Interesting stats from FR postings (no claim for the accuracy)

forum.darwincentral.org ^ | Jan.,2008 | Darwincentral

[dynachrome]

Granted, the numbers are way bigger But, what sticks out are the ~400 busiest posters.. Let's have a look at the Top 15:

kathyinalaska : 30,156 (83 p.d.)

luvw : 25,212 (69 p.d.)

nwarizonagranny : 25,126 (69 p.d.)

pissant : 23,461 (64 p.d.)

mylife : 23,038 (63 p.d.)

chicagoconservative2: 20,998 (57 p.d.)

cindy : 17,721 (49 p.d.)

salvation : 17,653 (48 p.d)

sunkenciv : 17,519 (48 p.d.)

sandrat : 17,374 (47 p.d.)

fuddfan : 17,147 (47 p.d.)

clintnsuhks :17,118 (45 p.d.)

stephenjohnbanker: 16,233 (44 p.d.)

calpernia : 16,073 (44 p.d.)

eternalvigilance : 15,319 (42 p.d.)

That takes some persistence!

[dynachrome]

Many more stats at the site. I believe Darwin was started as an anti-freeper site, but pretty interesting stuff. Many more stats at the link.

[dynachrome]

Thought maybe you would be interested in stats for FR for last year.

Your names are at the top!

[cripplecreek]

I gotta try harder. My total of 1 posted thread and 43,695 replies just isn’t getting me into the top 20.

[MNJohnnie]

What! I didn't get a mention? Not much of a website if it is this inaccurate.

MnJohnnie

You've posted a total of 635 threads and 36,555 replies.

[Skooz]

Yeah, and me.

Skooz

You’ve posted a total of 534,258,544 threads and 748,555,127,994,528 replies.

[MNJohnnie]

Wow! 43 and change. You have been one busy little Freeper.

[MNJohnnie]

Might want to clip a few decimal places off that. It is a bit obvious.....

[Skooz]

It’s

a

joke

[Jane Austen]

I’ll never catch up.

[dynachrome]

I did recognize most of the names. Some of the nics msut be area specific. i.e. religion, etc.

[MNJohnnie]

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[dynachrome]

I am a piker compaared to youse guys!

“total of 764 threads and 11,732 replies”

[cripplecreek]

I wonder if 1,956,074 is the total number of threads posted on FR or has there been a “reset” somewhere along the way.

[Skooz]

Oh,

I didn’t know that was what I was trying to do.

Geesh. Tell somebody. I’m always the last to know.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is there a list of the top 400 posters, and if so, do you have the link?

[MNJohnnie]

Yep. They are an amazing bunch of people. There are so many little communities here. The Support the troops people, the Vets, the Intellectuals. It not just all politics. If you have a question about just about anything, some one here will have an expert's level knowledge on it.

Thanks for posting this thread. I have gotten so sucked into the politics recently I have lost track of all the other valuable things Free Republic has to offer. Your thread here is a nice reminder.

[dynachrome]

The poster over there did not give it, that I am aware of.

[MNJohnnie]

Good question. I think Freeper has been in it’s current basic format since 1998. At least 1998 is the oldest date I have ever seen on a Freepers home page.

So 1,956,074 / 10 / 52 = 3761.68 threads a week. That sounds reasonable.

[dynachrome]

Just for 2008. maybe your career stats are up there!

[2ndDivisionVet]

There’s nothing on FR to find out, is there?

[cripplecreek]

I even know of a couple of liberals who use FR to keep up on things like science, astronomy, and archeology etc.

[dynachrome]

I stick mostly with politics and “news of the weird”

That sucks up enuff time as it is!

[kingu]

I believe the numbers the original author are using are for posts or replies in 2007.

[dynachrome]

The powers that be probably keep some sort of stats.

Who knows?

[cripplecreek]

I’m talking about total posts ever posted. It’s the number that shows up in the adress bar at the end when you click on a thread.

[kingu]

I know; just was saying that the numbers listed in the original post were for 2007, not for all their time on FreeRepublic. Hence the numbers being in the sixties for posts per day.

[MNJohnnie]

How would you know how many posts were made just in 2007? The only figure I can find is a running total.

30,000 posts in a single year comes out to be like 82 a day. That seems kind of high. I mean it is possible since KathyinAlaska frequently hosts the Canteen thread and posts lots of posts but 82 a day?

[cripplecreek]

Understood. I see we’re coming up on 2 million threads soon.

[MNJohnnie]

Oh wow! That is amazing number of posts. Say Kathy, would you mind telling us how may posts total you have posted here?

I think maybe the author simply extrapolated the data based on the mistaken notion that a Freepers posting total equaled a yearly total.

[kingu]

How would you know how many posts were made just in 2007?

Honestly don't know; apparently this person datamines the information from Freerepublic quite effectively, I'd sort of like to know how they'd do that, as I'm rather curious what my number is for 2007.

As for 82 a day; Looking at her in forum page, it's quite possible. 'posts' being original posts or replies, of course.

[MNJohnnie]

Kathy in Alaska Since Nov 28, 1997

Well you may be correct. I think Kathy may be the most long time Freeper still here. Look at that sign up date.

[kingu]

Wallaby’s another Freeper from Nov 28th, 1997.

[A message]

Lets see I read through on average 20-30 threads a day about 365 days a year for 6 plus years = .....

OMG I can’t believe my wife is still married to me.

[MNJohnnie]

Wow would love to hear their stories. Considering how wild this place has been at time that is amazing longevity.

[MNJohnnie]

The thing that is cooler then cool about your numbers has to be the only 1 thread started.

[cripplecreek]

The thing that is cooler then cool about your numbers has to be the only 1 thread started.

Most amzing is the fact that it was my first day and I posted a vanity and survived. LOL

There aren't too many things that pass through the news and don't end up posted here so I don't risk duplicates. If I find something interesting I'll FReepmail the link to someone who runs a relevant pinglist and let them post.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Where does one look for that?

[MNJohnnie]

That is smart. No matter what you post you are going to tick someone off. Amazing how many comments will show up in your “My Comments” section from posting an ill considered or duplicate thread.

[MNJohnnie]

Happy Belated B day Kathy! Thanks for responding. My curiousity is peaked.

Here is how you check.

On the Forum page up in the upper right there is a line that says:

Home | Forum | New posts to you | Mail | More ...

Click on More

This will take you to your personal page.

In the upper one third of that new page there should be a line that says

You’ve posted a total of x threads and x replies.

Those are your totals

Considering all the work you put in on the Canteen thread, your totals must be amazing.

[kingu]

Go here and right above 'My Mail' it will show you how many threads you've posted, and how many replies you've made.

[Smokin' Joe]

I stick mostly with politics and “news of the weird”

That seems redudnant somehow...especially lately.

[Always Right]

I gotta try harder. My total of 1 posted thread and 43,695 replies just isn’t getting me into the top 20.

What's up with the only 1 thread and do you even remember wha is was?

my total of 196 threads and 41,845 replies.

[cripplecreek]

I remember that I asked about how to find a thread that had been posted days before when I had been lurking.

[cripplecreek]

I remember that I asked about how to find a thread that had been posted days before when I had been lurking.

[Kathy in Alaska]

With your help.......

You've posted a total of 90 threads and 171,476 replies

[LUV W]

I am stuned!

[Always Right]

I had no idea someone has over 170,000 posts. I would have guessed the #1 poster would have been 80,000. All of a sudden, I don’t feel so addicted.

[kingu]

3074 days since you first signed in here, you’ve averaged 46 posts per day. Yup, I’d say the data in the original post is correct.

[Calpernia]

The darwin site is run by some great former freepers. FR lost a lot by banning them.

[LUV W]

Persistence? I think it shows that I talk too much! LOL!

Oops...here’s another one! :D