What does it all mean?
I am quite content just as I am!
This seeming, infatuation with numbers is a puzzle to me.
If all of the numbers disappeared we could say "So what!".
I don't know bybee. Town for class president?
TOL Snapshot: Inside the Numbers
- Thread starter Town Heretic
- Start date
I don't know bybee. Town for class president?
How do the Open Theism threads, part 1 and 2 stack up? How about an OSAS or MAD thread? Or maybe being MAD about OSAS
Do you think that's really possible? :chuckle:
One of the encouraging things I'm seeing/learning is that the low blow champs, while found everywhere, don't actually tend to generate many posts and don't do especially well at even drawing interest where they're the thread starters. Oh, they'll find a topic or two, but on average it's a little weak.
That should make you feel better about the state of the place and about your TOL neighbor.
Sozo's gospel, Andyc's objection of the DBR for justification
I show the hypocrites double talk
(and that is small potatoes compared to the Open Theism 3 part thread)
Tet's display of foolishness
I show the hypocrites double talk
(and that is small potatoes compared to the Open Theism 3 part thread)
Tet's display of foolishness
Hurrah!
I, however, shall retain my position as Chairman of the Board!
And, my protege, Rusha shall continue being groomed as my eventual replacement!
GR
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 58
More than 100 posts: 19
Lighthouse
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 43
More than 100 posts: 13
Knight
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 69
More than 100 posts: 26
stripe
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 59
More than 100 posts: 11
some other dude
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 40
More than 100 posts: 11
Granite
Threads: 75
More than 1000 views: 52
More than 100 posts: 23
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 58
More than 100 posts: 19
Lighthouse
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 43
More than 100 posts: 13
Knight
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 69
More than 100 posts: 26
stripe
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 59
More than 100 posts: 11
some other dude
Threads: 100
More than 1000 views: 40
More than 100 posts: 11
Granite
Threads: 75
More than 1000 views: 52
More than 100 posts: 23
It's exactly what I said it is. I wanted to find a way to look at relevance that wasn't your rep number, a number rather easily manipulated. What can't be as easily manipulated is interest expressed in the threads.I have started 21 threads since June 2006. None of them had more than 100 replies.
Which means I.... totally suck or... something? :AMR: What's this really about, anyway?
What I'm finding is that people who are less interested in mud rolling are fairing better, are in terms of drawing interest and response, a much more important number in the life of the community, the real engine that pushes this machine. That's good news.
As for you...Your sample is small. Look at the emerging average from those who have 100 threads or better and you'll see that even at the high end the percent of threads drawing over 100 posts in response is typically under 40%, meaning that 60% of those 100 threads, while they might be drawing over 1000 views often enough, don't generate much responsive heat.
So if you only have twenty something threads you might be within that larger sampling. That is, if you had 100 threads under your belt your numbers would likely improve significantly.
It's you. I just counted again.One of us cannot count.
59 threads over 1000 posts.
11 threads with more than 100 posts.
By page on the 1000
12, 14, 19, 14 (59)
By page threads over 100 posts
4,2,4,1
What's this really about, anyway?
It's about Town's need to puff himself up by diminishing others
pray for his troubled soul
Actually, I had done a number of numbers before I got to mine. It started with Sky taking a weak shot at my Quixote thread. That got me thinking about relevance and if we had to rest on the rep/popularity number. So I took a look at her thread performance. And that encouraging number led me to others.
You did better as Sod. Your current numbers, if they hold, are pretty weak, though Sod wasn't lighting up the boards either, except as a post contributor.
The numbers are what they are, though a few people are going to be surprised by someone I haven't set out yet.
Stay tuned.
He catches a lot of flack (and I've given him some of it, though more in fun than he seems to realize) but Gros M is an asset to the community.
GM
Threads: 76
More than 1000 views: 58
More than 100 posts: 41
Like him or not, that's the top of the response prompting chart and really solid on the number of views.
GM
Threads: 76
More than 1000 views: 58
More than 100 posts: 41
Like him or not, that's the top of the response prompting chart and really solid on the number of views.
WizardofOz
New member
We disagree. It doesn't tell you much about quality, but it does tell you which posters are on average sponsoring more interest, active or other. The trick is to realize, as in baseball and basketball that relatively low percentages can still represent significant achievement. Where .500 is fantastic play a .350 average isn't to be sneezed at, by way of example.
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Just funnin GM!
:chuckle: Well, it's not a number that reflects more than people's willingness to engage and/or read his threads. :idunno: Apparently he draws, for whatever reason. Some people have a knack for creating threads that interest viewers without drawing in a lot of posting activity. Some manage both. It varies. I'm just looking at an average and giving people something other than the rep number to consider.
I'll be looking for a rough average at some point, with a plus/minus.