OK, because I'm sad, I went and checked this out. Sending a pm I got a list of suggested people to post to, which started with @Piglet, moved to @Eutychus and came up with me third, so I wondered if that list was generated by numbers of posts.
Currently, (well, when I checked a few minutes ago)
Piglet has posted 2807 times
Eutychus 2758
me 2586 (I've slowed down, I beat them both to 2000)
fineline 2306
mr cheesy - 2236
mousethief 2216
Bishop's Finger 2216
Barnabas62 2034
So this version does still list us by numbers of posts, just nowhere we can see normally.
That's as far as the drop down menu showed. I didn't try to see if it would scroll down further. My sadness only extends so far.
Trying on my laptop. I have to type the first letter and then it gives me all the possibilities for that letter. For 'F' I am at the top, so I guess that means I've posted more posts than anyone else whose screen name begins with F.
Alan Cresswell is at the top of A.
Barnabas62 is at the top of B.
Curiosity killed is at the top of C.
Doc Tor is at the top of D.
Eutychus is at the top of E.
I'm sure it's right in front of me, but... how does one send a PM? I've never had reason to do so on the new Ship.
I think if you click on the icon in the upper right corner that looks like an in-box you can see messages sent to you and have the option to send a new message.
I think. I'll test it out by sending you a message!
I could worry about myself for being ahead of our dear Thieving Rodent™, but I console myself that the board hosts had a bit of a head start on the New Ship.
Heh, I wasn't even a host when the new boards opened, and I didn't even make my way here until a couple months after it began, so that must make me the saddest, most in-need-of-a-life person! I was never a prolific poster on the old ship. I like this one better. It's easier to navigate - less cluttered and the font is bigger and more spaced out, and you can click to see all the most recently updated threads, rather than having to go into each board individually. And being a host makes me come here every day, otherwise I might forget about it.
Having just looked at my profile for something else, when your post count gets over 3,500, then the post count shows 3.5k! which will mean we can only post our counts at round numbers.
Current list in order of number of posts is Eutychus, piglet, mr cheesy, me, fineline, mousethief, Martin54, Bishops Finger, Barnabas62, lilbuddha
Oh, OK, this will be post number 3,552 -which is embarrassing, but substantially less than @Eutychus at 4,226 and @Piglet on 4,006 and @mr cheesy on 3,898 posts.
Crikey - I've scuttled past 4,000 without noticing! I did have a look the other day, but when I saw the "3.5K" I just assumed the software had changed the way posts were recorded.
Not by comparison ... I once made the front page on the old version, until the sprinters caught up ... here however, with apologies to those who are my harder working fellow hosts, I've barely made three figures. A combination of considerable changes in life and real clutziness learning the new ways ... I should make 300 by about the year 2525 (as the song once said)
I was about to post to say I've just reached 300. Not an astounding number, but considering I only reached about 650 posts in more than 10 years on the Old Ship, I'm sure it's a sign of some kind of improvement.
I'm getting the list, but not the numbers of posts - even in my own profile, I just get "4.8k" or whatever.
I don't know whether to be chuffed or embarrassed that I'm at the top - my excuse is that I'm hosting and contributing on two boards, and I'm sticking to it!
I'd like to think that our dear friend WW would be pleased that another AS host was carrying on the tradition of saintly waffling ...
You have to hold the mouse over the 4.8 to get the full number - and I got the numbers by going into profiles individually, having found the list and then being curious as to how many posts that meant.
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Very pleasing
Currently, (well, when I checked a few minutes ago)
Piglet has posted 2807 times
Eutychus 2758
me 2586 (I've slowed down, I beat them both to 2000)
fineline 2306
mr cheesy - 2236
mousethief 2216
Bishop's Finger 2216
Barnabas62 2034
So this version does still list us by numbers of posts, just nowhere we can see normally.
That's as far as the drop down menu showed. I didn't try to see if it would scroll down further. My sadness only extends so far.
Alan Cresswell is at the top of A.
Barnabas62 is at the top of B.
Curiosity killed is at the top of C.
Doc Tor is at the top of D.
Eutychus is at the top of E.
How do you get the list of everyone?
I think. I'll test it out by sending you a message!
I'm just astonished that anyone has beaten out Mousethief. Has he been slacking off?
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Current list in order of number of posts is Eutychus, piglet, mr cheesy, me, fineline, mousethief, Martin54, Bishops Finger, Barnabas62, lilbuddha
Ha, yep, but I figure a couple more don't make that much difference. It will still say 3.4k.
Oh well, here's to the next 4,000 ...
AAaaawwwwww!!!
Piglet - 4,844
Eutychus - 4,688
me - this will be 4,054
mr cheesy 3,898
Martin54 - 3,745
fineline - 3,735
Bishops Finger - 3,497
mousethief - 3,411
Baptist Trainfan -2,567
Barnabas62 - 2,529
(PMs list the top ten posters if you put a space in the box)
I don't know whether to be chuffed or embarrassed that I'm at the top - my excuse is that I'm hosting and contributing on two boards, and I'm sticking to it!
I'd like to think that our dear friend WW would be pleased that another AS host was carrying on the tradition of saintly waffling ...
Thanks - I just passed the 2000 milestone!
Doing a spring-clean and bumping ongoing threads.
Piglet, AS host