Honestly, am I the only one with "# of posts" envy?

[Frontier Mom]

I mean, I think I am pretty active here but some of ya'll put me to shame. Since we kinda all started at the same time, hats off to you!! I mean, I'm really impressed.:thumbup1:

[partyof5]

This is too funny! I have been thinking the same thing and I know I don't even post as often as YOU! I was a part-time lurker on the old board and have finally gotten more involved on this board. I love the format here but all the extra "bells & whistles" like rep and # of posts are a kind of comical (and potentially competitive) add-on!

You're not alone, but you are certainly about 100 posts ahead of me! :thumbup1:

[Doran]

I mean, I think I am pretty active here but some of ya'll put me to shame. Since we kinda all started at the same time, hats off to you!! I mean, I'm really impressed.:thumbup1:

You, apparently, have a life. (Heh) :thumbup:

Doran

[Karenciavo]

I'm envious of PariSarah's and Peek's two green squares http://www.smileygenerator.us/community/searchsmiley/e/envy.gif

Why don't I have two? "It ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!"

[LG Gone Wild]

Even the posts that I do make are quite short. I guess I have nothing on my mind.:rolleyes:

[Jean in Newcastle]

Those of us with a lot of posts don't always have a lot to say either! (See, I just upped my count. . .)

[Jenny in Atl]

Ditto...:willy_nilly:

[Momto4kids]

iIam envious of anyone that is more than "just visiting".....someday I will be at the next level.

Megan

[Doran]

http://www.smileygenerator.us/community/searchsmiley/e/envy.gif

I'm envious of that smiley. Too funny!

Doran

[BizyPenguin]

Funny, just today I noticed that someone has over 600 posts and another person well over 800. I said to myself, "Wow!" and then I thought, "How on earth does anyone have enough time in the day to post that much?" Anyway, I try not to pay attention to the post counts. I honestly couldn't tell you how many posts I've made thus far, but I remember it's around 150 or so. I find the post counts very unnecessary and distracting. I wish they didn't have them. What's more annoying are the post views. Sometimes I notice that a post has only 12 replies, but 1200 people viewed it. Crazy! I've adjusted to this new forum, but it still has more bells and whistles than I care for and I still like the simplicity of the old boards better. (Not surprising to me, since I tend to exist quite comfortably in the dinosaur age...I rarely turn on my cell phone, I cloth diaper, and I hang my clothes on the clothes line during the summer months.) Anyway, my advice is, just post when you have the time and when you've got something to say and ignore those silly numbers.;)

[Leah]

I don't really have that much to say most of the time, but those levels and green squares and rankings and all are a pressure for those of us who are a bit competitive and driven. :tongue_smilie:

After finding out that you not only attain ranks, but earn squares, I had to do some checking...
Did you know that you can sort the member list all different ways...I am way too low on the list of "L's" even... :)

[Jeanne in MN]

I can't fathom the time it must take to have that many posts!


What's pathetic, though, is how much I get a kick out of the names/jobs we have. I was so happy to become a larvae! I have since become a worker bee and prefer to stay one than become a nurse bee!, I'd rather get the necter than feed the larvae. How pathetic is that!! LOL!:001_rolleyes:

[chai]

I get tired just thinking about writing that many posts. :sleep:

I don't have that much to say either.

[Cathy in TX]

One more post for me and I become an official bee!

[Cathy in TX]

Not that I notice those things or anything. (Ha! This should do it!)

[Whisperlily]

And some of us can type just about as fast as we can think! ;)

[WTMindy]

are also social IRL? I know I tend to be a people-person and I like people. One of my goals is to try and respond to every prayer request I read and pray for that person. I want to be an encouragement to those around me. So, that ups the number of posts, even if they are just short a short note saying I am praying.

Plus, I like to be goofy, so I try and pop off silly one-liners here and there.

But, I must confess that I get a little more chatty the closer I get to the next level. There is little competitiveness in me...not necessarily against others, but more a goal for myself to get to the next level.

I have to agree with Karen, and felt a little rep-envy. ;) Now I really want two boxes!!

[gardenschooler]

I feel like I lurk all the time and rarely post. I bet I'd have 3,000 if I felt more talkative.

[Elaine]

[QUOTE=Karenciavo;99930]I'm envious of PariSarah's and Peek's two green squares QUOTE]

Great! Just great! One more thing I need to add to my list! More posts and more dots!!!:svengo:

[Elaine]

I'm envious of PariSarah's and Peek's two green squares


Great! Just great! One more thing I need to add to my list! More posts and more dots!!!:svengo:

[Karin]

Sometimes, like when I saw someone who is an amateur bee keeper with over 1000 posts. But other times I think I've been spending too much time here if I have as many posts as I do since I was away for over a week and didn't post at all then.

[Susan in IL]

No because I usually only post when I have something else to add. Occasionally, I will add a ditto or a me too but only for those things I feel strongly about. When people ask for prayers, I don't post that I am praying, I just do it. I don't really like carrying on conversations on a forum either.

Think if it as a party. Some people talk a lot, some a little and some not at all.

[*anj*]

Those of us with a lot of posts don't always have a lot to say either! (See, I just upped my count. . .)

Exactamundo!! :tongue_smilie:

[Doran]

Exactamundo!! :tongue_smilie:





http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/laughing006.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)
THIS is how to spell exactamundo. I think I've wondered about that for a long, long time. And, it's posts like these that really add up, kwim? (heh)

Doran

[*anj*]

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/laughing006.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org)
THIS is how to spell exactamundo. I think I've wondered about that for a long, long time. And, it's posts like these that really add up, kwim? (heh)

Doran
I do kwym, exactamundo!! :lol: (Why am I so silly tonight?)

[Colleen]

I can't fathom the time it must take to have that many posts!

Not a whole heckuvva lotta time, actually. Just depends on how quickly you pop off replies, personality, etc. I have no doubt that there are loads of people who spend more time here than I do yet post less often. It's all good.:)

[Colleen]

are also social IRL? I know I tend to be a people-person and I like people.

Sometimes I qualify as a "people person" ~ a "life of the party" kinda gal. And then again, sometimes I'm annoyed as h-e-double toothpicks when I have to interact. I could go for days ~ weeks, months ~ without exchanging so much as a word with another person. I love silence. And except for the rat-a-tat of the keyboard, this medium affords me that luxury.

[Liz CA]

You, apparently, have a life. (Heh) :thumbup:

Doran

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[Rachel]

Now that you bring it up..........yeah..........I didn't think about it before that....

So thanks a lot!!!

Now I won't be able to sleep tonight.

I go in spurts as life allows. I'll post like crazy for awhile and then it may be a couple of days before I get on (especially if I'm working night shifts at the hospital) so I can't compare myself to those people that have 24 access to the boards......

[Volty]

drone 1 (drhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/omacr.gifn)
n. 1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.

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That's the life right there, I need to get reclassified. No not by the WTM admin, I mean by the Buddist reincarnation people.

[Karenciavo]

Apparently my appeal to pity and quoting Fredo worked :o Thanks for all the rep.

[Friederike in Persia]

I'm also struggeling with the envy bit, but like some of the others more with the rep. Then I sort of blush:blush:, kick myself, move on:auto:, until a few posts later, when I start all over again. And there I thought I was out of my teenage years.:tongue_smilie:

[Kelli in TN]

are also social IRL? I know I tend to be a people-person and I like people. !!

I am the opposite. I don't tend to be really social in real life. I like to gab with my circle of friends, but I don't seek out social outlets. I really just want to stay home.

I CAN socialize in real life, I am able to chat with the other parents at ballet class without screaming inside my head. I just don't seek out a lot of extra social outlets. I don't attend our church's women's functions, I don't go to homeschool mom things very often. I just like to be at home.

But I can gab up a storm on here sometimes!!!! I guess I like this because I can gab with y'all and you don't know that I am wearing leopard print pajama pants.

Oh, wait, now I guess you do.

[3lilreds in NC]

I have serious post number envy - I have no idea how people have time to post so much. I don't get here as often as I'd like so I feel like I have no idea what's going on so I don't even have anything to say when I do get to pop in! Alas, I fear I shall never sit among the royalty. :D

[King Alfred Academy]

you are hive mind larva now!

Just got one under my belt!

[ThriceBlessed]

I feel like I lurk all the time and rarely post. I bet I'd have 3,000 if I felt more talkative.


:iagree:

Blessings,

[Frontier Mom]

Now, I need to get busy posting!! And, hey, how 'bout those green squares?

[Mom2boys]

Sometimes I am envious of those who are at higher levels than me - which is most everyone. I figure I'll get to be a queen bee eventually, maybe by the time my kids are in college....;)

[gardenschooler]

I'm not very social in real life. I like to get together with one friend at a time, and I've come to like my bible study instead of loathe the energy it requires (because they're just nice people!), but some things are emotionally exhausting to me, like church or any kind of meeting. If the situation means I'm going to be heaped with tons of other requests for my time, I really have a hard time forcing myself out the door.

I process things by thinking about them, not talking them out. I tend to try to fix one problem at a time, and I'll just keep mulling it over until I'm done. When I have to go spend time in a large group that I don't get anything out of, I feel like it's just taking time away from what I need to get done (thinking until I've got my problem solved!). But for social situations that are actually beneficial to me, it serves as a break, and I can come back mentally revived.

I guess I only have so much brain power, and I can't afford to waste any of it, lol.

I like the board because I can just click away if I don't feel like joining in a particular conversation, and because I'm not required to talk unless I feel like it. But when I do feel like it, I can just go revive threads at odd hours of the day or night!

[Kelli in TN]

I'm not very social in real life. I like to get together with one friend at a time, and I've come to like my bible study instead of loathe the energy it requires (because they're just nice people!), but some things are emotionally exhausting to me, like church or any kind of meeting. If the situation means I'm going to be heaped with tons of other requests for my time, I really have a hard time forcing myself out the door.

I process things by thinking about them, not talking them out. I tend to try to fix one problem at a time, and I'll just keep mulling it over until I'm done. When I have to go spend time in a large group that I don't get anything out of, I feel like it's just taking time away from what I need to get done (thinking until I've got my problem solved!). But for social situations that are actually beneficial to me, it serves as a break, and I can come back mentally revived.

I guess I only have so much brain power, and I can't afford to waste any of it, lol.

I like the board because I can just click away if I don't feel like joining in a particular conversation, and because I'm not required to talk unless I feel like it. But when I do feel like it, I can just go revive threads at odd hours of the day or night!

I swear you are my long lost twin!!

[Ellie]

I feel like I lurk all the time and rarely post. I bet I'd have 3,000 if I felt more talkative.

...says the Level 6 Scout bee:D

IKWYM. I was surprised that I actually post enough to be a scout bee, too. In my case, it isn't 'cuz I'm such a social butterfly; it's that I'm the empty-nester mom with no life!:lol: