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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 07:12 AM
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Poll question: Where does popularity in DU comes from?
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 07:22 AM by Neoma
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BernieBear Donating Member (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:03 AM
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1. Other - dedicated smart people
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:03 AM
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2. Who knows?
Back in April, I was at a DU gathering and I got a bunch of people saying, "Wow, you're 'populistmom'!!!" (I used to have another screen name.) It was completely odd and then another DUer said, "Everyone knows who you are!" While I wouldn't say that's necessarily true, it seemed like a lot of people did. I still have no idea why. :shrug:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:45 AM
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30. oh
you don't know about those photos of you? ;)
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:27 PM
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34. I hope not.
:scared:
Only one semi-compromising photo of me exists and it's not public. If any thing else were around, it would have to be some hidden bathroom cam or something that's most certainly not consensual. Then, I'd have to sue. :7

Sorry if I'm being too serious here, but that whole concept kind of bugs me. I'm a very private person.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:27 PM
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35. dupe
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 12:27 PM by SarahBelle
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:16 AM
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3. don't ask me
;)
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rvgwinn Donating Member (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:33 AM
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4. personally
DU keeps me informed to what is going on everywhere. Plus the personal opinions of people are interesting to read. Logining in to DU is one of the first things I do every morning.
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democracy eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 09:26 AM
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11. and the last thing I do at night
and then waking up with cold sweats in the middle of the night thinking,

hmmm I wonder what is going on at DU? I wonder if there is quirky Matcomnews to read?
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:35 AM
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5. Exposure. Some of us talk too much.
;) :hi:
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:40 AM
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7. don't know about that
I've had almost 4,000 posts in a little more than a year and almost nobody knows me at all...

Of course, most of those 4,000 posts are sarcastic replies to others.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:41 AM
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8. I know you NewJeffCT. Some of us don't think we are known and
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 08:41 AM by MrsGrumpy
we are. You are a funny guy in your sarcasm. :bounce: ;)
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:01 AM
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23. Yep
quality over quantity is more likely to get you a following. But what do I know, I've only had 500 or so posts but few of them were one liners, like this one.
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:44 PM
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46. I recognize your name NewJeff.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:02 AM
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25. I don't think you talk too much.
:hi: How are ya?
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:21 PM
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44. I'm doing good! How's that cold?
Hope you are feeling better. :hug:
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:37 AM
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6. You have to have cute pets :)
Trust me on this.
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democracy eh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:46 PM
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53. or post baby animal photos
awww look at the baby aardvark
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:44 AM
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9. Sex appeal.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:50 AM
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10. why THANK YOU!
:*
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 09:39 AM
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12. Subject-verb agreement
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 09:43 AM
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13. Not being a dick.
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:30 AM
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16. Hey!
Personal phallusicity is one hallmark of a cromulent Lounge-stalker!

:P
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:39 AM
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28. You've embiggened my soul...
:hi:
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:43 AM
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29. Embiggening happens.
Usually a lot right around Whacking Day.

;-)
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:46 AM
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31. Damned Snakes....
We should just go back to beating the Irish.
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:48 AM
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33. Yeah!
Like we ever really stopped.

;-)
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:30 AM
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17. That would explain a lot.
;-)
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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:22 AM
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14. If you find out let me know...
...'cause this nobody wants to be a star! :party:

My guess, though, would be that having a knack for coming up with lively and memorable topics for threads would help.
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:28 AM
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15. Yes
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 10:29 AM by dolo amber
Memorable dolo amber thread title:

"OMG, did you guys know woodchucks are real?!"

:D

(On edit: sadly, I wasn't *trying* to be funny. :()
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:01 AM
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22. That's why nobody replies to your threads.
Dumbass.
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:47 PM
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50. I think of you as a star.
Does that count? Been lurking forever and you always crack me up. Plus your name.....please....that's just funny.
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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:44 PM
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52. WOW! Thanks...
...and welcome to posting on DU. :pals:
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:40 AM
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18. It is the gift of gratuitous
And is based on a complicated formula, parts of which include subject-verb agreement and proper spelling. More than that, I deign not to say.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:59 AM
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20. How about being able to discuss things
in an erudite manner and discuss things that resonate with the moment? In other words, serendipity has to have something to do with it. A bigger question would be, is being popular important. In high school (a long distant memory for me) it was vitally, desperately important for survival (or rather it sure seemed that way) but now, I only care to discourse about this and that, connect with one anothers ideas in this fast paced 50,000 member forum.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:06 AM
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27. Charming non sequiturs are also part of the formula
Or are they?
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 10:56 AM
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19. I'm not sure what you mean by popularity?
The more you post, the more you're known. But I suspect that unless you are one of the rock stars who got their reputations elsewhere, I don't think most of us get groupies. Is that what you mean by popular?
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:01 AM
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21. Popularity comes from paying off other DU members to like you.
BTW The checks are in the mail folks!

;)
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:02 AM
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24. Establishment. Everyone knows some people
Like CatWoman, short bus president, matcom, etc. When you spend a lot of time here, you become recognized.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:43 PM
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39. Not threatening people with a taser while
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 12:43 PM by JimmyJazz
wearing body armor helps, too!

:P

on edit; see, an inside joke just for you!
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:57 PM
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55. Er, thanks
I think. :think:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:06 AM
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26. smart, interesting, sexy, cute pets etc
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 11:47 AM
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32. ohhhhhhhhhh, i get it now!
i just need to get some pets!
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:39 PM
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37. well the smart, cute and sexy part will help you too.
but I s'pose the 'pets' thing is the easiest to amend

:evilgrin:
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:45 PM
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40. the post was supposed to carry the assumptions that I was
"smart, cute and sexy"; and that the only thing keeping me from being dangerously popular on DU is getting pets:)
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:46 PM
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I Know
that's why the ':evilgrin:'
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:49 PM
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42. damn it; i always hate when people miss my sarcasm or intended
witticisms, and now i'm guilty of the same thing:) oh well :argh:
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:53 PM
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43. Hey! That's ok
one of the drawbacks to this kind of communication-no vocal inflection or facial cues. I guess that's TWO drawbacks...:)
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:35 PM
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36. I pay everyone to be my friend
-------------------------------------
S.O.S: Save our Sovereignty!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:41 PM
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38. The people I remember
1. Obviously, the ones who do substantive stuff IRL and tell us about it (Andy, Bev, Ida Briggs, etc.)

2. Those who post with ascerbic wit and humor.

3. People who are just plain here a lot, esp. in the Lounge.

Funny, too, it's different for each forum. You don't see the folks over in Voting Issues or Presidential Results over here hardly at all.

Anyway, if you KNOW you're popular on DU, how do you know? People can remember and read your threads without ever replying and telling you about it.
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 12:46 PM
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41. Impeccable grammar and spelling
:P
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:42 PM
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45. being a SMART-ASS!!
:silly:
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RawMaterials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:45 PM
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47. paying off the people who count the votes n/m
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:45 PM
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48. I think it's partially random
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 01:46 PM by Bouncy Ball
and partially having a very BIG personality, even on the internet, which can be hard to do.

It helps to be really gregarious and bigger than life. A little outlandish, within the boundaries of good Democratism (is that a word?).

no one knows me :cry:
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:47 PM
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49. Well of course nobody knows you
You only have 5 posts (unless you changed your name). :hi:
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 01:49 PM
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51. No one knows me.
:cry:
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:51 PM
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54. It's all about schmoozing ability.
Ya gotta schmooze right.

Some people just don't have the schmoozing skills.
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:58 PM
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56. Sex appeal and loads of $$$$$$$
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 03:04 PM
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57. Posting a lot
I've seen even disagreeable people become quite popular just because everybody sees their posts.
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