Mark Bowen - 16 January 2008 11:51 PM

Seriously though, I always take a quick look at the number and my position on the member list!! How vain am I??

Ugh, I’m guilty as charged. I do the same thing. It’s like a game, and I’m still upset that you’re beating me, Mark.

I just try to at least ensure that most of my posts have some value in them, rather than just a “Thanks!” or something.

Anyway, I happened to notice the 50,000 mark myself. Congrats! I’m sure all sorts of milestones will be met for EllisLab this year.

mdesign - 17 January 2008 09:36 PM

I just try to at least ensure that most of my posts have some value in them, rather than just a “Thanks!” or something.

I do hope you’re not insinuating something there?

I have in the past been one to ask more questions than I have been able to help out on but I think I have a pretty solid understanding of ExpressionEngine now and like to be able to give back wherever I can.

I find these forums a bit like a drug to me each day (disclaimer: I have never had any drug other than Paracetamol anywhere near me!) and constantly refresh the main forums index to find all the new posts and try to help out whenever or wherever I can.

Best wishes,

Mark

I work in EE all day long.  I live out of the EE docs.  The forum is just one click away.

Mark Bowen - 17 January 2008 10:10 PM

I do hope you’re not insinuating something there?

Ha! Not at all. These forums are a drug for me too. When I’m bored I comb through them looking for posts I haven’t read. I have a direct link to them now on my iPhone’s home screen. So sad.

Considering how important EE is to my bottom line now, I make sure I stay up on everything I can, and that I’m always learning about those things I didn’t know I needed to learn about! I’m on here so much you can count me as 2 people and say 50,001 served.

I am warning you guys, that refreshing and helping out thing - it is really hard to make it stop. *whistles innocently*

Lisa Wess - 17 January 2008 10:22 PM

I am warning you guys, that refreshing and helping out thing - it is really hard to make it stop. *whistles innocently*

Tell me about it! Especially when there is a post count Top 20 at stake!

Top 20?  I’m competing for top 1.

Lisa Wess - 17 January 2008 10:25 PM

Top 20?  I’m competing for top 1.

That’s a company perk Lisa

Lisa Wess - 17 January 2008 10:25 PM

Top 20?  I’m competing for top 1.

I’m sure I can beat that with ease.

All I need is to kidnap Lisa and the whole of the first page of the memberlist and then make around 25,000 more posts and I’ll be there.

Easy!!

Anyone know where Lisa lives and my plan can come to light! Muwah ha ha ha ha!!

Best wishes,

Mark

The refreshing and helping out is what keeps Core users around and in some cases, buying a licence. People get more responses than RTFM, real ones. As soon as I knew how easy and accessible the backend is and how friendly and helpful the community is (and finally got some cash), I bought a licence. What *really* got me was the swift change of the fields in metaweblog API with labels. If I had had money then, I definitely would have bought a licence. I was debating not for a while, but after that I decided I had to. Plus, the Query module is a life saver, which I’ve discovered since buying a licence.

So, just would like to say, thanks to those who helped me in the Core support forum,, and finally Derek for tweaking the backend on the metaweblog API so quickly, which in all reality was the big deciding factor in whether I’d buy (if something *was* inaccessible, it would be fixed). Companies caring about the people from whom they get their paychecks is good juju. Really good juju, I’m honestly blown away by the dedication of the team. Oh, and sorry to anyone for sounding snarky or snapping at them at one point. I am the accessibility asshole, after all. *wink*