Meta-discussion: What do you find interesting about fora statistics?

Started by marshwiggle, January 18, 2022, 06:04:23 AM

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apl68

I really should be posting on the dogs thread, but I keep forgetting to look it up.
See, your King is coming to you, just and bringing salvation, gentle and lowly, and riding upon a donkey.

mamselle

Just re-opened it with a post I should have made in reply to a post when it was last open!!!

   http://thefora.org/index.php?topic=69.105

M.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest they hate thee: rebuke the wise, and they will love thee.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will be yet wiser: teach the just, and they will increase in learning.

secundem_artem

Adding up some of the numbers in my head, so a rough estimate:

~ 100,000 total posts

Posts by top 10 members ~30,000

~ 30% of posts from top 10 members, but that includes polly with 4000.

Mamselle ~ 6% of total & ~ Para 4% of total.

Some people need a hobby.
Funeral by funeral, the academy advances

mamselle

Oh, I have hobbies, too.

You should see what I do with those!

;--}

M.
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Reprove not a scorner, lest they hate thee: rebuke the wise, and they will love thee.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will be yet wiser: teach the just, and they will increase in learning.

marshwiggle

Here are top 10 postings (as of today) by ratio of views to replies:

  • 82- the "things you wish you could say" thread
  • 71- The Venting Thread
  • 68- Coronavirus
  • 65- 2020 Elections
  • 55- Herd your cats here
  • 32- Colleges in Dire Financial Straits
  • 27- Topic: Bang Your Head on Your Desk - the thread of teaching despair!
  • 14- NYT Spelling Bee

Note you have to get down to 6 before it's specifically academic, and the games that were in the top 10 replies didn't show up in top 10 views. (Sort of makes sense; if you don't play you probably don't care to watch others play.)
It takes so little to be above average.

Hibush

Quote from: marshwiggle on January 19, 2022, 06:36:29 AM
71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.



Quote from: secundem_artem on January 18, 2022, 04:09:29 PM
Some people need a hobby.
Will you feel differently when you hit 500, or whatever takes to reach the next level?

namazu

Bear in mind also that non-members can view/read threads in the General Discussion subforum, but not in the academic areas.

marshwiggle

Quote from: namazu on January 19, 2022, 11:10:29 AM
Bear in mind also that non-members can view/read threads in the General Discussion subforum, but not in the academic areas.

Good point. Do those actually show up as "views" though? Maybe eigen can clarify that.
It takes so little to be above average.

Harlow2

    Quote from: Hibush on January 19, 2022, 09:21:45 AM
    Quote from: marshwiggle on January 19, 2022, 06:36:29 AM
    71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

    I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.

    It's comforting to realize I'm not alone! 


    ergative

    Quote from: Harlow2 on January 19, 2022, 09:14:55 PM
      Quote from: Hibush on January 19, 2022, 09:21:45 AM
      Quote from: marshwiggle on January 19, 2022, 06:36:29 AM
      71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

      I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.

      It's comforting to realize I'm not alone!

      Yes, I always read all the Venting updates. And Teaching Despair.

      aside

      Quote from: ergative on January 20, 2022, 12:32:00 AM
      Quote from: Harlow2 on January 19, 2022, 09:14:55 PM
        Quote from: Hibush on January 19, 2022, 09:21:45 AM
        Quote from: marshwiggle on January 19, 2022, 06:36:29 AM
        71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

        I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.

        It's comforting to realize I'm not alone!

        Yes, I always read all the Venting updates. And Teaching Despair.

        We forumites are not immune to schadenfreude.

        ab_grp

        I always go through the "Show new replies to your posts" when I come to the forum, and I have posted on the venting thread, so I view that one fairly often.  That kind of thing probably inflates view counts to some extent. 

        Myword

         The statistics don't interest me, at all. I am mainly interested in the research scholarship and that moves very slowly
        and mainly addresses problems of particular members (including me) rather than broader concerns about journals.

        TheFora as a name doesn't help attract members. It could be about anything!