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26 October 2006

What's your post to comment ratio? →[More:]Do you like to start things off, or do you prefer to comment on other people's stuff? Before writing this post, I had 126 posts and 3088 comments, bringing my posts in at just under 4% of all the things I have written here. Who's our most prolific poster?

(yeah, I'm bored).

post by: gaspode at: 16:15 | 39 comments

233 Posts/1644 Comments - I think I'ma all about the comments. I submit that JonMC is our most prolific commenter (and possibly the most prolific poster as well, just on snack posts alone).

posted by Lipstick Thespian 26 October | 16:17

126/2487

posted by Miko 26 October | 16:18

I run about 10-1 on Mecha and SpoFi. And about 30-1 on MeFi (which reminds, I do have a couple of posts I keep meaning to put up, darned kids keep distracting me when I get home from work).

posted by fenriq 26 October | 16:18

Posts: 87 Comments: 1164

Which according to my first calculation is -1077, so I'm suspecting I hit a wrong button. A second attempt gives me 7.47%, which makes me start to doubt all my math skills and abandon the attempt.

It's probably higher here for me than any place else, because I can post passing whims that would be frowned on elsewhere.

posted by occhiblu 26 October | 16:20

47/1031 = 4.5%

posted by muddgirl 26 October | 16:24

113 / 1584 = 7.14%, or 14 comments per post

posted by pieisexactlythree 26 October | 16:27

467/2350

posted by essexjan 26 October | 16:28

193/2899.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 16:30

47/222
Wow! I need to come here more often!

posted by ramix 26 October | 16:31

92/1277. No, wait, 1278. A lot of that 92, though, is posts announcing Radio Mecha shows.

posted by box 26 October | 16:35

203/4187

Wow. I'm here a lot.

posted by Specklet 26 October | 16:41

30/385 - I prefer to read posts, type up a comment and then realize on preview that someone already said what I was going to in a much better/cleverer/funnier way and then just closing the window.

posted by krix 26 October | 16:42

A mighty 1/40.

I adhere strictly to the 'krix method'.

posted by jack_mo 26 October | 16:47

159/2000
Rather stupidly, I can't work out how to calculate my percentage.
It may be 7% of my output is posts, but I don't know. ARGHHHHH Maths.

posted by seanyboy 26 October | 16:51

3%. Even. hm.

what krix said.

posted by carmina 26 October | 16:56

* investigates SQL to get this data out of MySQL *

posted by seanyboy 26 October | 16:59

2/114

*paulsc trudges off to n00b corner, and STFU*

posted by paulsc 26 October | 17:04

My comment-to-post ratio is 18.69 : 1

posted by dersins 26 October | 17:06

The previous comment raised it to 18.77 : 1

This comment will raise it to 18.85 : 1

posted by dersins 26 October | 17:07

heh, an actual ratio! woo, yay dersins! (I realised after I posted it that I couldn't be bothered working it out)

posted by gaspode 26 October | 17:14

23/1038. Sounds silly, but I'm always afraid no one will comment on the things I post. And I tend to lurk more than comment, as other people will express my feelings better than I think I could.

"Better to be silent and thought a fool,
than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt."

posted by redvixen 26 October | 17:53

On preview, what krix said.

posted by redvixen 26 October | 17:54

So far, I have the highest numbers. But I'm not going to post them because they're embarassing. And now I'm going to be quiet for a while.

posted by mudpuppie 26 October | 17:55

You are waaaaaaaaaay behind jonmc, mudpuppie. Jabber away.

posted by occhiblu 26 October | 17:56

48 posts, 270 (make that 271) comments... a little over 5:1 comment to post ratio.

posted by knave 26 October | 17:57

450/9842.

Oh dear.

posted by jonmc 26 October | 18:06

1/69

*boots paulsc out of n00b corner, defends territory with taser*

posted by hangashore 26 October | 18:17

My ratio is roughly 22:1 comments to posts. I, too, fear the sting of an ignored post.

I broke a thousand posts recently though, so I say wayyyy more around here than I do anywhere else. I like you lot. You're a good bunch.

Hugs, but in a slightly aloof manner. Perhaps a good solid nod? Or maybe an ironic sorta Ricky Gervais point in the gun manner (with a wink)?

P.S. Ochhi, that really made me chuckle.

posted by richat 26 October | 18:34

55/1494.

posted by rainbaby 26 October | 18:57

I think I am doing the math right, and it appears that jon and I have almost identical ratios! How's that for freaky?

posted by richat 26 October | 19:12

244:2131 or about 8.7:1

posted by arse_hat 26 October | 19:37

58 posts/1018 comments (including this one).

posted by sisterhavana 26 October | 20:40

SpoFi?

posted by Doohickie 26 October | 21:13

SpoFi = SportsFilter = less signal, more noise about utterly arbitrary games

posted by paulsc 26 October | 21:32

130/1949. How do you figure out the ratio thingie? Just divide? I get .066; hmmm, add another six and I'll be evil.

posted by mygothlaundry 26 October | 22:46

I just realized that for the ratio, divide the comments by the posts. So, mgl, you're 1:15.

posted by occhiblu 26 October | 22:54

32/1129. I forgot to mark my thousandth...

(almost 10,000, love?? waves to honey from computer...)

posted by Pips 26 October | 22:57

157/2244
14.3:1

posted by mike9322 27 October | 07:06

117/3094.

So you guys are saying I should be taking it personally when no one comments on my posts? Darn, I just had just convinced myself otherwise too.

posted by danostuporstar 27 October | 08:12

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