Curious....

[KnotaFrayed]

Do some people just never log out of this place or are they attached to it by umbilical cord?

I note some make a lot of posts, but not as many top postings as some others who may not have the same number of accumulated posts, unless they began all over again with a new identity, but the dichotomy and what drives its parts is interesting.

I wonder how many people look in and decide they can't get a word in edgewise or see if they did, their posting would rapidly be driven off the current page by those that seem to have a lot more time to spend here than others.

 

[gabriel]

i pay my subscribers to stay logged on in 4 hour shifts with strict orders to wake me if they spot something worth ridiculing.

 

[Jen]

I try to remember to log off every few days. I'm "logged" on whether I'm actually here at the computer or not.
It's not like the olden days where we had to log off to use the phone.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I don't usually bother to log off when I'm away from this computer. I suppose I appear to be here more often than I really am.

 

[Friday13]

I haven't logged out since I got here, Knot. Looks like I'm here even when I'm not. Another board logs me out if I'm gone for 15 minutes, then I have to log in repeatedly if I'm just reading and not posting. PJ had a problem that made me log in again, but my CP still said I had never logged out...weird.

 

[KnotaFrayed]

Thank you for all of your responses, I suppose my curiosity was as much about the interesting division between the groupings in the total number of postings column versus "reputation" points, (whatever they mean) column as those that appear to be umbilically attached to this site.

I'm curious about how much time any of us spend here, how we manage to do so, but more about why it appears those of a particular political leaning have so many "reputation" points and what that means in terms of how they are earned, who cares about them, who might be obsessed about them and if there is any means for any particular grouping, if they were so inclined, to jack one another's reputation (or their own) up as a means of securing what they could possibly feel insecure about or if there is any sort of subconscious connection to what drives of motivates people, what's important to them and if there might be any connection to the state of our nation or the world for that matter.

I know lots of people that do a lot of things recognized universally as being positive and good for others and for the world and never thought twice about how it reflected upon them or gaining some credit for it. There are others I know who seem so obsessive about being accredited and praised for anything they do that might be considered good, even if it is only to enrich themselves and their friends and not necessarily recognized as being good outside a closed group.

 

[MaryAnne]

I was logged out every time I left, Knot. Until I had my computer redone. Now,I am never logged out.

I just quit answering all the spam. Not worth the effort.