Rogue galleries often result in some contention and occasionally a few hurt feelings, not unlike cliques in high school. So I've stopped making them.
But I can't stop thinking about measuring stuff about the forum and the people in it mainly because I'm keen to find a measurement in which I come out on top. I just calculated the users who receive the most likes per post. The most-liked user actually surprised me a bit, receiving a like for every four posts, on average.
Of course, there are errors in the analysis - some users had a lot of posts prior to the like system, so they are pushed down in the rankings since their earlier posts were made when people couldn't like them. So this measurement favors people that are new to the forum. Further, I only looked at the top 100 posters, so while there are likely even more "liked" users below 730 postcount, I didn't include them (because I'm dead inside and/or lazy - pick one, the other, or both).
I'm inclined to post the list just for the fun of it, but is it going to result in the same contention and hurt feelings the rogues gallery causes?
If so, is, "I like to watch the world burn" a valid excuse?
But I can't stop thinking about measuring stuff about the forum and the people in it mainly because I'm keen to find a measurement in which I come out on top. I just calculated the users who receive the most likes per post. The most-liked user actually surprised me a bit, receiving a like for every four posts, on average.
Of course, there are errors in the analysis - some users had a lot of posts prior to the like system, so they are pushed down in the rankings since their earlier posts were made when people couldn't like them. So this measurement favors people that are new to the forum. Further, I only looked at the top 100 posters, so while there are likely even more "liked" users below 730 postcount, I didn't include them (because I'm dead inside and/or lazy - pick one, the other, or both).
I'm inclined to post the list just for the fun of it, but is it going to result in the same contention and hurt feelings the rogues gallery causes?
If so, is, "I like to watch the world burn" a valid excuse?
I just post.
Granted, I sometimes like to see how much more I'd have to post to climb higher in the proverbial totem pole, but I've never felt in any way insufficient about posting less than say, Cajun or Dave.
