Can you remind me again where to find those stats?
- Brian Johns
Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion.
- Micah
0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here
- mikepk
I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week!
- Brian Johns
1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page)
- Micah
OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals...
- Brian Johns
3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like.
- Cyrus Lendvay
FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in.
- Micah
from twhirl
0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem.
- Bren
0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments
- Cee Bee
1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief!
- Lindsay
So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both)
- Micah
InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks!
- Micah
.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link.
- Mitchell Tsai
Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots)
- Micah
1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up.
- Tyson Key
A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology....
- David HC Soul
My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39
- David HC Soul
Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others).
- Micah
Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :)
- Micah
Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!)
- Micah
Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas.
- Micah
.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good!
- Michael Fidler
1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me.
- Micah
.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments.
- Bren
Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it.
- Micah
Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!!
- Chris Myles
Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine!
- Micah
Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments)..
- Chris Myles
Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever.
- Micah
I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience.
- Micah
wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff)
- chaz2b
chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered?
- Micah
that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while...
- Bren
Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically.
- Micah
true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better.
- Bren
In 4 days it will be 1 year since my first recorded stat here. My comments/like were almost a 1:1 ratio then. Now comments are almost double likes for me.
- Micah
75,415 comments/1,286 likes = 58.64 - i wish the auto inserted comments didn't get counted... the true number is probably much much close ot my number of likes
- Chris Heath
1.97%. thanks again micah, this has been a great metric to measure my first year here on ff. As the year went (this being the first record of me being here that i've found): , 6.43%:1.25%:1.97%
- chaz2b
Chris, Bren, thank you. And chaz2b, thank you too - glad it's a special marker for you. :)
- Micah
63.58 (97,534/1,534) -- interesting that my last three digits are the same there, eh? (note, i already posted a month or two ago when i first saw this thread)
- Chris Heath
Last year my comments were around 7000 and likes around 2500, for a ratio of 2.80. I consciously chose to do more liking over the last year. As of today my comments number 10,782 and likes number 7,666, for a ratio of 1.41.
- Stephen Mack
Jason, Stephen - cool. Thanks for keeping updated here. :)
- Micah
Okay, Micah. <----I had to resist the urge not to post that because I know it's going to up my comment count. ;)
- Jenny R
But how many of those primordial, high interest posts are still active. Uh huh. :)
- Micah
Thanks, Morton. BTW, when you posted in February, it was exactly 0.13 also.
- Micah
Jenny, resistance is futile; embrace the rising tide of comments.
- Micah
Comments are more difficult and time consuming than Likes. I'd be happy about a high comment:likes ratio except that many are surely imported from feeds, while every Like is manual.
- Mike Chelen
it has changed to 2.2256 now as Sep, 6 2010.Labor Day. :) I added the date for future references.
- ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL
I had exactly a 2:1 ratio as previously reported [Aug 30, '09], now I am at: 1.7241:1 ratio. 6,067 comments to 3,519 likes.
- The Ghost of Library Past
Two years later and my ratio has climbed from 3.4 to 4.675. I've got a lot to say, apparently.
- Kevin Fox
Funnily, I didn't notice until after leaving that comment that when I reported my stat in 2009 I also followed it up with "I've got stuff to say." I didn't say it was *new* stuff...
- Kevin Fox
2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago). for history's sake, this thread was started shortly after i found friendfeed, or friendfeed found me, so it holds a special place in my heart. thanks for keeping it around mr micah
- chaz2b
You're certainly welcome, chaz2b. In some way it feels like a living heirloom to me. :)
- Micah
3 (2.991) (and now the list has become too lengthy for me to track my progress, ;) [dumb me, i have a post not 10 lines ago in history, from 090711 2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago) ;) ]
- chaz2b
I don't think it is, he's gonna share a post with me and i'll get an notification e-mail about it and click on the link from the e-mail,then, I'M IN. (saw it on TNW)
- batuhan icoz
robin.hastings@gmail.com (thanks in advance!!) - EDIT: I'm in, thanks to the ever-fab Amy Buckland. Thanks for the offer though!
- Webgoddess Needs A Drink
LisaLenea at gee-mail. w00t! I'm unemployed! Gimme something interesting to play with for a few days. :) And THANKS!
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
from Android
marybaumcreative@gmail.com - and then when I'm logged in as that, I can go around +1ing people (like you) like crazy until it's time to go do stuff as Apps again.
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
from iPhone
Weirdly, I found posts promising Profiles for Apps users 'within weeks' back in MARCH.
- Auntie Buttinsky Botts
from iPhone
still valid? gbabun [at] gmail [dot] com.
- Bojan Babic
caitlinmoen@gmail.com :) if it still works, thanks!
- Caitlin
Don't waste one on me... I have a Google Apps account!!! Ugh.
- Skyler Call
still available? one for me please. marun2 [at] gmail [dot] com
- MohanArun
merynstol@gmail.com - Thanks in advance.
- Meryn Stol
Thanks. apparently I screwed this up by trying to accept from my ipod touch last night during the tiny window when they were still accepting new users. Now I have to wait until they have not "temporarily exceeded capacity." Oh well, see you soon!
- Laura Norvig
Louis, you rock. If you've got any left, I'd love one. sean.smm@gmail.com Thanks very much!
- Sean
any left Louis? i see you are a mario fan! :)
- ffcode
even with the advent of Google+ i can't get away from friendfeed i come here for reading posts! but mostly as Jesse said on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u... here they are closley knit!
- ffcode
I'm gonna go with laziness. It's no big deal, but it looks bad, at least to me.
- Derrick
I do it because the toddler won't wait while I edit the videos before I upload them so he can watch himself over and over and over... And laziness.
- Michael Hocter
You'll need something that goes nicely with Sam, too. Better if they don't sound the same, so you're not stumbling. So nix Steve, Shawn and other 's' names.
- Anika
Get any recs? None of the existing water/freeze/drop-proof cams really tickle my fancy. And the waterproof case for the S95 seems to be too unwieldy for casual use.
- ronin
I have an old Olympus PnS for pool use. Takes great photos, but not for underwater.
- Anika
ronin, the only recommendations so far have been for the GoPro cameras, but they're really video cameras and I don't think they will satisfy me as still cameras. I keep looking at the Olympus P&S waterproof cameras but the reviews are so mixed... I'm just not convinced.
- Michael Hocter
Have you ever stood in a store and tried to figure out what makes one stroller more expensive than another? I have and I haven't been able to figure it out, for the most part.
Alex, yes. then I went back to the store and got the more expensive one. Several factors: Materials, weight (important), tire and axel quality, brake quality, accessories. Essentially, it's like buying a high end bicycle. I cheaped out and was back within 6 months and spent the extra 30% and it lasted me till G was 3.
- Johnny
We bought expensive first, but he outgrew them soooo quickly, and didn't like the expensive jogger stroller. Ended up with some small cheap light ones we used every once in a while. They grow so quick. They will be walking and running before you know it.
- The Ghost of Library Past
from iPod
My parents only had the umbrella type and I managed to evade both death and injury.
- Soup in a TARDIS
We bought an expensive, heavy one that was compatible with our carseats. It was a very nice system, but we didn't use it nearly as much as we thought we would. Buy an Ergo; that's about all you will need.
- Michael Hocter
from Android
Ours is mid-range and second-hand via eBay.
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
We just duct-taped a picnic basket and a couple of broom handles to an old skateboard. It was a bit hard to fold into the trunk but cornered well.
- Adrian
@Soup, that's all we used for four kids in five years.
- Anne Bouey
@Anne, It's weird because you NEVER see them anymore. It's not even an option, apparently.
- Soup in a TARDIS
We drove over to the Newhall pass so Heather could see it snow. I still think it's strange how excited she gets about it, but then again, I grew up where it snows too much every winter. I moved here to get away from it.
I posted an almost 6-minute video of Sammy hanging out with me. Nothing exciting, but his jabber talk is pretty cute. - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
From WebHost4Life support: "We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. I have asked a member of our team who specializes in website to review your account. You should be hearing from this specialist within 24-48 hours." (24-48 hours? And shouldn't every member of a hosting company support team specialize in websites?)
- Michael Hocter
So... not really the "4Life" they claim.....
- Nine
Yeah, not 4Life at all. I've been with them for many years, and they were actually great before they sold the company. Nothing but headaches since, especially this year.
- Michael Hocter
That's kind of adorable. Wanna visit in February? I'll let you discover the wonder of shoveling!
- <3Heather<3
If you visit Heza, I want in on it... FF New England sleepover!
- Penguin
from iPod
I think the snow would be gone by the time I got to New England. :(
- Derrick
I saw it fall for the first time last Jan in NY. It was cold. Pretty, but cold. I can wait another 35 years to see it again if necessary.
- SteVe C
There's no snow in our forecast, I don't think, but it's supposed to get down to the mid-20's tonight.
- Derrick
I totally wanna' be there when Derrick sees snow fall for the first time. That would totally be a happy thing. :-D
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
Derrick I'm totally picturing you doing a dance in the snow. I'm up in Tahoe right now and it's snowing. It's super pretty out
- Tamara
from iPhone
Truly, the only time snow literally 'commands' a look is when it is falling and/or newfallen. Within a day or two, after the cars and feet have trampled it, Tallulah Bankhead's quote makes perfect sense.
- Mark J Colonel Colonic
Derrick, you should go with me to Wisconsin in February. I probably have enough miles on US Air to get you there. :)
- ha3rvey ($10 HUGS!!!)
I've heard good things about Madison, 3. I only wish LSU didn't have my life on such lockdown. :(
- Derrick
Just work for 2 days. I know it's a university, but I didn't look to see which one.
- ha3rvey ($10 HUGS!!!)
My wife has lived in california her whole life. Once on the way back from San Francisco a couple years ago we got caught in snow in the Grapevine. She made me pull off the freeway so she could play in it because she had never seen snow before.
- Michael Hocter
from Android
It snowed in CA when I was 5. I totally remember it falling from the sky and floating down. Most of it melted as soon as it hit the ground. It was beautiful. I don't know why it hasn't happened again.
- Gabrielle
Probably because I'm here. And I grew up in Minnesota. With snow. And I'll effing CUT California if I have to shovel now that I'm here. Just sayin'. Prepare yourself.
- Lisa L. Seifert | FHG™
I would only like snow if I were a male. I would drink gallons of water and pee a prose in the snow. Other than that, I am with m9m.
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
I like snow, too. But I'm fine with 3-5 decent snowstorms a year like we typically get around here. Last year was an aberration.
- Christina Pikas
Woke up to 35F temperatures, but the real feel is 22F. I can't right now. NOLA gets this cold?
- Derrick
It's freezing in Florida, too. I thought I would spend at least one day on the beach :((((
- Michelle M
Another favorite from today... His 5-year-old cousin picked this present out for him. Sammy could barely wait to get it out of the wrapping.
- Michael Hocter
Mine is pretty well stocked. I'm at 34 or 35 cameras and counting, plus multiple lenses for most of them. They're just all over the place.
- Michael Hocter
from Android
Let's be honest, the concept of Santa is kind of a dick. An old man arbitrarily determining awarding presents based on nebulous concepts of "naughty" and "nice"?
- Mike Nayyar
First he makes fun of Herbie and then he tells Donner he should be ashamed of himself for having a son with a red nose? Not cool, Santa.
- Michael Hocter
from Android
Then he gets all pissy when the elves sing their song. Asswipe.
- Anika