Thread Count Statistics

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:18 am

Is there a place that lists how many threads a person starts?

I think that being a member of a forum is somewhat like being an invited party guest. As a guest you have a responsiblitiy to help make the party a success.

It would be interesting to see which members are the driving force behind this forum and the variety of intersts individual members may have.

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:30 am

Kindle, what you can do is go to the member's profile and check their statistics. There's an item there that allows you to find all threads started by a member. Just click on the member's username to go to their profile then click on the Statistics tab.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:29 am

Kindle;1066023 wrote: Is there a place that lists how many threads a person starts?

I think that being a member of a forum is somewhat like being an invited party guest. As a guest you have a responsiblitiy to help make the party a success.

It would be interesting to see which members are the driving force behind this forum and the variety of intersts individual members may have.

You have started 16:-6

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:09 am

Chezzie;1066083 wrote: You have started 16:-6

and how about you????

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:36 am

jimbo;1066355 wrote: i have started hundreds most just vanish but at least i tried damn it

not nearly hard enough though it seems :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

What do you mean vanish!?! Like the dump the oldest ones?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:46 am

Old ignored threads diasppear into the abyss called the archives. I have some threads there myself. :wah:

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:49 am

along-for-the-ride;1066396 wrote: Old ignored threads diasppear into the abyss called the archives. I have some threads there myself. :wah:

Oh. That makes sense. Can one pull one out of the archives?

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:53 pm

Kindle;1066286 wrote: and how about you????

444:-6

Kindle;1066402 wrote: Oh. That makes sense. Can one pull one out of the archives?

Go to the bottom right of the forum and click on Archive:-6

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:22 pm

Kindle;1066286 wrote: and how about you????

Chezzie has started 403 threads Kindle. Look for yourself.

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:50 pm

Chezzie;1066516 wrote: 444:-6

Go to the bottom right of the forum and click on Archive:-6

So, how many posts does a thread have to have to be viable?

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:59 pm

One. If it's reduced to zero the thread's deleted.

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:33 pm

spot;1066647 wrote: One. If it's reduced to zero the thread's deleted.

I see.

Can you now tell me about the many members listed who have no posts at all? I can't figure this out. Why join and not post?

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:38 pm

Kindle;1066664 wrote: I see.

Can you now tell me about the many members listed who have no posts at all? I can't figure this out. Why join and not post?

There's a requirement to confirm registration by email, a lot of people go through the registration and then fail to complete.

A significant fraction register and confirm in order to use the search options.

Another significant fraction register and confirm in order to send and receive Private Messages or to make entries on the Blog - that doesn't add to their post count.

The largest fraction of those with no posts are recognised spambots. They go through the registration, they go through email confirmation, they then fail to make posts which appear on the board because an automated post rejection occurs when they try. It's handled that way to waste as much of their time as possible rather than go on to other boards immediately. It increases the average cost of sending spam.

Post by **spot** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:44 pm

Kindle;1066023 wrote: It would be interesting to see which members are the driving force behind this forum and the variety of intersts individual members may have.http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/971938-post3.html sketches the numbers involved in posting here without going into identifying anyone.

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:53 pm

spot;1066665 wrote: There's a requirement to confirm registration by email, a lot of people go through the registration and then fail to complete.

A significant fraction register and confirm in order to use the search options.

Another significant fraction register and confirm in order to send and receive Private Messages or to make entries on the Blog - that doesn't add to their post count.

The largest fraction of those with no posts are recognised spambots. They go through the registration, they go through email confirmation, they then fail to make posts which appear on the board because an automated post rejection occurs when they try. It's handled that way to waste as much of their time as possible rather than go on to other boards immediately. It increases the average cost of sending spam.

My. Who would have thought it could get all this complicated.............

Thanks for the insight.

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:55 pm

spot;1066669 wrote: http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/971938-post3.html sketches the numbers involved in posting here without going into identifying anyone.

Very interesting. I see I'm not the only curious one.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:42 pm

well mine says i have started 106 threads, i guess thats not to bad for 9 months! :guitarist

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:09 pm

jimbo;1066405 wrote: aftr is talking about her clothes :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

stay on topic woman we are talking about fg :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Just stick me in a corner and put a hat on my head.

:wah:

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