Is there a limit of posts a member can make here?

[Leto85]

I was today searching through the member catalog here when I mentioned a bar on the very end after each name that tracked the amount of posts a member has posted in a bar filled with blue. The farther the blue to the end, the more it hits the end. As you can see on page 18 (http://www.carls-sims-3-forum.com/index.php?action=mlist;sort=realName;start=1530) you will notice that a 'random member' named Pam (it's just an example dear Pam ) has posted 6894 and that number has probably increased the moment you are watching. The blue has reached almost the very end of the bar. My question is as followes: what happens if that blue actually do hit the end of the bar?

I don't take answers like 'wait and see' or 'it means the end of the world.' Please be specific.

[Metropolis Man]

The blue has reached almost the very end of the bar. My question is as followes: what happens if that blue actually do hit the end of the bar.

Nothing. Pam's bar already is maxed. Look carefully at the gap on the left and right side and you'll see the identical amount of white space.

[Leto85]

Nothing. Pam's bar already is maxed. Look carefully at the gap on the left and right side and you'll see the identical amount of white space.

Hmm, altough I believe you, I really want to believe you, I still don't see the identical amount of white space.

[RJ]

I believe that the bar may be in proportion to all the other members in the forum, so Pam's is maxed because she has the highest number and all the other bars are in proportion to hers. So as long as no one overtakes her in the number of posts it will always look the same. http://www.carls-sims-3-forum.com/index.php?action=mlist;sort=posts;start=0 This may give a clearer picture.

[Leto85]

O my howly plant cow, I am number 5??? I sure must slow down now before I get addicted.
But thanks for the post RJ. Your theory sure makes sence to me.

[Pam]

Metro and RJ are right.  My bar is maxed and it's in proportion to other posters.  I set the standard, so to speak.  Leto, if you don't see a full blue bar, it might be a graphics issue or something. 

[Saltypaws]

Wow, never noticed, I am number 4 and Leto is right on my tail.  I guess I better get to posting more, lol.

[TheChronicR]

Wow, I just imagined Pam's post count at the end of this year... Like 30,000 posts, I think. The best thing is that everyone knows that these posts were either important info or gameplay help. Keep up the good work, Pam.

[samoht04]

Wow I am third!  If you look at mine which is almost half the amount of posts that Pams then the Blue Bar does looka bout half the size. 

[Leto85]

Wow, never noticed, I am number 4 and Leto is right on my tail.  I guess I better get to posting more, lol.

Wanna race paws? First who wins the 3000 earns a date. If I win, you have to go to Holland, and if you win... well, we will see about that.

[Saltypaws]

Wait, if I win that means you have to come to Florida, only fair, haha.

That is pretty cool to have something like that to keep track of how many posts people make.  Pam will really be hard to even get close to, let alone pass up.

[lulu72188]

I think the coolest thing is that the post count seems to follow the rank-size distribution: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_size_rule, or for a better explanation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf's_law).  If we follow that model, it means that no matter how much you race, Pam will always be a certain fraction ahead of everyone

[Leto85]

Wait, if I win that means you have to come to Florida, only fair, haha.

I didn't say that...

Hehe Lulu, that is complicated stuff you've just posted.

Who will be faster, the turtle or the hare?
Indeed, the turtle.

[lulu72188]

Haha, I'm just trying to show off what I learned in statistics last semester, although I mostly just know how to recognize the picture.  But I also was amazed to see a pattern my teacher says shows up everywhere actually show somewhere!

[Hosfac]

My bar is puny.   

But hey, I'm working on it lol.