I find that to be a preferred method of social interaction for myself as well. I suppose that's why I love forums and Twitter as much as I do.
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Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, July 2016
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Same. I like talking to like minded people on the internet.
I find it difficult to find like minded people in the real world!
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I thought it was just for the coffee advice?
Sometimes, I find the same.
I like talking to like minded people in the real world; however, online - somewhat to my surprise - I find myself discussing stuff that I wouldn't touch with a proverbial bargepole in the real world.
I know what you mean. But those are usually the conversations not with like minded people!
Also when you find yourself housebound (for whatever reason), a forum where you can talk stuff through is a lifeline
Yes, true.
But this is not what I would be doing outside.
When I head out, discussions are - or tend to be - even in clothes shops where I might be known - about politics; usually, men will ask my opinions & thoughts about politics, and political events - at the moment, Brexit, obviously is the issue - that's brilliant, it is what I like to discuss, and it is what my work life is all about.
Likewise, with my wine managers, or cheesemonger friends, we discuss politics - international and domestic (and cheese and wine and beer); occasionally, we will discuss books and plays. And maybe music.
But here, stuff I normally wouldn't touch with a bargepole, can be ignored, or explored, or discussed.
Well, now that is very true.
There is no way I would have the post count I currently have if my Mother was not in need of 24 hour care, and my career, to some extent, put on hold.
When I was deployed to central Asia, where I worked for the EU, for the best part of two years, I barely managed two or three posts most days, and just dropped in to a few of the fora, and threads where I was interested in what was happening. More active participation was reserved for evening time when I was in my room, or perhaps, while having a coffee or two on a day off.
Earlier, when I spent over two years in Georgia - also with the EU - there was a period of around six months where I hardly posted at all, I was just too busy, and other things - plus an active and busy social life - and cultural life, the opera, jazz and ballet in Tbilisi were second to none - took up much of my non-working attention and time.
It is not a coincidence that my time here - and the numbers of posts I have been able to make - have soared since I have been responsible for Mother and for organising and running, Mother's life - and that is with full time carers in doing the 'heavy lifting', the stuff of actually physically providing for her care.
So, yes, it is a welcome relief, and escape, even when one is 'confined to barracks' far more than formerly.
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Does it matter? It's still an indication of the time he spends on here. Also I'm pretty sure most Mods are volunteers.
Mods are members, too! 
I think it's perfectly reasonable to count Maflynn's posts. This has been fascinating, looking at the various charts! I recognize a lot of names from the past along with of course names of people who are currently active and busily posting. I know you had fun doing this, Doctor Q! Thanks!
I think it's perfectly reasonable to count Maflynn's posts. This has been fascinating, looking at the various charts! I recognize a lot of names from the past along with of course names of people who are currently active and busily posting. I know you had fun doing this, Doctor Q! Thanks!
I'm using two types of comparisons for the End of Time chart:
The Cur Rank and Delta Rank columns are comparing the ranks as of July 2016 to the new predicted ranks at the end of time. This shows the large changes that are predicted to occur as time moves on and more recent high posters overtake those with a longer history but lower post rate.
I added the Last EOT and Delta EOT columns because I found them to be just as interesting. They compare the end of time ranks that I computed last time (January 2016) to the end of time ranks that I computed this time (July 2016), showing whose post rate has increased or decreased.
I added the Last EOT and Delta EOT columns because I found them to be just as interesting. They compare the end of time ranks that I computed last time (January 2016) to the end of time ranks that I computed this time (July 2016), showing whose post rate has increased or decreased.
I think it would be less accurate. A forum member who used to post more frequently would get credit for that activity, but if they post less frequently in recent years it's more likely that they will post less frequently in subsequent years. Carrying that argument to the extreme, we could say that the most accurate end-of-time predictions would be based on everyone's post rate only for the last 24 hours, not the last 6 months. But of course people's availability to post changes day to day, so that would be too short a sampling period. I happened to pick 6 months as the interval to measure, but there's no proof that it's ideal.
If two forum members have posted at similar rates in recent months but one has a longer history of frequent posting, I give the edge to that person, on the theory that someone with a longer posting history is more likely to continue at the same rate, while someone who rose quickly is more likely to be a temporary high poster. We can find examples where this is the case, but also examples where they stuck around.
Wouldn't it be fun to ask forum members how many posts they predict they will make over the next 6 months, then compare their guess to what the model predicts?
what about a list of users with the most prolific post rates, regardless of year? maybe treat like the MLB season record of home runs whereas the post count is more like career home runs
Also...who is C DM? was that a user name change at some point?
Also...who is C DM? was that a user name change at some point?
I had to do quite a bit of data shuffling to find the answer, but now I have it.
"Max Rate" is the maximum posts per day over any 6 month period I measured in the past.
I've excluded the MacRumors bot account named MacBytes, which made 80.01 posts per day from Jul-2008 to Jan-2009.
Members with the Highest Maximum Post Rates
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Max Over This Six
Rank Member Name Rate Month Period
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1 GoCubsGo 41.38 Jul-2009 to Jan-2010
2 GGJstudios 39.14 Jan-2012 to Jul-2012
3 mad jew 37.22 Jan-2006 to Jul-2006
4 -aggie- 34.39 Jul-2009 to Jan-2010
5 Hellhammer 31.69 Jul-2010 to Jan-2011
6 Applejuiced 31.63 Jul-2010 to Jan-2011
7 maflynn 31.22 Jul-2014 to Jan-2015
8 C DM 29.97 Jan-2016 to Jul-2016
9 Eidorian 29.96 Jul-2007 to Jan-2008
10 iGary 26.82 Jan-2006 to Jul-2006
11 WildCowboy 24.52 Jul-2006 to Jan-2007
12 dmw007 24.30 Jul-2006 to Jan-2007
13 SandboxGeneral 23.55 Jul-2014 to Jan-2015
14 alphaod 23.48 Jul-2008 to Jan-2009
15 jsw 22.83 Jan-2007 to Jul-2007
16 mattscott306 21.98 Jan-2007 to Jul-2007
17 r.j.s 21.81 Jul-2009 to Jan-2010
18 ~Shard~ 21.63 Jul-2005 to Jan-2006
19 bartelby 21.21 Jul-2007 to Jan-2008
20 devilot 20.52 Jan-2007 to Jul-2007
21 Scepticalscribe 19.73 Jan-2016 to Jul-2016
22 mkrishnan 19.55 Jan-2007 to Jul-2007
23 DoFoT9 19.43 Jan-2010 to Jul-2010
24 Eraserhead 18.89 Jan-2008 to Jul-2008
25 Chundles 18.51 Jul-2006 to Jan-2007
26 PlaceofDis 18.02 Jan-2007 to Jul-2007
27 Lacero 17.98 Jul-2005 to Jan-2006
28 xUKHCx 17.66 Jan-2008 to Jul-2008
29 Weaselboy 17.63 Jul-2014 to Jan-2015
30 rdowns 17.31 Jan-2010 to Jul-2010
31 wdlove 17.30 Jan-2004 to Jul-2004
32 Blue Velvet 16.84 Jul-2007 to Jan-2008
33 Newtons Apple 16.66 Jul-2015 to Jan-2016
34 Macman45 16.58 Jul-2012 to Jan-2013
35 yellow 16.51 Jan-2006 to Jul-2006
36 Dagless 16.29 Jul-2006 to Jan-2007
37 KnightWRX 16.22 Jul-2011 to Jan-2012
38 MacNut 16.20 Jul-2007 to Jan-2008
39 Abstract 15.78 Jan-2009 to Jul-2009
40 eyoungren 15.31 Jul-2015 to Jan-2016
41 Rogifan 15.15 Jan-2015 to Jul-2015
42 edesignuk 14.99 Jul-2004 to Jan-2005
43 CalBoy 14.97 Jan-2008 to Jul-2008
44 robbieduncan 14.60 Jul-2008 to Jan-2009
45 Surely 14.59 Jul-2010 to Jan-2011
46 twoodcc 14.55 Jul-2007 to Jan-2008
47 Queso 14.54 Jan-2007 to Jul-2007
48 sushi 14.40 Jul-2008 to Jan-2009
49 MacDawg 14.21 Jan-2010 to Jul-2010
50 iBlue 14.15 Jul-2007 to Jan-2008
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Good Heavens - this is fascinating, and thanks for taking the time and trouble and 'doing a bit of data shuffling' to come up with this.
Extremely interesting to read, I must say.
I'm just surprised I'm still getting 1.7 posts/day. Yet I still fell off the EOT.
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But, did not @Doctor Q already say that you needed to be posting something in the region of three posts a day to make that EOT list?
Ah, yes, I see.
There was a time when one could check what one's 'daily rate' of posting was, but, with the change to the new system of Xenforo, I have no idea of how to find it.
Even on this most recent list, were are a number of names with which I am not familiar.
I assume that this goes to show that people come and go - you can post prolifically, and be an active part of this community, then life intervenes and your are suddenly a lot less active. New circumstances, both personal (partners and so on) and professional (new job, foreign travel, or studying) are the sort of things that will serve to have some affect on how often people will post, and how much time they can devote to the forums.
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Wow, reads like who's who of those I miss from back in the day.
Who is user CD M (#*), I assume they had a username change?
I'll never make the list
Many of us on the list are on the list by shear length of time on MR ... If we were starting out now and given the increase in MR member numbers and growth of the site overall, I'm sure we would struggle to get on the list.
I am happy I'm on the list though, the site has provided many years of kinsman ship
@Doctor Q question for you doc
Do these overall post counts take into account the posts in some of the subsections that were taken away from post count history ? I.e. Such as the console subfora when that was taken off users there (some of us had hundreds of posts then). If they do not take into account those subfora which were exempt from post count, I do wonder if the numbers would be different and some of the placements affected.