I agree with you. I also do not have a Facebook. I do have Twitter, but that's pretty limited and I use it more to follow interesting things than to chat with others. But as for social media, MacRumors is where it's at for me.
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Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, July 2014
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I agree with you. I also do not have a Facebook. I do have Twitter, but that's pretty limited and I use it more to follow interesting things than to chat with others. But as for social media, MacRumors is where it's at for me.
Actually, I am on LinkedIn, but use it solely for professional purposes, and then only briefly; in fact, I use it to keep in touch with fellow professionals in areas of mutual interest.
However, for a more persona flavour, I come to MR, and it is the only forum of its kind I frequent.
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Ah yes, I forgot about LinkedIn. I have that too, but don't really consider it social media as, like you, I use it strictly for professional things.
Exactly. I use it to keep in touch with individuals with whom I have worked and with whom I share professional interests. A few of my friends are on it, too. However, I use it strictly for professional matters, and rarely post on anything, even political discussions.
Now, MR, on the other hand, is different. And some corners of it (our wonderful espresso thread comes to mind, in particular) are positively welcoming in their warm atmosphere and comfortable ambience.
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No Facebook or Twitter here either.
Not sure why the world would care about my status that much!
I don't even do LinkedIn as I find most of the endorsements etc are worth about as much as printing off your own qualifications.
My only other online presence is Flickr and that's really just to enable me to post full size pictures in the POTD thread on here.
Macrumors just gets the balance right between being social and my anominity.
Not sure why the world would care about my status that much!
I don't even do LinkedIn as I find most of the endorsements etc are worth about as much as printing off your own qualifications.
My only other online presence is Flickr and that's really just to enable me to post full size pictures in the POTD thread on here.
Macrumors just gets the balance right between being social and my anominity.
thanks Doctor Q. surprised to see that i'm still in the Top 50. i guess i won't be for much longer.
Same with me. I have no followers on my Twitter account and use it basically to follow sports news.
Yes, I am in much the same position; while I do have a Twitter account, for now, I simply use it to follow politics in the country where I am based.
LinkedIn is used solely for professional purposes - and, in that context, endorsements can indeed be of some use - while Facebook is something I neither understand nor have the slightest interest in, and, not only do I not have a FB account, I have never had one, and I simply don't 'get' it.
I don't doubt that for one minute, as I feel exactly the same.
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Still in the top 25 without lifting a finger! As ever a mixture of shame and a little smugness.
As for the reasons many of the top posters have absconded, I think simply put: things change. Abstract, SkyBell (Cassie?) and Scepticalscribe wrote some pretty accurate details which I tend to agree with but the biggest reason for me - when I was posting prolifically it was before the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Eventually the site got bigger and less personal; rules evolved and started cramping my style; some of the interactions felt increasingly annoying; well that’s when I found more enjoyment in other/newer mediums of internet socialising. Separate or not to that I think I also became more interested in reading instead of doing the talking. I read A LOT. Novels, articles, and everything I ever wanted to learn about. It’s liberating. Lately there’s been a lot of catching up on TV and movies that I couldn’t bother with on slower internet. Now there is 100 meg and Netflix, etc. Nothing very dramatic drove me away, just a change in focus.
At the risk of cheesing it up, MR will always be special to me because of the people I’ve met and haven’t yet met but regularly talk to from here. Many people I don’t currently talk to still cross my mind from time to time. Some brilliant people have found their way here. I would know!
And thanks to Q for the stats! These threads always intrigue me back for a peek.
Good too hear from you. it's been a long time. The stats are nice. iBlue PM me your Twitter handle please.
What about top 50 poster per individual year? (Not an accumulation of all years). I might make the top 50 there.
Since I have data only for users with the overall top post counts, I could create an ordered subset based on the last year's posts, but I would miss top posters who don't yet have a high enough post count to show up on my radar. All those up-and-coming motormouths would be left out.What about top 50 poster per individual year? (Not an accumulation of all years). I might make the top 50 there.
You'd have to post it to represent 1 years of activity, say on Jan 1 for the previous year or whatever benchmark desired, say June 1 for previous year back to to the previous June 1.
How does one check their position on this forum? On other forums I'm part of there's a place that shows the top poster and a list of everyone else and their rank based on posts.
You can't. It's information available to administrators only. In a sense, its to prevent pointless posting to try and "rank up".
well i became inactive because i went back to windows but alas i am back and my macs are ready now.
Your average since joining has been about one post per week. One post every 7.12 days, to be exact.