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Can we count how many times a poster has posted on a thread?

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BerylStreep · 30/09/2011 23:23

Perhaps I am inhabiting AIBU too much, but I have found myself reading long threads and thinking to myself, 'yes, that point has been made before ...' until I realise, that yes, in fact it has been made many times before, by the same poster repeating ad infinitum.

It would be handy if there was a counter beside a poster e.g. BerylStreep - 5th post on this thread, or in the case of some of our, err, more opinionated persistent posters, 97th post on this thread.

Do you think it is a runner?

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NetworkGuy · 05/10/2011 18:33

"The obnoxious overbearing persistant posters go on and on"

I could un happily name one who jumps on me from a great height and then starts firing random questions (my view to derail the thread). I tend to ignore her nowadays (and the whole topic area where I think she thinks she reigns), though she sometimes appears in other topic areas than her primary concern (which, fortunately, isn't mine!)

NetworkGuy · 05/10/2011 18:29

BerylStreep - you should be happy to have had the last say on (many) a subject.

I'm definitely a 'threadkiller' and proud of it :)

Maryz · 05/10/2011 13:34

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Pinot · 05/10/2011 11:23

I have never been on the vacc threads but I know who you're talking about! I also hear theres some sockpuppeting on those threads, known to HQ.

Maryz · 05/10/2011 10:19

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BerylStreep · 05/10/2011 10:16

Some of the AIBU threads start with lots of diverse views, but inevitably end up with 2 or 3 posters having a personal ding-dong for flipping ages. Honestly, some people just insist on having the final word. I reckon if someone hasn't been able to say what they need to say within 5 or 6 posts, then it's not really worth reading. I for one, would love to be able to say 'mmm 150th post - I'll not bother reading'.

I end up hiding threads as I can't be bothered to see them coming up on my 'threads I'm on'.

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BecauseImWorthIt · 05/10/2011 09:19

Ah. I ignore those. They are infamous!

Maryz · 05/10/2011 09:15

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BecauseImWorthIt · 05/10/2011 09:11

Sorry.

I agree in regard to serious over-posting. 150 on one thread is a bit worrying, really.

But does it happen that often on most threads?

BecauseImWorthIt · 05/10/2011 09:10

But I am always right, Maryz!

Maryz · 05/10/2011 09:08

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BecauseImWorthIt · 05/10/2011 09:04

But Maryz, don't you realise we have daily post quotas to fulfil? Wink

Maryz · 05/10/2011 09:00

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HelenMumsnet · 01/10/2011 19:43

@BerylStreep

Perhaps whilst MN are counting posts, they could also count the number of threads where I am the final post on the thread. Blush

Oh it's not the quantity, it's the QUALITY, Beryl Wink

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BerylStreep · 01/10/2011 17:15

Perhaps whilst MN are counting posts, they could also count the number of threads where I am the final post on the thread. Blush

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onagar · 01/10/2011 13:17

You have to post again for the new poster who just turned up and said the same daft thing as the last 20.

You may have just established that it is not illegal to /BF in public/claim child benefit if you work/buy sweets for your DCs/ when someone says "Yeah but you know that's illegal don't you" and around you go again.

Hassled · 01/10/2011 11:41

17040 Shock? What have I been doing with my life?

CaptainNancy · 01/10/2011 11:38

OMG! I seriously want to know howmany posts I've made overall... does this include namechanges?

heggertyhaggerty · 01/10/2011 11:37

Oh God. I hate it when people say 'you have posted seven hundred times on this thread, will you shut up'

when the only reason you're still posting is because OTHER people are posting stuff which contradicts your point or asking you what you mean by it.

I hate people who say that.

AnnieLobeseder · 01/10/2011 11:31

Oooh, creepy that MNHQ can count us. Does that tally-er keep track of us across name-changes too?

But back to the OP's question, as others have said, CTRL-F is your friend. If you're using a newer Windows, a little box will top up top right for you to type (or copy/paste) the poster's name into and then it will highlight every time that name comes up, tell you how many instances and you can use the arrows in the box to jump from each name occurrence to the next. Just used it on the thread about weekly bin collections, actually!

crazynanna · 01/10/2011 11:27

I can imagine MNHQ sitting there watching a poster's tally clicking up and saying "God her again. What does she want this time?" Grin

Pinot · 01/10/2011 11:26

Boffy forty thousand posts?? Yeegods woman!

LeBOF · 01/10/2011 11:26

41000 posts! Woohoo!

Pinot · 01/10/2011 11:25

Shock :o You know I luffs you mostest, HelenMumsnet.

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HelenMumsnet · 01/10/2011 11:25

@LeBOF

What, since last week?

Yeah, well she's always bleeding name-changing, innit?

BOF: 40999