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Same here. It's not like I look and think, Oh, he's got 76 posts, he's sticking around. It's more like I look and think, Oh, it's that Friendly Frog person who's so nice/funny/helpful at Board X. Yeah, what the heck, let me give it a look.
The names of people who race toward a high-enough post count don't register with me at all, not until they've got a whole lot of posts anyway. And then, when I know that name but know nothing about who they are, I'm likely to realize this is a person who just posted a bunch of one-word replies to get that number up.
But someone who's been kind and thoughtful, who's attempted to engage? Whole different story.
The same is true of someone who's been nasty. If I think they're a jerk, any name recognition is entirely negative.
Maryn, who doesn't beta as much as she could or should
The names of people who race toward a high-enough post count don't register with me at all, not until they've got a whole lot of posts anyway. And then, when I know that name but know nothing about who they are, I'm likely to realize this is a person who just posted a bunch of one-word replies to get that number up.
But someone who's been kind and thoughtful, who's attempted to engage? Whole different story.
The same is true of someone who's been nasty. If I think they're a jerk, any name recognition is entirely negative.
Maryn, who doesn't beta as much as she could or should