What's the point of bragging about your post count?

Canada
December 24, 2006 1:50pm CST
I've noticed this on many web forums, not just here. "Oh, I made 500 posts!" Oh big deal, why brag about it? Everyone reaches it at some point, so what makes your reaching it so special? Why do people do this? Just to get the points and the money? On the website I moderate on, I was the first one to reach the 500 point post count, and I mentioned it in passing in an unrelated post. I never started a topic to brag about it. Reaching a certain post count is no reason to celebrate since almost everyone will reach the same count at some point. When I reach 500, I'll be happy but I won't announce it to the entire community. I think threads like that shouldn't be allowed as they're usless and time wasting. The money to be assigned to more intelligent posts and topics. Just curious to know if anyone agrees with me, and if not, why not.
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44 responses
@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
24 Dec 06
Hi well i really don't know what to say here.. see, people's views are different and there's ways of measuring achivements in different too. See, now some ppl might feel proud if they reach a certain dollar amount say 50 dollars or whatever.. , some ppl on the other hand would be happy to get a certain no of friends in their list, some by no of discussions started and some by no of posts. I dont see anything wrong w/t it at all. If they sense their own achievement by having a certain rating and wish to talk about it w/t friends they want to.. why not ?
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• Canada
24 Dec 06
Let me put it this way: How would you feel if this entire forum filled up with topics from people bragging about their post count? Would you still be ok with it? Would you want to respond to hundreds of "oh I reached xxx posts" threads? As the saying goes, "give them an inch and they steal a mile". That will happen here if there are no limits set on these types of posts.
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• Sri Lanka
25 Dec 06
If everyone in mylot starts discussions on Alber Einstein, mylot will be an equally boring place. That is why we have to encourage variety. The person responding has to choose well.
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@jen20619 (1300)
• Ireland
24 Dec 06
mylot - a picture of the words mylot
You have a point in more ways than one.But sure in the end we will all reach the 500 mark.It can be annoying to listen to people brag.Threads like that are a waiste of space on the mylot discussion.The more intelligent posts are more important.
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• Canada
24 Dec 06
For sure. It's better to read intelligent post since the majority of posters are intelligent anyways. People thrive on intelligent conversation not childish conversations. Save those conversations for when you're talking to children.
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@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
25 Dec 06
Yes obviously it's silly to start a post of any kind where you are bragging about the number of posts you have made. I see it everyday, many times a day and it gets annoying. I'm not sure if people are doing it to brag or if they're simply doing it do get lots of repliers (more $$$$ that way). I think that often people don't really care about the quality of the discussion they are creating or replying to, they just want to reply and get it over with to add another couple of pennies to their total.. lol.
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• Canada
25 Dec 06
Well, this should become an official suggestion to myLot staff to remove the topics when they come up. I say the only topic that should be allowed in that regard would be by the person to first reach the 15,000 post milestone, since that would be a big one. This person is already over 10,000 posts. That would be the only exception to the rule, and I doubt that poster would care. Well, thank you all for your thoughts and opinions, I appreciate all the responses. Keep the replies coming.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
24 Dec 06
I agree with you completely, and as you say there should a restriction on posting discussions of that nature. The only reason to create that type of post would be to inflate the postings and responses. If a member wishes to add to their rating and posts then they can do so without the need of pointless subjects.
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• Canada
24 Dec 06
Yeah, no point in posting pointless posts right? I just don't know how the staff of this site have enough time to read through each and every topic/post/comment every day. That's a lot of work. I don't know why the idiot braggers have to waste their time. It's hard for me to keep up with the posting on the forum I moderate, so I can relate to the task they face everyday. Jokers like these braggers should be banned/deleted to prevent issues like this.
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• China
25 Dec 06
ya i agree with you but it is his celebration to say that he reached to 500 post .i know that every body will reach somepoint that i say the same
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• Janesville, Wisconsin
25 Dec 06
Well, different people express things in different ways. So to some people posting milestones and getting good compliments and good jobs is very important, as for some english is not their first language, Posting and responding is difficult and they need encouragement. Now there are so many mileposts posts.. I do not see reasons for people to start new ones. But respond to others and they can discuss their excitment with eachother as I did. At first I never thought I was going to be able to earn anything really, I also thought it was a scam, but after seeing so many posts, it made me more confident to participate and less suspcious... I am kind of annoyed by people complaining about other peoples postings actually.. and Last I knew that was not right up Mylots terms alley either. That is why they have the report abuse feature... and they have ratings features. - DNatureofDTrain
• Canada
25 Dec 06
Well, there should be one topic purely dedicated for such a thing then, and anyone can respond to it. Reporting abuse is one thing, talking about it is another. If myLot actually reads what people are complaining about, they would be in a better position to know what the abuse reports are about. Makes things a little easier for them.
• Canada
25 Dec 06
Well I can celebrate by myself. I don't need to share something with everyone that most of them have already done. It's just a waste of time.
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@missjackie (1358)
• Ypsilanti, Michigan
24 Dec 06
Because some people just enjoy bragging to others. I don't know why they do it, but they do. It makes them feel better about themselves, somehow. It makes them think that they are somehow better than the rest of the people on here.
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• Canada
24 Dec 06
And that contributes to ego inflation and it should be stopped before it gets out of hand. There are way too many egotistical maniacs in the world today. Having them here isn't a good thing.
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@Aali311 (6112)
• United States
24 Dec 06
I've seen lots of those, maybe they are not bragging, I think they feel some sort of accomplishment and want to share it with everyone, I get your point but you also have to look at their point of views also. I just congratulate them and move on, some people need a little push every now and then.
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• Canada
25 Dec 06
Maybe they're not bragging but do you want to respond to each and every new post count topic? I know I wouldn't and choose not to even read those topics. Unfortunately you can see them every time you look through discussions.
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@valmiki9 (1171)
• India
25 Dec 06
I agree with you. There is no need to brag about any thing. We should always remember Sir issac Newton. He had 900 invention to his credit yet when the reporters asked him what was his greatest diiscovery he cooly replied "Michal Faraday" who was his laboratory assistant.
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• Canada
25 Dec 06
That's a good one that I've never heard. I actually never knew he had that many inventions either. Another good reason for starting this topic. Thank you for sharing that important information.
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@Jamian (2603)
• Philippines
25 Dec 06
It is a success from them and they are happy, some people think its weird but the person who made it is proud that he made an effort for that, lets understand them.
• India
25 Dec 06
Your comment is right.
@utsadetti (4589)
• United States
25 Dec 06
it's just a pride buddy.
• Canada
25 Dec 06
No, for some people it's an ego trip.
• India
25 Dec 06
i dont see any reason behind that
• Canada
25 Dec 06
Reason behind what? Do you care to explain what you mean? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to know.
@Syphon (286)
• Germany
24 Dec 06
Maybe they are doing so to show all others that they are a(n)) important ) part of the community, who done something for it. Someone who got 500 Posts sure helped once some members and so and (s)he won't be treat like someone with 40 Posts.......
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• Canada
25 Dec 06
It doesn't matter if you have a post count of 1 or 10,000. If your responses aren't intelligent, the number of posts doesn't make you smarter. If your only post is intelligent people will treat you as such. If you have hundreds of stupid, useless posts, people will treat you like the useless poster you are. You follow what I mean?
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• India
25 Dec 06
I completely agree with you..bragging about d no. of posts one has posted is soo uncalled for...its more like quantity is appreciated more inplace of quality..
• Canada
25 Dec 06
Seems that way doesn't it? But this place should be like everyday life. Quality should be more important than quantity, unless you work for a company that requires quantity more than quality. I would never do that. Never sacrifice quality for quantity. It's just not right.
@tigran00 (24)
25 Dec 06
this is a useless topic, and in the first place this shouldnt have been opend this way you get your posts up, with useless and meaningless discussions like this one.
• Canada
25 Dec 06
You're one to talk since you don't have much of a post count. This is clearly not a useless topic since so many people are responding to it. My post count hasn't moved either since yesterday, and I couldn't care less about that. I never thought about that when I started this topic, and I've only ever started maybe 4 topics since I started less than a week ago. Report it if you must, but it won't do anything but ruin your reputation. If you think getting thoughts and opinions is useless, then you're on the wrong site. Maybe you should leave here and go to a site where people don't care.
• Sri Lanka
25 Dec 06
Hi Kris, I kept bragging about it at the turn of every century. The latest being, reaching 400 and getting my broadband connection at the same time. Please await my next bragging at 500 posts. We celebrate our birthdays, don't we? But every single invidual definitely reaches that every year. A miilion times more common than mylotting. Some even spend millions to celebrate bithdays, like 21, 50 etc. 100 of course you can say, not eveyone reaches that. Mylot is a democracy just like Canada or the US. There is variety, simplicity as well as complex subjects. By the way what is the website where you did 500 posts. We'd like to join that too.
• Canada
25 Dec 06
Birthdays are a celebration. Posting milestones aren't. If I can put the site in my profile, I will. That will be the only place you'll find it.
• United States
25 Dec 06
Some peolpe are proud at how fast they get to a certain post count or maybe the amount of money they have made by getting to that particular post count, really who knows why people brag about anything at all for that matter.
• United States
25 Dec 06
I actually don't think threads like that ARE allowed. I just reported one a minute ago. They are pretty much pointless discussions. If everyone would just stop responding to pointless discussions people would stop posting them =)
• Canada
25 Dec 06
And that's why I don't read those topics, let alone respond to them. It's a waste of my time.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
25 Dec 06
I think in the beginning you get excited when you reach that point. I dont care it doesnt bother me, I just go on to the next discussion. I also think they might be very young.
@jatt187 (137)
• Canada
25 Dec 06
They feel it makes them stronger and more powerful in the community. People will listen to them more and be afraid of them. But i mean i dont care about post counts, id give the same attitude to someone with no posts and 1000s and 1000s of posts. It doesnt give them any right to act more powerful. I mean honestly? Some numbers dont make you stronger. They act tough and all. (Im not saying this is in all communities just some) Im not going to name any sites that gives this feeling but i mean im sure you poeple know some.
@bimmer999 (1159)
• Philippines
28 Dec 06
well i guess they are just proud of their achievement even though that achievement is just plain ordinary to other people. everyone of us has our own personality and we cant blame the others for celebrating their 500 posts by creating a thread specifically for that, to announce to the world. to each their own as they say. if you are bothered then just ignore it.