Typophile - Some interesting statistics about Typophile - Comments

> Top 30 Commenters: > |

fontplayer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:07:24 -0700

> Top 30 Commenters:
> | 13923 | hrant
> Friggin spammer.

Some people just can’t appreciate greatness (and apparently don’t know the definition of spam).

When it comes to stats, “...there is hrant, and then there is everyone else.”

Admittedly he is a little weak in the thread creation stat, but I’m betting that was just an oversight, and he will step up to the plate.
; )

This early-morning’s

hrant — Sat, 9 Jun 2007 06:45:15 -0700

This early-morning’s “fornode” spam attack actually provides a means of
calculating another interesting stat: assuming the spam was distributed
totally randomly, it’s possible to see what percentage of threads a member
has participated in, by dividing the number of the member’s threads hit
by fornode by 200 (the number of threads spammed). I’m 39%.

hhp

Thank you. (I am still

formlos — Thu, 7 Jun 2007 01:26:05 -0700

Thank you.
(I am still working on my Typophile comeback. ;)

Dav

Sorry Yves! But Dav was on

pattyfab — Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:43:23 -0700

Sorry Yves!

But Dav was on a real tear for awhile. He was nailing them all, faster than I could refresh the page.

Ouch. Number 2 commenter

Bald Condensed — Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:53:18 -0700

Ouch. Number 2 commenter doesn’t count for the Type ID Board cleaning lady. I just work here, so get me out of those stats.

Ow, where are the days that I simply used to be the orange L-spike...

Dav, I miss your frequent

pattyfab — Wed, 6 Jun 2007 07:38:45 -0700

Dav, I miss your frequent posts! You used to be the go-to guy for IDs.

| 1658 | formlos Top 18

formlos — Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:07:12 -0700

| 1658 | formlos

Top 18 Commenter, sure feels good. Nice. ;)
(Still, as I am a ’Typophile’ for 5 years and 15 weeks by now, according to my profile page, I guess my posts/comments per day stats would be pretty lame.)

Dav

Relax, we are just trying to

lore — Tue, 5 Jun 2007 04:06:43 -0700

Relax, we are just trying to find out why’s that Typophile attracts so many psychos. Go on Christian.

Today I’m a member for 12

Jan — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:56:43 -0700

Today I’m a member for 12 weeks and 6 days. How come it says 174.28 days above? Are my calculating capabilities leaving me? Showing up in statistics rather frightens me.

If there were lurker

Choz Cunningham — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:16:16 -0700

If there were lurker statistics I would be #1.
Not anymore! :)

If there were lurker

HaleyFiege — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:19:50 -0700

If there were lurker statistics I would be #1.

If a picture is worth 1000

Choz Cunningham — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 11:22:54 -0700

If a picture is worth 1000 words, how much are the common pictures of words we post? 1001? And a pdf, 1024?

If you wanted a handy dataset to float interesting posts, a “track this thread” button would be nice. Then the most tracked+commented or most increased tracked status in the x days could exist. This thread would likely lend itself to more technical stuff, but thats fine by me.

On a tangent, I’d love to see a subpage similar to the front one for each major forum. With some nice icon on it to remind me I’m down one step.

I read this and thought, man

lore — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:24:39 -0700

I read this and thought, man I need to get out more
Lol! And I thought: thank goodness I’m not on it! Phewww (which certainly doesn’t make my life more interesting than yours, Pat!)

Lies, damned lies and statistics. What do we need them for? To be honest I don’t think it’s relevant to know who are the most prolific posters. I think it’s the subject of the thread that matters. How many Type ID, logo critique, technology related issues, type history etc, book design, advertising, Giggles’ questions etc.

A User Filter is a good idea. And let the user know he/she’s been filtered! I’m using my “own” filter at the moment and god knows it’s not very reliable!

I read this and thought, man

pattyfab — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 07:53:48 -0700

I read this and thought, man I need to get out more! Actually my posts-per-day figure goes way up when I’m glued to my computer with work as I have been recently and goes way down when things are more balanced and I get to my studio (blissfully internet-free). Speaking for myself (and my own posts) I don’t think quality and quantity are the same thing. There are people here I’d like to hear from more, others I’d like to hear from a lot less.

Also there’s a real difference between a type ID thread and a thread that turns into a discussion. Number of comments is not a barometer, the recent enfant terrible thread runs to 5 pages and most of it is bickering among 3 people. I wish there were a way to filter the threads (or users) so you could actually read the content without being distracted by the flaming.

And of course, I’m wondering how all the Typophile technical outages factor in to the statistics.

Truly interesting

Norbert Florendo — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 07:16:06 -0700

Truly interesting stats.
Joe’s suggestions regarding topic views and non-participating viewers would really be interesting.
At “peak forum” time of day, the relationship of “users” to “guests” are 1 to 30+.

(Personally I’m amazed that I’m on the stats since I’ve haven’t been frequently posting for about 10 months now.)

Some interesting statistics about Typophile

Christian Robertson — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:51:13 -0700

Top 30 thread creators in the history of Typophile (includes wiki pages): | 490 | paul d hunt | 378 | Miss Tiffany | 349 | Jared Benson | 261 | dan_reynolds | 259 | hrant | 228 | Joe Pemberton | 152 | Stephen Coles | 149 | sii | 144 | Bald Condensed | 137 | evan | 130 | dezcom | 121 | misalion | 109 | kris | 108 | pablohoney77 | 106 | Hildebrant | 106 | union | 105 | adriano | 102 | Dan Weaver | 100 | Miguel Sousa | 95 | bjharvey | 88 | julia | 86 | Eric_West | 85 | designalchemy | 82 | Eben Sorkin | 80 | signs79 | 77 | John Hudson | 76 | James Grieshaber | 75 | contohabc | 72 | filip blazek | 72 | Grant Hutchinson Top 30 Commenters: | 13923 | hrant | 7852 | troubleman | 6937 | tiffany | 6699 | dezcom | 5734 | coles | 3436 | scoffer | 3298 | pattyfab | 3042 | tiro_j | 2930 | billyb | 2899 | marksim | 2744 | GRG | 2735 | bowfinpw | 2526 | timd | 2388 | sii | 2215 | pilcrow | 2144 | dan_reynolds | 1943 | eben_sorkin | 1658 | formlos | 1505 | pemberton | 1483 | tphinney | 1454 | dgweaver53m | 1441 | bjharvey | 1309 | aluminum | 1288 | Norbert Florendo | 1255 | lexluthor | 1175 | omine | 1166 | cheshiredave | 1150 | Linda Cunningham | 1141 | marcox | 1065 | grant It's interesting how the top thread creators are different from the top commenters. Both are valuable in different ways. I'm interested to hear from you guys what you think makes for a good thread starter, and what makes for good comments. (btw I'm number 39 on the thread creator list :)