<p>My kids know I post on CC, and my kids don’t care, though they think I’m a bit eccentric. I have thousands of CC posts. CC is one of my hobbies. I love connecting with people on subjects that interest me. </p>
<p>I think young people are weird who go through life texting constantly or with a cellphone on their ear when they even are changing classes in college. </p>
<p>I don’t care what people think about the time I spend on CC.</p>
<p>To each his/her own…</p>
<p>My post count would be higher but I discovered early on if I wait a while someone else will post what I was going to say and probably say it better. So really their posts are my posts, too.</p>
<p>Sure, of course, but considering that the post count only goes up when you post on the actual college threads, or financial aid, or some other area, it stands to reason that people with thousands of posts have revealed a lot on the various college threads.</p>
<p>Northstarmom, you are an alumni rep of Harvard, I believe? I apologize if I have that wrong. It would stand to reason that you have probably contributed a lot to conversations about Harvard and other schools, and that is reflected in your post count. soozievt is, I think, a college counselor, and she has many thousands as well.</p>
<p>Momofwildchild, yes, that’s true about privacy, but if your kids ask you to not talk about them on line, in writing, or in person, you respect that, right?</p>
<p>While I’ve been a Harvard alum interviewer and do contribute on the Harvard board, my high post count also reflects that to me the teen years are the most interesting of childhood because of teens’ advanced critical thinking skills (compared to those of younger kids) and how exposure to ideas, experiences, and information at this time in life can totally change their lives. I also thoroughly enjoy interacting with the parents on these boards. In general, they are smart, caring, and interesting.</p>
<p>The post count reflects posts on the Parents’ forum, but not the Cafe. It also reflects posts on the Law School forum, prep school forum, etc.</p>
<p>Addiction.</p>
<p>That’s why I give CC up for Lent every year. Just to prove I can.
And to get something else done.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s addictive. And if you’re home bound or otherwise have lots of free time it’s entertaining and those who know what they’re talking about are really helping kids and thei families. The same number of posts of the Disney site though…</p>
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<p>Yes, I’m not allowed to write about 2 of my 3 kids after one of them had a peer recognize I had written about her!</p>
<p>I pretty much stick to the Parent Cafe. As to why someone would post so often? Where else are you going to find this many people with similar interests who are ready to chat at any time. Not to mention that you can be in your sweats sans makeup and nobody cares!!!</p>
<p>Does NorthStarMom have the most posts? Is there a list somewhere of all the members of CC and those with the highest post counts?</p>
<p>I think the OP is referring to a member who has been posting since Sept 09 and already has amassed over 6000.</p>
<p>Yeah… I enjoy CC and fully intend to keep participating here, but I too have noticed with some puzzlement the poster who’s amassed 6000+ posts since last September. Golly, and I thought I had time on my hands. ;)</p>
<p>But, yeah, to each their own!</p>
<p>I suspect some high volume posters are doing it at the office. Wonder if their employers have any idea, and what is CC doing to American work productivity? ;)</p>
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<p>Then what would you think about a person that is what you described above AND has way too many posts on CC? Lol just kidding :p</p>
<p>I seem to recall some sort of glitch where people’s post counts got super-inflated…by an order of thousands… for some random reason. I think that happened over a year ago, though. But, yeah. It took me several years to get to “Senior” status and then there are some posters that got there within months of joining. I guess I just don’t have as much to offer as some…</p>
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<p>Hey, I resemble that remark 
. The Disney site has a community board where all sorts of topics are discussed (including college and all its subplots). The one topic that has been banned is politics as the discussions got very heated and personal. But if you wanted to plan a trip to Disney (for yourselves, your kids, or grandkids), it would be crazy not to visit a site like that. You can find out everything about the resorts available, restaurants, attractions in the parks, transportation - both getting there and while you are there and most importantly, the best deals and discounts available.</p>
<p>I find my work is getting in the way of CC.</p>
<p>It is a great way to kill time on those long conference calls - global calls with reps from each region. CC has prevented me from wanting to shoot some people on those calls of speaking for half an hour and saying nothing. So, I think CC has been useful at work place.</p>
<p>^^ Agree with oldfort. I actually get information at our company about internet usage and frequency of sites visited, and I can assure you that CC does not even make it on the map. YouTube is blocked at our company (drains system resources), but Facebook is open. Facebook is one of the top sites visited by employees during the work day. I believe it is easy to be quite productive and still check up on web forums. Also, now you can check sites from iPhones, Blackberrys etc. very easily, so dead time is no longer “dead”.</p>
<p>I left CC for a while after a student posted a reply to one of my threads. While I thought I was being very discreet, not putting any personal information, the student wrote something like, ‘Hey, I think I know who that kid is…’, and ‘that kid’ was my son. I totally freaked out. It’s a small world, even at a large university. There are far more lurkers (and I use the term affectionately) out there than posters, and sometimes it’s better to use PMs. It can be very addictive here, but perhaps more cerebral than Farmville!</p>
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<p>Another factor to add in is the size of the schools you’re posting about. D2’s school thread just does not get much traffic; with only 2500 students, you’re not going to get the numbers like a larger school, or more well-known school.</p>
<p>^^And another factor is the quality of those 6538 posts. But, in the end it’s just a number.</p>