Rememeber when Skinner and Earlg would post 1,000 posts Milestone threads

[npk]

I remember every few days or so Earlg and Skinner or one their moderators would congratulate posters who reached 500 posts, 1,000 posts, etc. What happened to those posts.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. I remember Newyorker99 doing that

Skinner or EarlG?


don't recall that

[npk]

4. So it was Newyorker99

I couldn't remember if it was Earlg or someone else. I wish NewYorker was still doing that. That was a very classy thing to do.

[leeroysphitz]

5. She got my 1000 post and but stopped, I think, before my 2000 :(

I miss her any which way.

I guess time passes even in cyber-space...

[Mutley]

2. That was Newyawker99.

She was awesome!

[lost-in-nj]

3. The elections!!!!`

real life???!!!??!

oh and look at the member count!!!


:hi:


lost

[Awsi Dooger]

6. I liked it when we had actual post counts

I joined in fall '02. For maybe a year after that point the post counts were absolute, even if it was 24,663 or whatever. Some of the tallies astonished me.

I remember when I had about 20 posts and some nitwit tried to dismiss my political opinion based on post count. I won't mention the poster's name. He's had a few things wrong.

[npk]

7. Yeah I saw a poster on here the other day

Who had over 24,000 posts, and I have been here longer than he has, but I have way fewer posts. I couldn't post for a while after I joined because I had no internet access, well I should say I lost my internet access. When I finally came back I was astonished how many posts people that joined around the time I did had.

[Awsi Dooger]

8. I've had many absences from DU

After the '04 election I needed a long break, maybe January through May. That's fairly typical here, posters who disappear after a major election, especially a loss. This time I think we'll avoid that. :)

My post count used to jump based on flurries, back and forth arguments in the same thread. Now I like to make one lengthy post then sample a different thread. I realized the back and forths weren't solving anything and my disputes were always that type of situation.

[orleans]

9. yeah, sometimes we just can't seem to shut up. (like me now, for example!) n/t

[npk]

10. I used to do more reading then writing when I first joined

It was like a kid hesitating to get into the pool. Finally I just decided to jump into the deep end.