Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, July 2016

[Scepticalscribe]

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.

Curiously interesting observation, and that is something that hasn't occurred to me.

There used to be a sub-forum on music - where everything to do with music was discussed, - not just what you are listening to - but that sub-forum was discontinued to my immense regret. (Apparently, music became less compelling in people's lives). Anyway, it was a forum that I really liked, visited often and posted in frequently when I first joined the community.

 

[Jessica Lares]

I'm just surprised I'm still getting 1.7 posts/day. Yet I still fell off the EOT.

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You'd be higher than me if the EOT was extended as I only did 1.6 posts/day this time around.

 

[Doctor Q]

Who is user CD M (#*), I assume they had a username change?

You'll have to ask CD M if there's any history to share.

I've found that some high-posting users tend to post in different threads than I do so I simply don't notice their high posting rate until I do the stats. That's probably the case for many of us.

Do these overall post counts take into account the posts in some of the subsections that were taken away from post count history?

No. They measure only what the forum system counts. The results would be very different for some members if we counted political posts and other posts in non-counted forums.

 

[dukebound85]

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.

                       Max    Over This Six
Rank  Member Name      Rate   Month Period
----  ---------------  -----  --------------------
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

Guess who #51 would have been? A forum member named Doctor Q, from Jan-2006 to Jun-2006!

This is awesome. I am surprised some members don't have multiple entries though

 

[Scepticalscribe]

You'll have to ask CD M if there's any history to share.

I've found that some high-posting users tend to post in different threads than I do so I simply don't notice their high posting rate until I do the stats. That's probably the case for many of us.

That is very true.

There are some sections of the forum where I have never ventured (the iPhone and iWatch areas, for example) and I expect that some who have high post counts may have contributed in areas where I would never had had the opportunity to encounter them as those are not the areas I frequent myself.

No. They measure only what the forum system counts. The results would be very different for some members if we counted political posts and other posts in non-counted forums.

That is true, too.

There are a number of members who seem to post almost exclusively in the political section.

 

[maflynn]

This is awesome. I am surprised some members don't have multiple entries though

Same here, but maybe Q filtered them out. If I averaged 31.22 in the second half of 2014, I have to believe I was near that number either in the first half of 2014 or 2015. I'm not looking to see my name there multiple times, but rather just point out, that I believe there was some different number crunching going on to show the list as it stands.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

This is awesome. I am surprised some members don't have multiple entries though

Oh, yes, I see what you mean - the same individual achieving an exceptionally high post count at two, or three different periods of measured time (and measured posts in that time).

 

[Doctor Q]

How do I like thee? Let me count the ways.

While I was gathering post counts from profile pages, I picked up a few other stats that are shown in profiles. These results are for the current Top 50 posters and for high-posting users I track, not for all members, and they are as of July 3.

Number of followers: For the Top 50, Applejuiced with 133, then DoFoT9 with 119. For members I track, the same winners. Honorable mention to eyoungren with 92.

Total number of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, maflynn with 5,884, then Rogifan with 5,882 -- photo finish! For members I track, Renzatic with 8,973, then maflynn with 5,884.

For the all-members list, see here. As of today, Renzatic leads with 9,107, jkcerda is next with 7,771, and Scepticalscribe has moved into third place with 6,064.​

The rest of these statistics are approximations, because

1. Likes are counted over all posts, while posts are counted only where Xenforo tallies them.

2. The percentage of liked posts favors our more recent members. The "like" feature is fairly new, so those of us with long membership histories are going to have no likes from past years, despite our extremely witty remarks of the past.

3. The percentage of liked posts in the past 6 months is an overestimate since newly made "likes" of old posts are included in the numerator but only the last 6-month post count is in the denominator.​

Number of "Likes" in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, Scepticalscribe with 3,131, then maflynn with 2,782. For members I track, Renzatic with 5,160, then Scepticalscribe with 3,131.

Total percentage of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, Rogifan with 37.4%, then Scepticalscribe with 34.8%. For members I track, Renzatic with 95.5%, then dannyyankou with 48.1%.

Percentage of "liked" posts in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, rdowns with 2706.5%(!), then MacNut with 374.8%. In other words, they average quite a few likes per counted post. For members I track, mactastic with 7100.0% (71 likes and 1 counted post), then rdowns with 2706.5% and Renzatic with 2701.6%.

These results aren't especially meaningful since the measurement excludes many posts in the PRSI forum. So we'll give out these prize ribbons with little asterisks next to them.

Too bad Xenforo doesn't show the total post count or the likes in post-counted forums, so I could be more accurate.​

 

[Apple fanboy]

How do I like thee? Let me count the ways.

While I was gathering post counts from profile pages, I picked up a few other stats that are shown in profiles. These results are for the current Top 50 posters and for high-posting users I track, not for all members, and they are as of July 3.

Number of followers: For the Top 50, Applejuiced with 133, then DoFoT9 with 119. For members I track, the same winners. Honorable mention to eyoungren with 92.

Total number of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, maflynn with 5,884, then Rogifan with 5,882 -- photo finish! For members I track, Renzatic with 8,973, then maflynn with 5,884.

For the all-members list, see here. As of today, Renzatic leads with 9,107, jkcerda is next with 7,771, and Scepticalscribe has moved into third place with 6,064.​

The rest of these statistics are approximations, because

1. Likes are counted over all posts, while posts are counted only where Xenforo tallies them.

2. The percentage of liked posts favors our more recent members. The "like" feature is fairly new, so those of us with long membership histories are going to have no likes from past years, despite our extremely witty remarks of the past.

3. The percentage of liked posts in the past 6 months is an overestimate since "likes" of old posts are included in the numerator but only the last 6-month post count is in the denominator.​

Number of "Likes" in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, Scepticalscribe with 3,131, then maflynn with 2,782. For member I track, Renzatic with 5,160, then Scepticalscribe with 3,131.

Total percentage of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, Rogifan with 37.4%, then Scepticalscribe with 34.8%. For members I track, Renzatic with 95.5%, then dannyyankou with 48.1%.

Percentage of "liked" posts in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, rdowns with 2706.5%(!), then MacNut with 374.8%. In other words, they average quite a few likes per counted post. For members I track, mactastic with 7100.0% (71 likes and 1 counted post), then rdowns with 2706.5% and Renzatic with 2701.6%.

These results aren't especially meaningful since the measurement excludes many posts in the PRSI forum. So we'll give out these prize ribbons with little asterisks next to them.

Too bad Xenforo doesn't show the total post count or the likes in post-counted forums, so I could be more accurate.​

Well I like everyone you mentioned (and liked your post)!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

How do I like thee? Let me count the ways.

While I was gathering post counts from profile pages, I picked up a few other stats that are shown in profiles. These results are for the current Top 50 posters and for high-posting users I track, not for all members, and they are as of July 3.

Number of followers: For the Top 50, Applejuiced with 133, then DoFoT9 with 119. For members I track, the same winners. Honorable mention to eyoungren with 92.

Total number of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, maflynn with 5,884, then Rogifan with 5,882 -- photo finish! For members I track, Renzatic with 8,973, then maflynn with 5,884.

For the all-members list, see here. As of today, Renzatic leads with 9,107, jkcerda is next with 7,771, and Scepticalscribe has moved into third place with 6,064.​

The rest of these statistics are approximations, because

1. Likes are counted over all posts, while posts are counted only where Xenforo tallies them.

2. The percentage of liked posts favors our more recent members. The "like" feature is fairly new, so those of us with long membership histories are going to have no likes from past years, despite our extremely witty remarks of the past.

3. The percentage of liked posts in the past 6 months is an overestimate since newly made "likes" of old posts are included in the numerator but only the last 6-month post count is in the denominator.​

Number of "Likes" in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, Scepticalscribe with 3,131, then maflynn with 2,782. For members I track, Renzatic with 5,160, then Scepticalscribe with 3,131.

Total percentage of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, Rogifan with 37.4%, then Scepticalscribe with 34.8%. For members I track, Renzatic with 95.5%, then dannyyankou with 48.1%.

Percentage of "liked" posts in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, rdowns with 2706.5%(!), then MacNut with 374.8%. In other words, they average quite a few likes per counted post. For members I track, mactastic with 7100.0% (71 likes and 1 counted post), then rdowns with 2706.5% and Renzatic with 2701.6%.

These results aren't especially meaningful since the measurement excludes many posts in the PRSI forum. So we'll give out these prize ribbons with little asterisks next to them.

Too bad Xenforo doesn't show the total post count or the likes in post-counted forums, so I could be more accurate.​

Crikey. These are measurements of a sort that I would never have considered counting.

Fascinating work, @Doctor Q and once again, my thanks.

 

[ucfgrad93]

How do I like thee? Let me count the ways.

While I was gathering post counts from profile pages, I picked up a few other stats that are shown in profiles. These results are for the current Top 50 posters and for high-posting users I track, not for all members, and they are as of July 3.

Number of followers: For the Top 50, Applejuiced with 133, then DoFoT9 with 119. For members I track, the same winners. Honorable mention to eyoungren with 92.

Total number of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, maflynn with 5,884, then Rogifan with 5,882 -- photo finish! For members I track, Renzatic with 8,973, then maflynn with 5,884.

For the all-members list, see here. As of today, Renzatic leads with 9,107, jkcerda is next with 7,771, and Scepticalscribe has moved into third place with 6,064.​

The rest of these statistics are approximations, because

1. Likes are counted over all posts, while posts are counted only where Xenforo tallies them.

2. The percentage of liked posts favors our more recent members. The "like" feature is fairly new, so those of us with long membership histories are going to have no likes from past years, despite our extremely witty remarks of the past.

3. The percentage of liked posts in the past 6 months is an overestimate since newly made "likes" of old posts are included in the numerator but only the last 6-month post count is in the denominator.​

Number of "Likes" in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, Scepticalscribe with 3,131, then maflynn with 2,782. For members I track, Renzatic with 5,160, then Scepticalscribe with 3,131.

Total percentage of "liked" posts: For the Top 50, Rogifan with 37.4%, then Scepticalscribe with 34.8%. For members I track, Renzatic with 95.5%, then dannyyankou with 48.1%.

Percentage of "liked" posts in the past 6 months: For the Top 50, rdowns with 2706.5%(!), then MacNut with 374.8%. In other words, they average quite a few likes per counted post. For members I track, mactastic with 7100.0% (71 likes and 1 counted post), then rdowns with 2706.5% and Renzatic with 2701.6%.

These results aren't especially meaningful since the measurement excludes many posts in the PRSI forum. So we'll give out these prize ribbons with little asterisks next to them.

Too bad Xenforo doesn't show the total post count or the likes in post-counted forums, so I could be more accurate.​

Awesome work, @Doctor Q thanks for adding this.

 

[rdowns]

Words so I'm not violating forum rules.

 

[S.B.G]

Words so I'm violating forum rules.

I like this version better.

 

[ejb190]

Really interesting -- and kind of sad -- seeing so many familiar names from the past, people who are no longer around these parts any more for one reason or another.

Totally agree.

I'll never make the list

Me neither! But post count isn't everything. I have probably deleted as many potential posts as I have actually made!

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

I've been around here for a while. Seen a lot of folks come and go. I don't post a lot, but I feel like I know some of you very well.

Here's to friendships made across vast distances, across social barriers, past political and religious differences. People I would never had the chance to meet except for a common interest and a web forum. My I be quick to listen, slow to judge, considerate in all my words, and that I always remember that I have more to learn from others than I have to share.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Totally agree.

Me neither! But post count isn't everything. I have probably deleted as many potential posts as I have actually made!


I've been around here for a while. Seen a lot of folks come and go. I don't post a lot, but I feel like I know some of you very well.

Here's to friendships made across vast distances, across social barriers, past political and religious differences. People I would never had the chance to meet except for a common interest and a web forum. My I be quick to listen, slow to judge, considerate in all my words, and that I always remember that I have more to learn from others than I have to share.

Lovely post, and one with which I am pretty much in agreement.

This is the first online forum I have ever joined - or participated in - and, strange to relate, I have made some friends here, people whom I have never met, but with whom I have discovered I share interests, hobbies, ideas, and can, sometimes, too, also share joys and sorrows - something close to the traditional definition of friendship.

This was something I would never have expected when I joined the forum in order to be able to ask questions about my new MBP, and most certainly would never have predicted it, either.

An unsought blessing (and occasional curse) - such are the pleasures of an online existence.

 

[Apple fanboy]

It's quality not quantity! But I'm hardly winning on either count!

But yes MR has become a part of my daily life. Not so much the news on the latest idevice or Mac, but common interests with people I shall probably never meet.
That being said I have met two people from here who were both very plesent in real life.

 

[GGJstudios]

This is awesome. I am surprised some members don't have multiple entries though

Multiple entries have been filtered out. Here's a chart from 2012 that shows the kind of listing that I think you may be looking for:

Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, July 2012

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Multiple entries have been filtered out. Here's a chart from 2012 that shows the kind of listing that I think you may be looking for:

Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, July 2012

Very interesting list and thanks for sharing it.

What is of some surprise is that 2012 is only four years ago, - rather, than, say, 2006 - yet quite a number of those names no longer have a very visible presence in the forums.

 

[dukebound85]

So I am behind the times and noticed the "areas" section of the profile page and like how it dhows post count by forum.

Is there a way to show the most prolific PRSI posters? or a count with the non counted forums included? I wonder how different it is than the current lists.

I know for me, it is about 3k worth of "uncounted" posts

For instance, skunk has 23k worth of PRSI posts and jkcerda has 17k that are not "counted" but populate the spy heavily as a result. On the other side, GGJ, one of the more prolific posters has "0" PRSI posts. I am finding this breakdown interesting

 

[GGJstudios]

So I am behind the times and noticed the "areas" section of the profile page and like how it dhows post count by forum.

Is there a way to show the most prolific PRSI posters? or a count with the non counted forums included? I wonder how different it is than the current lists.

I know for me, it is about 3k worth of "uncounted" posts

For instance, skunk has 23k worth of PRSI posts and jkcerda has 17k that are not "counted" but populate the spy heavily as a result. On the other side, GGJ, one of the more prolific posters has "0" PRSI posts. I am finding this breakdown interesting

You're not the only one who is "behind the times"! I have never noticed the "areas" section, but I agree that it is very interesting! I do have a handful of PRSI posts (33), but it is true that I rarely post there (average around 4 posts per year), with my last PRSI post being in March 2010. It would also be interesting to see the top posters for each forum.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

So I am behind the times and noticed the "areas" section of the profile page and like how it dhows post count by forum.

Is there a way to show the most prolific PRSI posters? or a count with the non counted forums included? I wonder how different it is than the current lists.

I know for me, it is about 3k worth of "uncounted" posts

For instance, skunk has 23k worth of PRSI posts and jkcerda has 17k that are not "counted" but populate the spy heavily as a result. On the other side, GGJ, one of the more prolific posters has "0" PRSI posts. I am finding this breakdown interesting

You're not the only one who is "behind the times"! I have never noticed the "areas" section, but I agree that it is very interesting! I do have a handful of PRSI posts (33), but it is true that I rarely post there (average around 4 posts per year), with my last PRSI post being in March 2010. It would also be interesting to see the top posters for each forum.

There are posters who may have several hundred - or even fewer posts than that - posts in the sections that are counted for the purposes of surveys, or data, such as this thread, yet who end up with thousands upon thousands of posts in PRSI, which is where they are mainly to be found. (And vice versa).

Yes, it is interesting.

 

[GGJstudios]

There are posters who may have several hundred - or even fewer posts than that - posts in the sections that are counted for the purposes of surveys, or data, such as this thread, yet who end up with thousands upon thousands of posts in PRSI, which is where they are mainly to be found. (And vice versa).

Yes, it is interesting.

I seem to recall that years back there was a listing of all the non-counted forums, but I can't find it. All I can find is the reference in the MacRumors FAQ that states:

If you posted to a thread that was moved to the Wasteland or deleted, those posts will be removed from your total. Individual posts deleted by moderators are also excluded from your post count.

We also don't count posts made to the Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum, the Console Games forum, the Code Sharing and Software Promos forum, and the Marketplace forum.

So, removing posts in "Areas" that are in those forums, I still have 962 more posts in "Areas" than are shown in my post count. I'm now curious about which other forums are excluded.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I seem to recall that years back there was a listing of all the non-counted forums, but I can't find it. All I can find is the reference in the MacRumors FAQ that states:

So, removing posts in "Areas" that are in those forums, I still have 962 more posts in "Areas" than are shown in my post count. I'm now curious about which other forums are excluded.

As far as I am aware, those are the only parts of the forum that are excluded from the tally, or count, of posts made.

While I don't post in most of them - PRSI is something of an exception - I was struck by the rather large number of wastelanded posts in my profile. The vast majority of these were threads (some had been WW games) that ended up in Wasteland, a large number of which, I suspect, (but by no means all, and not, obviously, the WW threads) had originated in PRSI.

 

[MRU]

As far as I am aware, those are the only parts of the forum that are excluded from the tally, or count, of posts made.

While I don't post in most of them - PRSI is something of an exception - I was struck by the rather large number of wastelanded posts in my profile. The vast majority of these were threads (some had been WW games) that ended up in Wasteland, a large number of which, I suspect, (but by no means all, and not, obviously, the WW threads) had originated in PRSI.

Yeah I have 10 years of posts in the console section which must amount to a good few thousand at this stage. There was a time when those posts actually counted but after petty bickering broke out and flame wars between users (around PS3/Xbox 360 launch), the admin essentially removed post count as a punishment for the naughty users.

Not long after that and more effective cull of banned users, it all died down and it must be one of the most harmless sections on the forum now and has been for a good number of years now. Nearly all the regular posters there are long time members / contributors of MR.

I would love to see a punitive measure enacted at a time when there were issues; simply removed at this stage and users post counts once more re-instated as discussions in that sub far area are a million miles apart from the chaos and radicalisation that goes on in PRSI.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Yeah I have 10 years of posts in the console section which must amount to a good few thousand at this stage. There was a time when those posts actually counted but after petty bickering broke out and flame wars between users (around PS3/Xbox 360 launch), the admin essentially removed post count as a punishment for the naughty users.

Not long after that and more effective cull of banned users, it all died down and it must be one of the most harmless sections on the forum now and has been for a good number of years now. Nearly all the regular posters there are long time members / contributors of MR.

I would love to see a punitive measure enacted at a time when there were issues; simply removed at this stage and users post counts once more re-instated as discussions in that sub far area are a million miles apart from the chaos and radicalisation that goes on in PRSI.

'Chaos and radicalisation that goes on in PRSI'?

Hm. I like that.

I frequent PRSI partly because politics (we'll, history, to) have been my profession (as an academic, and later, as an analyst/advisor) - and yes, passion, but also, to see what people think, and - more importantly - to see why they think it (if some of the post can be described as the products of thought).

The tone bothers me more than the content, but I think that this is reflective of social media in general, and of a the triumph of a 'post fact' mindset found parts of the social media space in particular.

Nevertheless, it is instructive, if not terribly enlightening.

But yes, the incredible rows that tech can give rise to are astonishing. The only credible explanation I can offer for this phenomenon is my suspicion that, for some individuals, their tech products conceived (or viewed) - even subconsciously - as an extension of themselves, and hence, any attack on (or expression of dislike, or criticism of) a tech product is interpreted as a personal attack on th person/poster in question.