Do some posters actually have a life outside of boards?

JupiterKid

Do they really?

When I look at the post count of some posters on here - like 15k posts in just the space of 4 years or so, I wonder - how do they hold down jobs, how do they have a social life, how do they even sleep at night? Many of these posters claim to have high paying jobs, spouses,families and active lives. I’m dubious.

Some serious boards addicts on here!!:pac:

Ultimate Seduction

JupiterKid wrote: »

Do they really?

When I look at the post count of some posters on here - like 15k posts in just the space of 4 years or so, I wonder - how do they hold down jobs, how do they have a social life, how do they even sleep at night? Many of these posters claim to have high paying jobs, spouses,families and active lives. I’m dubious.

Some serious boards addicts on here!!:pac:

If boards translated to real life, everyone is rich, works from home, never breaks the law ect.

Really just a lot of liers on here.

JupiterKid

JupiterKid wrote: »

Do they really?

When I look at the post count of some posters on here - like 15k posts in just the space of 4 years or so, I wonder - how do they hold down jobs, how do they have a social life, how do they even sleep at night? Many of these posters claim to have high paying jobs, spouses,families and active lives. I’m dubious.

Some serious boards addicts on here!!:pac:

thats ten posts a day

Jim Bob Scratcher

JupiterKid wrote: »

Do they really?

When I look at the post count of some posters on here - like 15k posts in just the space of 4 years or so, I wonder - how do they hold down jobs, how do they have a social life, how do they even sleep at night? Many of these posters claim to have high paying jobs, spouses,families and active lives. I’m dubious.

Some serious boards addicts on here!!:pac:

With everyone having quick and easy access to the internet with their phones why does this even surprise you? Even when people go out for a night to catch up with friends the majority of time they are glued to their screens.

Graces7

Old British Telecom ad.. "It's good to talk.."

TerrorFirmer

Well 15k posts in 4 years is just 10 posts a day, hardly that excessive if you read/contribute to a fair few different forums. I'd mostly use boards on my lunchbreak for example.

Cabaal

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Well 15k posts in 4 years is just 10 posts a day, hardly that excessive if you read/contribute to a fair few different forums. I'd mostly use boards on my lunchbreak for example.

I'd wager that many more people post far more then 10 times a day on twitter or facebook

I'm not on facebook & sometimes look at twitter.
I'm overseas working & don't have family or close friends nearby.
Boards is like catching up with Ireland. In the run up to the 8th referendum it was my way of keeping in touch with the thinking back home.
When I'm sitting on my own, having a dinner or drinks, it's something to do rather than just be own my own.

WanderlustIre

It's hardly an addiction. Some people post here out of boredom, others out of an interest.

I comment in the same threads and topics, very rarely stray but if I see something interests me I will have no bother sitting for a few hours debating or being educated on something.

Life is virtual now, everything!! Shopping, dating, ordering food, watching TV. Every aspect of life is played out online now and it's just how society is.

Mint Sauce

It's a semi charmed life OP...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beINamVRGy4

TheValeyard

Some boards posters end up very cultish. Look at those werewolf guys, a strange bunch!

fatknacker

You can rack up those numbers easily if you've a boring desk job and post inane stuff in private forums.

I wouldn't be too quick to believe some high count posters who post long arguments all day that they have demanding jobs and family and study and exciting social life etc

Necro

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote:

Some boards posters end up very cultish. Look at those werewolf guys, a strange bunch!

I know. There was this guy there before for ages.

Vale... house or something?

I think they murdered him and closed his account to hide the evidence :eek:

TheValeyard

Necrominus wrote: »

I know. There was this guy there before for ages.

Vale... house or something?

I think they murdered him and closed his account to hide the evidence :eek:

Theres some other dude who literally gif spams everything

Necro

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote:

Theres some other dude who literally gif spams everything

I know him I think. TritsJaguar right?

Mrcaramelchoc

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Some boards posters end up very cultish. Look at those werewolf guys, a strange bunch!

Says the talking skull.

TheValeyard

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Says the talking skull.

Says the talking caramel chocolate

TheValeyard

Necrominus wrote: »

I know him I think. TritsJaguar right?

I think its Molly, but she's never online.

Pac1Man

Ten posts a day everyday sounds like a lot!

flookdgates

There are a lot of lonely people out there, desperately craving attention and someone to talk to. A quick browse of the Personal Issues forum confirms this. Boards posters out the outcasts, the ones who ate their school lunch alone in the computer room, repeatedly refreshing the page to hope someone "liked" their joke about coke and hookers. The ones who never got invited to parties and spent their Friday nights at home on the laptop with the Late Late Show in the background.

I remember at my first (and last) Boards beers I was sitting down at a table having a chat with an acquaintance. A middle aged simpleton stood at the end of our table, dribbling down his XXL shirt with a goofy smile plastered on his face while staring at us. It was as if he wanted to join the conversation but didn't know how. His 50,000 posts online didn't translate into real life social skills sadly.

MadDog76

flookdgates wrote: »

There are a lot of lonely people out there, desperately craving attention and someone to talk to. A quick browse of the Personal Issues forum confirms this. Boards posters out the outcasts, the ones who ate their school lunch alone in the computer room, repeatedly refreshing the page to hope someone "liked" their joke about coke and hookers. The ones who never got invited to parties and spent their Friday nights at home on the laptop with the Late Late Show in the background.

I remember at my first (and last) Boards beers I was sitting down at a table having a chat with an acquaintance. A middle aged simpleton stood at the end of our table, dribbling down his XXL shirt with a goofy smile plastered on his face while staring at us. It was as if he wanted to join the conversation but didn't know how. His 50,000 posts online didn't translate into real life social skills sadly.

As a biographical piece, I'll give it a 6/10.......

Trigger Happy

Trying to pigeon hole the average boards poster would be like trying to tame a bag of frogs.
But there are those who dont get the quality over quantity thing.

Timberrrrrrrr

flookdgates wrote: »

There are a lot of lonely people out there, desperately craving attention and someone to talk to. A quick browse of the Personal Issues forum confirms this. Boards posters out the outcasts, the ones who ate their school lunch alone in the computer room, repeatedly refreshing the page to hope someone "liked" their joke about coke and hookers. The ones who never got invited to parties and spent their Friday nights at home on the laptop with the Late Late Show in the background.

I remember at my first (and last) Boards beers I was sitting down at a table having a chat with an acquaintance. A middle aged simpleton stood at the end of our table, dribbling down his XXL shirt with a goofy smile plastered on his face while staring at us. It was as if he wanted to join the conversation but didn't know how. His 50,000 posts online didn't translate into real life social skills sadly.

You ok hun?

bubblypop

bubblypop wrote: »

Boards is like catching up with Ireland.

If you mean it's like a representative sample of the whole country, this is very much a mistake.

Chaos Tourist

flookdgates wrote: »

There are a lot of lonely people out there, desperately craving attention and someone to talk to. A quick browse of the Personal Issues forum confirms this. Boards posters out the outcasts, the ones who ate their school lunch alone in the computer room, repeatedly refreshing the page to hope someone "liked" their joke about coke and hookers. The ones who never got invited to parties and spent their Friday nights at home on the laptop with the Late Late Show in the background.

I remember at my first (and last) Boards beers I was sitting down at a table having a chat with an acquaintance. A middle aged simpleton stood at the end of our table, dribbling down his XXL shirt with a goofy smile plastered on his face while staring at us. It was as if he wanted to join the conversation but didn't know how. His 50,000 posts online didn't translate into real life social skills sadly.

No harm in going a bit outcast in today's world. In a pub yesterday watching some moron in a group of drinkers playing buckaroo very enthusiastically with the chair he was sitting in because some country music started playing on the jukebox. Started climbing on top of the snug, again pretending to ride a horse. Told off by staff, he said he was only having the craic.

Necro

flookdgates wrote: »

There are a lot of lonely people out there, desperately craving attention and someone to talk to. A quick browse of the Personal Issues forum confirms this. Boards posters out the outcasts, the ones who ate their school lunch alone in the computer room, repeatedly refreshing the page to hope someone "liked" their joke about coke and hookers. The ones who never got invited to parties and spent their Friday nights at home on the laptop with the Late Late Show in the background.

I remember at my first (and last) Boards beers I was sitting down at a table having a chat with an acquaintance. A middle aged simpleton stood at the end of our table, dribbling down his XXL shirt with a goofy smile plastered on his face while staring at us. It was as if he wanted to join the conversation but didn't know how. His 50,000 posts online didn't translate into real life social skills sadly.

Aye, and posting on Boards to give out about Boards posters will really show them.

Methinks you could learn a thing or two from Mr. 50,000 online post guy. :cool:

Ted_YNWA

Woohoo, I have 2000 odd posts to go before I need to get a dribble bib.

If you get involved in some threads & are in private forums, you can easily rack up posts.

OldMrBrennan83

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Day Lewin

"Do some posters actually have a life outside of boards?"

You'd be amazed....

Pac1Man

Necrominus wrote: »

Methinks you could learn a thing or two from Mr. 50,000 online post guy. :cool:

Like what?

Ted_YNWA

Patww79 wrote: »

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Nope, not that I am aware of.

I am sure that is discussing anything untoward (same as publically) will be swiftly deleted.

It is a chance to discuss issues with like minded people. We have all seen threads go off on tangents & taken over by extremists. I have seen less mod action required in private forums, as all members are there for the common good.

FriendsEV

flookdgates wrote: »

There are a lot of lonely people out there, desperately craving attention and someone to talk to. A quick browse of the Personal Issues forum confirms this. Boards posters out the outcasts, the ones who ate their school lunch alone in the computer room, repeatedly refreshing the page to hope someone "liked" their joke about coke and hookers. The ones who never got invited to parties and spent their Friday nights at home on the laptop with the Late Late Show in the background.

I remember at my first (and last) Boards beers I was sitting down at a table having a chat with an acquaintance. A middle aged simpleton stood at the end of our table, dribbling down his XXL shirt with a goofy smile plastered on his face while staring at us. It was as if he wanted to join the conversation but didn't know how. His 50,000 posts online didn't translate into real life social skills sadly.

Why not mingling with boards crowd on your boards beer night?

Agricola

It would be easy enough to rack up big post counts in short timespans if you a) have a boring desk job that facilitates you browsing forums all day and b) if you are one of these people that love a long back n' forth argument. You can check any thread that has lots of pages / hundreds of replies and you can be guaranteed by the late game it will be just 3 or 4 people trying to out debate each other, and most of them will have huge post counts.

Cleopatra_

Yes. This is it. Boards is my whole life.

umop episdn

Cleopatra_ wrote: »

Yes. This is it. Boards is my whole life.

That and Redtube

Cleopatra_

umop episdn wrote: »

That and Redtube

Don't be leaving poor pornhub out

Agricola

Cleopatra_ wrote: »

Yes. This is it. Boards is my whole life.

At least you're not living in the nile.

I am one of the 15000 posts within four years person you refer to Jupiterkid.
Basically I have devoted my life to Boards and ensure that nothing else gets in the way of me posting. Every morning at approximately 6 am I go through each forum individually and decide which one is worthy of my wisdom or humour. This is very time consuming. At midday I take a break. Due to my robotic and rigid nature I can work steadily for hours at a time. After break I search through all of my posts for the important ´thanks´ and also any disagreeing. In the event of a disagreement then I must spend two hours engaged with that poster in an attempt to make them see sense. Note the cap I put on this. Its important to not be sidetracked from my overall goal of adding more and more posts.



I hope that helps you understand.

MadDog76

Deleted User wrote: »

I am one of the 15000 posts within four years person you refer to Jupiterkid.
Basically I have devoted my life to Boards and ensure that nothing else gets in the way of me posting. Every morning at approximately 6 am I go through each forum individually and decide which one is worthy of my wisdom or humour. This is very time consuming. At midday I take a break. Due to my robotic and rigid nature I can work steadily for hours at a time. After break I search through all of my posts for the important ´thanks´ and also any disagreeing. In the event of a disagreement then I must spend two hours engaged with that poster in an attempt to make them see sense. Note the cap I put on this. Its important to not be sidetracked from my overall goal of adding more and more posts.



I hope that helps you understand.

And Boards is all the better for your contributions Perse ........ thank you. xx

MadDog76

MadDog76 wrote: »

And Boards is all the better for your contributions Perse ........ thank you. xx

Ah now

FrancieBrady

I am one of those high post people too and I am routinely accused of being a bot.

I don't spend all my time on boards, nothing like it in fact.

I like a debate and I also have many many ways of being online. I counted 18 devices for connecting to the internet in my sitting room alone one evening. I found that crazy too btw.

I have three PC's in my workplace all connected, and have a phone in my pocket all day. Responding to posts is easy, it just depends on how interested you are I suppose.

I am in the garden working atm btw. (kinda )

Water John

I think the stat is, on average we check our mobile phone every seven minutes. That is UK, we're probably worse.
If someone uses Boards as their major online interaction, easy to rack up numbers. I personally don't do other forums, not even private Boards. I just log in maybe twice a day. Only on my laptop don't use my mobile for it. Often have on in the background whilst working. just follow a number of my key interests.
Are you suggesting I should go to the pub instead and listen to some bore, talking s***e. At least here one can control the subjects you wish to discuss.

MadDog76

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ah now

I meant every word!

Vita nova

I have noticed that many of those with high post counts are self-declared IT professionals, so if you're working in front of a PC all day with lots of opportunities to post then you could easily accumulate an average of 10 or more posts per day.

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Some boards posters end up very cultish. Look at those werewolf guys, a strange bunch!

Yeah, there's some right cults on Boards.
.

McCrack

I have to admit I do have preconceptions when I see a poster with a large post count

Insect Overlord

I've been here nearly 12 years at this stage. Thought I'd have hit 30,000 by now but cut back a lot over the last couple of years. Avoiding After Hours certainly helps!

Insomnia, on the other hand, is a great post-count driver.

Water John

A number of low counts, not you Crack, are reregs. One eg has about 40 and says was at a Boards night out. Others may just be lurkers and read posts and don't largely post themselves. A good way to pick up info on a topic. Often very good experts in specific forums. I wouldn't judge on the post numbers more the contributions, even if I disagree with their standpoint.

Hector Bellend

where else can i tell people to **** off and not get arrested for it

Hitman3000

Hector Bellend wrote:

where else can i tell people to **** off and not get arrested for it

Fertility clinic?

Hector Bellend

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Fertility clinic?

You wont catch me in there.

My swimmers are awesome

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

There are definitely a few fantasists, the high post count is driven by the need to keep reiterating the details of their very interesting, very impressive, super real life.

Ten posts a day isn't huge amount, when it's consistently almost every day for years it's a bit of a "hmm" but yeah with smartphones, desk jobs etc not remarkable. Like someone said if it was ten tweets a day no-one would give a ****.

I've definitely days where I've thirty or forty posts like, either having the same five arguments I've been having on here for ten years (super productive I know) or making dick jokes in chat forums. But then i'd have weeks where I might have five posts or no posts because I'm busy.