Ah, remembering the days when I coveted a spot anywhere in that list. I was determined, my time was absolutely worthless, and I had just enough knowledge to say something (probably) factual on a thread topic, but not actually provide anything resembling an answer to the question. It was the perfect diabolical plan for my inevitable rise to the top!
Then I hit 5,000 posts, and kinda realized that I was content at having reached that benchmark. Not the most prolific of posters, but also well known in the community. I decided to take a break from the forums for a while at this point; I had gotten all caught up in post-count fever, and my time spent reading and posting in topics had become more of a chore to reach a silly goal, rather than about the lively conversing and learning that I enjoy. Since my return, I've made just over 1000 posts. I can't remember specifically how long it took me to make my original 5k nor the subsequent 1k, but I can almost guarentee the 5k took much less time to acumulate than the next 1k.
To all those post-crazy Top 50'ers out there - I can only hope you do what you do because of a personal purpose, whether that be for fun, education or what have you. If this is indeed the case, I say let that posting passion burn as bright as you can make it.
Then I hit 5,000 posts, and kinda realized that I was content at having reached that benchmark. Not the most prolific of posters, but also well known in the community. I decided to take a break from the forums for a while at this point; I had gotten all caught up in post-count fever, and my time spent reading and posting in topics had become more of a chore to reach a silly goal, rather than about the lively conversing and learning that I enjoy. Since my return, I've made just over 1000 posts. I can't remember specifically how long it took me to make my original 5k nor the subsequent 1k, but I can almost guarentee the 5k took much less time to acumulate than the next 1k.
To all those post-crazy Top 50'ers out there - I can only hope you do what you do because of a personal purpose, whether that be for fun, education or what have you. If this is indeed the case, I say let that posting passion burn as bright as you can make it.