To add to Whiskey's post I have been searching through
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/index.htm trying to find the guy who tries to win through sheer volume of posting. Just because you post 1000 times doesn't mean you're right. You don't always have to get the last word. Just admit defeat and go on to the next thread. I keep checking this thread/forum seeing if there's anything interesting and half the time it's just cybrsage blowing up the forums. Even if you're right you can't win an argument by posting this much.
Sigh....
OK, let us say you read something on this forum which is grossly incorrect, such as people saying the Law of Moses (aka Levitical Law) applies to non-Jews. Obviously, you would want to post a correction, since this simply is not true (non-Jews who voluntarily place themselves under The Law notwithstanding).
When you do this, you will get several people who all jump on you, each one saying something either completely hateful, or simply out of ignorance. Of course, you will need to correct the ones posting out of ignorance and you wil need to slap down the haters. At this point you are posting 5 replies. Each time you do this, they reply again, and you again have another 5 replies.
Builds up quickly.
We are all aware this is a left leaning board. That is glaringly obvious, and one of the reasons I started posting here. If you post something from a right leaning point of view, you will get many replies to it from many people. Each one will need to be replied to, and many conversations will take place.
Add to it the simple posts of "well said" and "I admit, I did laugh" when people say good or funny things. These things should not just be ignored.
This causes post count to rapidly increase.
I figured this would be obvious to everyone, but I was wrong, it needed to be explained.