Ok, my little joke aside, I'd be remiss if I didn't comment on this concept of "popularity". I think the original poster here was actually asking a question that hasn't really been answered.
Popularity is not as important as community within our ever-growing ranks. Even saying something like "This person is the most popular" is quite arbitrary, as there a cliques within the community, just as in any social group. This person may be popular among his/her group of friends, this one may be popluar among the artists, that one may be popular in a particlar sub-forum or topic.
Some folks post a lot, and become popular by sheer force of name recognition. Some post less, but command respect with thier insight. We all have our different place within our humble group, and finding yours is far more important than post counts or perceived popularity.
The whole purpose of our community is to have a place to go and people to talk to about our fetish. We are a very small (but ever-growing) section of the larger whole and could really use each other to lean on and share with. There's really no need to subdivide things further with something as fleeting and intangible as popularity, in my humble opinion.
- Dave 😎
