was completed in the same minute as yours.

I know that you have 1,600 or something at SM, but I don't hang out at iScF. I don't have enough time to do much at either place.

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Post by DX » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:52 pm

1000th posts are kinda special. Only a handful of members have ever reached that, and even fewer have reached it on 2 forums. I might be the first to do it on 3. :rolleyes:
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Post by Silence » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:55 pm

Before this post, I supposedly had 10.45 posts a day, so it should take me less than 90 days to get my 1000th. Then again, there aren't too many reasonable threads left to post on, especially because I am not considerate enough to post at all the forums in the community.

EDIT: I'm eating dinner now, so I can't celebrate with you for a while...

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Post by Silence » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:37 pm

Now it says that I have 180 posts at about 12 posts per day. This time, I'm willing to take the time to do the math: now, it should only take 68 days to get 1,000 posts. These last 80 posts have gone quickly.

Of course, I'm starting to expand the number of sites that I regularly visit to include iScF, SM, and more. My post rate might go down once I have an "obligation" to post at multiple sites like Duxburian does.

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Post by DX » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:21 pm

It took me so long to reach 1000 because I was not all that concerned with post count and used to post somewhat infrequently, only when I really had to add something.

I used to post at ~10 forums and visit all sites I knew of regularly. Not that I had all the time in the world, I just wanted to support the community to the fullest extent that I could. Now its not that difficult, since so much has been lost.
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Post by Silence » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:52 am

I've seen many smaller sites, but mainly, I only look at the top three (SSC, SM, and iScF, for those who don't know). As I've said, I should probably do more to help the community and newbies more, rather than just discussing soaker technology here at SSC.

There used to be 10 different forums? I only spend time at one! The only major dead ones that I know of are WaterWar.net and the various stages of Aquatica.
EDIT: Actually, I know more--I just can't remember all of them ;) .

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Post by Hannibal » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:59 am

I have 400 posts at the iSoaker forums, but only 50 here and at SM. I'm just not that into tech...

I view post counts as well, how much time someone spends in the soaking community. I don't post just for the sake of posting, but actually try to put in something useful. That's why I don't spend as much time at SM or SSCentral.. or make as many posts.
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Post by DX » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:00 am

There used to be 10 different forums? I only spend time at one! The only major dead ones that I know of are WaterWar.net and the various stages of Aquatica.
EDIT: Actually, I know more--I just can't remember all of them
Mostly minor sites, all the forums I remember from 2004 to now:
SSC
ISCF
WWN
SM
WGN
H20
Soak This
CAM
Waterbridge [both of them]
CFM [both of them]
Zoccoz's forum
Aqua Warriors
Sniper's forum

and more which aren't coming to mind at the moment.
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Post by Spinner » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:40 am

There was also the Belisaurius-run war-related forum, the name of which I forget.

EDIT: Oh, and congratulations on reaching 1000 posts! Welcome to the club. :p
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Post by Silence » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:42 pm

Wait a minute...why does everybody think I'm only concerned with the post count? I try to make important and helpful posts too! At least I think I do...tell me if I'm wrong.

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Post by joannaardway » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:16 pm

Congratulations - I know that your posts are always treasure troves of wisdom, so it takes some thinking to see how much you have furthered the community.
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Post by SSCBen » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:27 pm

Wait a minute...why does everybody think I'm only concerned with the post count? I try to make important and helpful posts too! At least I think I do...tell me if I'm wrong.
Nobody seemed to have mentioned that. Don't worry about it - your posting is fine.

Duxburian's 1000th post just goes to show: stop caring about post count and you'll actually post more often. Slow and steady posting is the way to go.

Post count is mostly overrated anyway. I sure wish that most forum softwares had a "word count" feature or something similar because that sure would promote writing more as opposed to simply posting more often. I think that if a word count existed, we'd find that the longest lasting members have more words per post.

Now get into the 2000 club. ;)

@Spinner: Belisaurius's forum was called Waterbridge.

Edit: It seems that I am coming up on my 5000th post of my posts at all three big forums (4367 + 168 + 442). Neat that I've posted that much, but 88% of those posts are here so I'll need to spread them out some more. Of course, you can only expect one to post more at their own forum.

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Post by Silence » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:51 pm

@ Ben: Yes, post count is no more important than word count. Ideally, everybody would use the reputation system that you established at one point; but nobody (including myself) seems to use it.

EDIT: Actually, I didn't know about the reputation system until I read the thread under Feedback that concerned it. I suggest you publicize it a bit more.

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Post by wetmonkey442 » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:03 am

Congrats, Dux.

It's enjoyable to see a dedicated member reach 1000 posts. I only came close once at the first WWN. I can't imagine reaching 1000, and I'm glad to see someone do it with meaningful posts.

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