This chart ranks posters solely in terms of how many times they posted in the last year. The number following each poster’s name represents the total number of posts made in 2010, which was derived by subtracting the December 2009 post totals from those of December 2010. In the case of posters who entered the Top 40 this year (Dev Em, Mattropolis, Set, and Sarcasm Kid), the number of posts they had when they entered the Top 40 was subtracted from their December 2010 totals. People with zero posts in 2010 are excluded from the chart.
As it happened, exactly 40 posters posted at least once in the Top 40 this year.
For comparison, each poster’s current (December 2010) overall ranking is included in parenthesis.
[ December 31, 2012, 11:24 AM: Message edited by: He Who Wanders ]
Posted by Dev Em on :
I'm really confused as to how you figured this out...
Posted by Exnihil on :
I'm not entirely sure I understand what is represented here, HWW.
Are you saying that, of the subcategory of top 40 overall posters, this is their internal ranking for 2010? Otherwise, if this just ranks volume of 2010 postings regardless of overall ranking, I'm fairly certain that quite a few posters would have more than 1 post.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
I subtracted the December 2009 totals from the December 2010 totals. For example, Quis had 25,372 posts last December and 31,542 posts this December. Therefore, 31,542 - 25,372 = 6170.
In your case, Dev, you entered the Top 40 back in May, so I subtracted your total of that month (3986) from your total of this month (5688) to arrive at 1702. It probably would have been fairer to include all of your posts for 2010, but I wasn't keeping track of post counts below the Top 40 then.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
quote:Originally posted by Exnihil: Otherwise, if this just ranks volume of 2010 postings regardless of overall ranking, I'm fairly certain that quite a few posters would have more than 1 post.
Yes, it ranks only those who have been in the Top 40 during 2010. You're right that there are many below the Top 40 who posted more than some of those listed here. However, the large number of LW members precludes keeping track of everyone's post count. You gotta draw the line somewhere.
Posted by lil'rhino on :
Feh!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Do I detect a note of jealousy? Posted by future king on :
quote:Originally posted by lil'rhino: Feh!
Double Feh! LOL Posted by Dev Em on :
On 2/1 I posted that I had 1230 posts and that was after a decent January. That in itself would put me at 4458.That's not counting December and January...which I'm not sure of...but I know that I was under 1000 until this year started.
Does not really matter.
Posted by Dev Em on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: In your case, Dev, you entered the Top 40 back in May, so I subtracted your total of that month (3986) from your total of this month (5688) to arrive at 1702. It probably would have been fairer to include all of your posts for 2010, but I wasn't keeping track of post counts below the Top 40 then.
I totally understand that the logistics of keeping track of everybody's posts all year would be impossible. No foul on that bro...just glad you keep track of what you do from month to month.
Posted by Hrista Spjóti on :
I appreciate the difficulty in tracking all posters, month-to-month and year-to year. But it was a little confusing criteria; thanks for clarifying.
I found it interesting how many ranked for the year close to (or especially on) their overall ranking.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
quote:Originally posted by Dev Em:
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: In your case, Dev, you entered the Top 40 back in May, so I subtracted your total of that month (3986) from your total of this month (5688) to arrive at 1702. It probably would have been fairer to include all of your posts for 2010, but I wasn't keeping track of post counts below the Top 40 then.
I totally understand that the logistics of keeping track of everybody's posts all year would be impossible. No foul on that bro...just glad you keep track of what you do from month to month.
Thanks for understanding.
I had to make some tough choices in assembling this chart. If I added in your 1230 posts, would that give you an unfair advantage over Mattropolis and others who weren't so dilligent about posting their own progress? Should I add in people from the Top 50 (SharkLad, Mystery Lad, CJ Taylor, and superboymddjr), who also put in very strong showings and whose posts I have tracked since around May in case they break into the Top 40 (as Set and Sarky did)? Ultimately, I came up with what I thought to be the fairest criteria. Obviously, not everybody is going to be thrilled by the results.
As for those of you who "fehed" my humble efforts. . . what can I say? Start posting more and maybe you'll make next year's edition.
(Speaking of which, this is a work in progress and I expect to refine it by next year. If anybody has any suggestions on how to make it more equitable or representative of LW as a whole, don't be shy about posting them.)
Posted by Dev Em on :
The problem is twofold here. Unreasonable to expect you to track everyone and all the post counts for everyone.
On the flip side, posters such as myself who come in late to the top 40 loose months of posting...in my case at least 5 months total...with several of those months being huge.
I have a few ideas, that I will be thinking about and posting soon. To start with the first of the year. Make it as close to Jan - Jan as possible. I'll share soon.
Posted by Dev Em on :
Things are already in the works. Everyone who hhas a post has been recorded already for next years list. More to come. End of line...
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I know I have a LONG way to go to catch the big Top 40 posters, and maybe never will, but I had more posts in 2010 than half the folks on the list above. I understand, though, that you can't keep track of all of us.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Speaking as one of the now-inactive posters, it's nice to be remembered
Thank you, the poster who I'm sure was formerly known as He Who Wanders.
I remember how competitive we used to get about the Top 40. And that's why the Mission Monitor Board was so alive back then!
Posted by cleome on :
[bows]
[accepts bouquet]
The rumors that I did it all for money and fame? Totally false.
I actually did it for the free T-Shirt!
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
^Called it, btw:
quote:Originally posted by Chief Lardy:
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: Incidently, I've completed preliminary work on a Top 40 of 2010 list, which ranks people solely in terms of how we did this past year. It's not ready to be posted yet, but there are some surprises. Lemme just say that No. 1 is not who you think it is.
You mean, it's NOT cleome?
<bows>
Posted by Semi Transparent Fellow on :
Wow, imagine that all those posts in the past would keep me in the top 40, years later even when I don't post anymore. It's kind of like a pension. I wish my real pension were that good.
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
Semi!!!
Posted by Semi Transparent Fellow on :
quote:Originally posted by Chief Lardy: Semi!!!
Hey sweetie!
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
How're the dogs, man?
Posted by Semi Transparent Fellow on :
The dogs are great, although the dogs I had when I used to romp here, have sadly all passed away (at ripe old ages). But I still have collies, several who are champions now, and I've bred a couple of litters, some of whom have also become champions.
I've been chronicling my dogs and their show wins at www.springbankcollies.com (although it needs a bit of updating).
Posted by Chief Lardy on :
Awesome dogs, Semi! We sure miss you (and SHAKES!) around these parts!
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: Wow, imagine that all those posts in the past would keep me in the top 40, years later even when I don't post anymore. It's kind of like a pension. I wish my real pension were that good.
LWMB Top 40 -- the gift that keeps on giving.
It's good to see return engagements from you and IB, above, however brief.
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
Semi! My goodness! Please feel free to make such visits a habit.
Posted by Sarcasm Kid on :
30, not bad.
Posted by He Who LSHes on :
HOT 100 OF THE YEAR 2011
And here they are: the top 100 (and then some) posters of the year!
Okay . . . it’s a little more than a hundred, but that’s because so many people (5!) tied for the anchor position.
And it’s been a little more than a year, since I counted from Dec. 5, 2010 (the day after I posted last year’s survey) to Dec. 17, 2011 (when I started compiling this year’s survey) – but 12 days would make little if any difference in the overall rankings.
These figures were derived, simply enough, by subtracting last year’s total from this year’s (the difference is the number after the dash). You can see last year’s Top 40 in the first post of this thread, although my methodology was somewhat different then. Both charts provide a revealing glimpse, I think, of who’s prominent in our online community and how prominent they are.
72. lil’wino—71 73. Crymsun Kid—61 74. The Red Bee—60 75. Chemical King—55 76. googoomuck—53 77. Director Lad—52 78. Mediocre Boy—50 78. Space Ranger—50 80. Ann Hebistand—47 80. Lolita—47
91. Doctor Mayavale—34 91. KidChaos—34 93. Ghost Girl—32 94. Sir Roy—31 95. Blue Battler—30 95. Karie—30 97. Phantom Girl—29 98. Bicycle Repair Man—27 98. Harbinger—27 98. Superboy-Supergirl—27 98. The Man from Cargg—27 98. Ultra Jorge—27
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Way to go FK!!!!
Posted by Pov on :
I feel I must protest losing the nuber 37 spot to a deleter/remover of posts... Posted by Power Boy on :
Yeah did u subtract those posts he who ? Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Nope. Deleted/removed posts still show up in the total. Look at it this way: NLL probably wishes he'd ranked LOWER.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Wow, Invisible Brainiac comes back with a vengeance! When did he come back, August? That's crazy--particularly because he posts in almost every forum and always contributes something to the thread at hand!
If I thought Set and Dave Hackett had like triple than what they have, does that mean I spent three times more thinking about their posts than everyone else's?
I bet almost all of Novelty's posts are in Spaceopoly! Same with Malvolio!
And Vee probably has 70% of his posts in the College GameDay thread!
Some posts have several alt ID's on there.
Kudos to those Alt Ids that made the list. Especially those one or two posters with not two, not three but FOUR Ald Ids on there. Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
Jeepers! I've had barely more than half the posts this year that I had last year! That obsession with staying right next to Cobalt Kid on the Hot 100 list really cost me! Posted by He Who LSHes on :
Yeah, and I've declined by nearly 700 posts! But at least the quality has improved. Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Jeepers! I've had barely more than half the posts this year that I had last year! That obsession with staying right next to Cobalt Kid on the Hot 100 list really cost me!
The smell of day old whiskey and gonnorhoea gets 'em every time!
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Yeah, but mine are really distorted, what with the "event" that we did some months back. I normally post much less than that. Usually maybe 100-120 a month at max.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
That was a lot of fun though Ric.
I usually hit a good amount twice a year, the rest of the year, is average.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: Wow, Invisible Brainiac comes back with a vengeance! When did he come back, August? That's crazy--particularly because he posts in almost every forum and always contributes something to the thread at hand!
It's part of my job. I test message board efficiency Posted by Reboot on :
Okay, I quadrupled the number of posts I made, and yet have a LOWER chart position?!
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: I bet almost all of Novelty's posts are in Spaceopoly
[Seriously, look at his "topics participated in" tab. It's almost literally the only thread he's posted in all year!]
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
^ Reboot, Private Eye extraordinaire
Your comment on # of posts and chart positions made me check. The 2010 figures show a sharp drop from 18th to 19th - 800+ to 400+ posts.
In the current list, #38 was the highest ranking one who made only 400+ posts.
Great that everyone's posting so much. I wonder why though?
Posted by Anita Cocktail on :
*hic*
Posted by cleome45 on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who LSHes: Yeah, and I've declined by nearly 700 posts! But at least the quality has improved.
I misread that the first times as I've deleted nearly 700 posts!
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I don't delete my posts. I leave my embarrassing comments there for all to see. Posted by cleome45 on :
Now we just need to determine which one of us killed more threads by our stubborn refusal to delete anything.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Coming up in January . . .
THE TOP 100 THREADKILLERS
. . . or not.
Posted by cleome45 on :
So... your New Year's resolution is to survive without sleep, I take it.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Oh, I do that every day.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
ThreadKiller just sounds so much cooler than "ThreadEnabler" or "ThreadCo-dependent", don'tcha think?
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
ThreadEuthanizer?
Posted by cleome45 on :
ThreadThanos
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
The Threadinators
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
"Heaven's ta'h Threadatroid!"
Posted by MLLASH classic on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: Coming up in January . . .
THE TOP 100 THREADKILLERS
. . . or not.
Such a list would be fairly simple to compose... *ponders*
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Ponders, the new 'He Who", lol.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Hey...HWW is back.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I never truly went away. I was just trying on a new hat.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
I know. It's just nice to see your standard name again...now if only Lash would follow along.
Posted by Legion Tracker on :
Silly Dev. Lash doesn't follow trends...he starts them.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Mllash... Trend Vanguard!
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
HE also keeps them alive even when others have abandoned them!
Posted by Pov on :
On lesser boards, it's called BSAMSing... Posted by Shining Son on :
Hey, I made last year's hot 100!
There's just so many threads, I miss things.
Posted by Set on :
quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: If I thought Set and Dave Hackett had like triple than what they have, does that mean I spent three times more thinking about their posts than everyone else's?
We're both Carggites. You just think we've got triple the posts!
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
quote:Originally posted by Shining Son: Hey, I made last year's hot 100!
There's just so many threads, I miss things.
Yep, and in the Top 50, no less!
Posted by Calm Yo Tits on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: LWMB TOP 40 OF 2010
This chart ranks posters solely in terms of how many times they posted in the last year. The number following each poster’s name represents the total number of posts made in 2010, which was derived by subtracting the December 2009 post totals from those of December 2010. In the case of posters who entered the Top 40 this year (Dev Em, Mattropolis, Set, and Sarcasm Kid), the number of posts they had when they entered the Top 40 was subtracted from their December 2010 totals. People with zero posts in 2010 are excluded from the chart.
What?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Calm your tits, Calm Yo Tits.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
THE TOP 100 POSTERS OF 2012
And here it is . . . the annual listing of the 100 most prolific posters of the year.
The stats below run from Dec. 17, 2011, to Dec. 15, 2012. Post totals were calculated by subtracting this year’s total from last year’s. (What happened to Dec. 16? It was swallowed by the Mayan apocalypse . . . which is another way of saying I chose to copy the stats on Dec. 15 when it looked like LW would be moving quickly to another site and that post totals after Dec. 11 would be lost. In any case, the extra day wouldn’t make much difference in terms of overall rankings.)
It’s taken an additional two weeks to go through the data and resolve a few issues, such as identifying posters who’ve changed their names. (Shame on you! )
A few additional stats:
179 posters posted at least once this year. (How many of these are alt IDs? Your guess is as good as mine.)
16 posters posted only once.
10 posters posted four times each—the greatest number of ties.
Below is the 100 off the top of the chart, complete with a two-year perspective. The first number on the left represents this year’s position; the second number is last year’s. The number on the right represents the total number of posts.
Enjoy!
1-6. Invisible Brainiac—5921 2-18. Kent Shakespeare—3958 3-12. Eryk Davis Ester—3192 4-2. cleome46—2684 5-7. Quislet, Esq.—2570 6-11. He Who Wanders—2146 7-8. MLLASH—2032 8-16. Power Boy—1752 9-3. Dev – Em—1570 9-5. Rockhopper Lad—1570
91-115. Lad Boy—24 92-80. Lolita—23 92-60. stuorstew—23 94-(--). Catonyx—22 95-66. Faraway Lad—21 96-117. Spellbinder—20 96-53. Actor Lad—20 98-87. Portfolio Boy—19 98-(--). Jesse321—19 98-(--). Rond Vidar—19
Posted by Dev - Em on :
I'm in good company rounding out the top ten.
Also hit in at 76. Odd that Timberwolf didn't make it, but I don't think he posted all that much.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
Timber Wolf posted 16 times and is at No. 107.
Posted by Dev - Em on :
Yeah, I knew it was low.
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
This is prob my favorite list you do! Amazing to look at a whole year with this perspective.
Posted by Conjure Lass on :
HEEEEY! I made it to the top 50 in only a few months! I need to post more, seriously.
Posted by rickshaw1 on :
Coincidentally, I seem to be stuck around the 20 mark in total posts AND yearly. Weird.
Posted by cleome46 on :
I really slacked off at the end of the year, but still made the Top Ten. Go, me!
Posted by Set on :
Wow, I jumped from 21 to 14!
Posted by kenaustin on :
Wow...I'm ranked? Go me!! Posted by Legion Tracker on :
I just realized that the Number One poster last year didn't make the Top 100 this year. Remember who?
Posted by Rockhopper Lad on :
I went from fifth to ninth. Amazing what being in a relationship will do. Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I'm surprised that I rose from No. 11 to No. 6; I posted 600 fewer times than last year.
Posting in general slowed down in 2012. Compare this chart to last year's (on Page 2 of this thread): all of the Top Ten posters of 2011 have at least 2800 posts.
Posted by He Who Wanders on :
quote:Originally posted by Rockhopper Lad: I went from fifth to ninth. Amazing what being in a relationship will do.
Boyfriends and girlfriends are bad for posting. Posted by Klar Ken T5477 on :
quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: It’s taken an additional two weeks to go through the data and resolve a few issues, such as identifying posters who’ve changed their names. (Shame on you! )
Now it's true I was Tom Tanner Issue #1 for a while this year, but that was only an homage to DC's New 52 and PTB's Bizarro decision to publish a bunch of faux issue #1's.
But I was Klar Ken T5477 for a long time before that.
Sorry for the inconvenience. Posted by He Who Wanders on :
I already knew you were Tom, Klar, so the shame is not upon you.
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