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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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HelenMumsnet · 01/10/2011 11:24

Hassled: 17040

UrsulaBuffayTheVampireSlayer · 01/10/2011 11:21

consult your spreadsheet

Hassled · 01/10/2011 11:20

There used to be some Google (Analytics?) page people would occasionally link to - showing top posters of the week (quantity rather than quality) and other interesting stuff. But I can't find it anymore.

crazynanna · 01/10/2011 11:19

On Nethuns Netmums,it states how many posts you have written since joining,and it shows everytime you post. It also shows your joining date.
Grin

LeBOF · 01/10/2011 11:16

What, since last week?

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HelenMumsnet · 01/10/2011 11:15

That was your 7807th post, Pinot

Pinot · 01/10/2011 11:03

Ctrl F is the way to go. I don't much care though tbh.

kitya · 30/09/2011 23:40

I dont care either to be honest. It will do your head in if you start thinking about it!!

ThreadHog · 30/09/2011 23:34

Are you talking about me?

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BerylStreep · 30/09/2011 23:31

I find that I am so busy reading the actual posts, that I can't really concentrate on posters' names. There have been some threads lately where there have been real 'thread-hogs' and it would have been great just to be able to see ThreadHog '98th post' and be able to zone it out.

Will try the Ctl F thing.

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LauraIngallsWilder · 30/09/2011 23:30

My simple answer is "who cares?"
statistical studies of mn threads - seems odd and pointless to me!

also MN is already way more cluttered than it used to bem, enough with the clutter (obviously I'm showing my MN age!!)

ChippingIn · 30/09/2011 23:26

You can do it by ctrl + f (to get Find then putting the poster name in. It will give you a count of how many times the name was used and you can scroll though the thread (it highlights the words). Hope that makes sense!

But no - the counter is not a runner. Most of us don't give a toss how many times someone posts on a thread:)

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