Use it when you zoom by (or run over) Brad.
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ChoChiyo
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Brad wrote:*SPLAT*
Eeek ... I've been run over
Gotcha.
(heh heh.)
Seriously, I don't pay attention to the post numbers. Kvetch had to tell me I surpassed you.
It's mostly noise, though I think my Nana's approx. 60,000 words should count as signal.
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
Wandering through this world of woe
But there's no sickness, no fear or danger
In that bright land
To which I go
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KiltanneN
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Horror is not the word.Brad wrote:I can only imagine how horribly embarassed Kiltannen will be when I eventually pass him in the contrib standings. Give it a few months.
Oh the horror.
More like "Overjoyed!"
- seriously - if anyone truly challenges my data entry score I will be ecstatic!
kilt
The wonderful thing about not planning
Is that failure comes as a complete surprise
And is not preceded by a period of worry or depression
Is that failure comes as a complete surprise
And is not preceded by a period of worry or depression
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Kvetch
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I've been thinking about a S/N calculator.
The first step is to calculate a S/N for each thread. Views / Posts will get larger as S/N does (this is based on the assumption that lots of views without replies are threads that require thought before reply - i.e. signal)
assign each post a within that thread that V/P value.
to calculate the S/N of a poster, do something like taking the mean of V/P values for each post.
that's about all I've thought.
oh: Disregard posts in threads that are shorter than, say, 15 posts since the ratio could be skewed by that.
The first step is to calculate a S/N for each thread. Views / Posts will get larger as S/N does (this is based on the assumption that lots of views without replies are threads that require thought before reply - i.e. signal)
assign each post a within that thread that V/P value.
to calculate the S/N of a poster, do something like taking the mean of V/P values for each post.
that's about all I've thought.
oh: Disregard posts in threads that are shorter than, say, 15 posts since the ratio could be skewed by that.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
Before we shoot it down let's look at the numbers and see if they tell us anything. I calculated a percent using kvetch's proposal of Post vs. Views using the ten most recent threads in each area. A lower number is a lower signal to noise ratio (good) and a higher number a higher signal to noise ratio (not so good).
Critics Corner 4.8%
Modesitt 7.9%
Quill and Fountain 10.1%
Tap Room 11.0%
Reading Room 11.4%
Soapbox 16.4%
PLT&H 25.0%
Margins 48.5%
I’ll see if I can do the same for people.
Critics Corner 4.8%
Modesitt 7.9%
Quill and Fountain 10.1%
Tap Room 11.0%
Reading Room 11.4%
Soapbox 16.4%
PLT&H 25.0%
Margins 48.5%
I’ll see if I can do the same for people.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
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KiltanneN
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Ghost wrote:Before we shoot it down let's look at the numbers and see if they tell us anything. I calculated a percent using kvetch's proposal of Post vs. Views using the ten most recent threads in each area. A lower number is a lower signal to noise ratio (good) and a higher number a higher signal to noise ratio (not so good).
Critics Corner 4.8%
Modesitt 7.9%
Quill and Fountain 10.1%
Tap Room 11.0%
Reading Room 11.4%
Soapbox 16.4%
PLT&H 25.0%
Margins 48.5%
I’ll see if I can do the same for people.
The mind boggles at the thought of doing this form of statistical analyses, and totally wigs out at the thought of figuring out the code!..
maybe down the road - yeah that's it...
OK - here is a vague promise to consider some sort of signal/Noise calculater at some stage in the future, waaayy in the future...
kilt
The wonderful thing about not planning
Is that failure comes as a complete surprise
And is not preceded by a period of worry or depression
Is that failure comes as a complete surprise
And is not preceded by a period of worry or depression
Just to continue to boggle people minds (one of my past-times). I calculated a similar ratio for people who started threads: Posts vs. Views. This is not very scientific with just ten threads to analysis.
felonius 11.8%
Ghost 13.1%
Brad 14.8%
Cho 21.0%
Kahrey 26.2%
MidasKnight 43.6%
kvetch 46.8%
Hunter B 54.3%
If you never start any threads you can’t be ranked.
felonius 11.8%
Ghost 13.1%
Brad 14.8%
Cho 21.0%
Kahrey 26.2%
MidasKnight 43.6%
kvetch 46.8%
Hunter B 54.3%
If you never start any threads you can’t be ranked.
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
S Adams
S Adams
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Kvetch
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It seems that my method works here. Critic's corner is the lowest, and Margins the highest. PLT&H and Soapbox are pretty high.Critics Corner 4.8%
Modesitt 7.9%
Quill and Fountain 10.1%
Tap Room 11.0%
Reading Room 11.4%
Soapbox 16.4%
PLT&H 25.0%
Margins 48.5%
This is perhaps a bit dodgier, but Brad is low and I am high. it makes sense.felonius 11.8%
Ghost 13.1%
Brad 14.8%
Cho 21.0%
Kahrey 26.2%
MidasKnight 43.6%
kvetch 46.8%
Hunter B 54.3%
kilt: surely the views and posts of each thread are already stored as values somewhere in the Db? and the only calculations Ghost has done is ( posts / views ) * 100 and taking means. getting the value it to depend on ALL posts by a user might be difficult, but basing it on the threads you have started should be easier... (OK, not EASY, but easier)
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
