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
12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;)
- Chris Myles
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
When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94
- MiniMage
536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00
- Bren
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
0.87 (3770/4312), so I'm either getting more commenty or less likey. [0.74 (1970/2667) was what I previously reported back in June]
- In Search of Gender
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 #TeamMomo
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 H
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
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
0.75 (38,250 comments / 50,175 likes) (My entry above from 2 years ago said I had 10,782 comments and 7,666 likes for a ratio of 1.41. I've been busy, and my pattern seems to have changed.)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
"Thank you so much, Patrick! She was loved and is missed by so many! She really made it a point to reach out to those around her, maybe especially those who didn't think anyone noticed or cared, or didn't quite 'fit in' the mainstream. She definitely wasn't mainstream herself, but she sure let her little light shine in the joy and encouragement she tried to bring to those in her life. Really appreciate your finding this and taking the time to comment!"
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
"Congratulations to Lexington for being chosen for this very encouraging opportunity. The best hope of success for any program will be to start with getting the locals interested in staying in the community before coming up with ways to lure tourists. It's got to be something the community draws from within its own strengths and character. The 'rich history' upon which it has, so far, focused its primary character, has got to include more than the just Civil War antiques and antebellum bed and breakfasts if it hopes to be any more than an diverted-off-the-beaten-track Victorian-era theme park. Although I'm surprised a steampunk movement hasn't descended there yet. And although the history is at least as colorful as it is 'rich', this once-thriving river town managed to pull itself together beyond the Missouri Compromise, beyond the turn of the 19th century and enjoyed a very healthy economy of locally-owned business and industry well into the late 1970s–early 80s. The spirit to do it..."
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Would you like to hear about my undergraduate thesis on the efficiency and equity of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965?
- John E. Bredehoft
43:6f:6e:66:69:72:6d:65:64:3a:20:49:27:6d:20:61:20:74:68:72:65:61:64:20:6b:69:6c:6c:65:72
- Chris Heath
nope, i am the official thread killer
- AJ Batac
Cuz this is killer, thread killer night, and no one's gonna save you from AJ when he's about to strike, you know it's killer, thread killer night, you're fighting for your threads from a killer, thread killer tonight
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
"Today we are launching version 2 of the FriendFeed API for beta testing. We focused on making the API simpler to use, and we added number of compelling new features." Documentation: http://friendfeed.com/api...
- Bret Taylor
from Bookmarklet
nice, good to see OAuth support, this will enable a larger 3rd party ecosphere around FriendFeed, I hope
- Jeroen De Miranda
After going through the documentation and playing around with some feeds, I love the fact that you can now see the subscriber lists of people who have their feeds set to private as long as you are subscribed to them and authenticate (mimicking the main site functionality). One thing that's absent is a discussion of Direct Messages. Do they show up in feeds if you authenticate? How do we find just direct messages?
- Mark Trapp
Mark: direct messages are accessed using the feed ID "filter/direct". Read more about feed IDs at http://friendfeed.com/api.... Also direct messages appear in the "home" feed.
- Benjamin Golub
Benjamin: ahhh, I see it now. I missed it when skimming that list over. Thanks!
- Mark Trapp
Can you post the wget version of the command line?
- Gabe
Gabe: wget --user=bgolub --password=passwd --post-file=MyPhoto.jpg http://friendfeed-api.com/v2... should work. In theory. Edit: nope. I'm not sure it's possible to do with wget.
- Mark Trapp
Gabe: wget doesn't support multipart forms as a design decision. If you post a file, FriendFeed returns a 404, and if you post data, the query is too long for wget to handle.
- Mark Trapp
Good work, look forward to seeing what developers can create
- Joe Dawson
Woowoo, bgolub's password is “passwd” ;-)
- Amit Patel
Amit: I wonder how many people tested that :)
- Benjamin Golub
Thanks to bgolub posting his password, I now have all of FriendFeed's secret documents about notorious users, useless metrics, Justin Timberlake's promoting FF on Oprah's show, hiring Colbert as a spokesperson, Ev Williams being just a “distraction”. TechCrunch is going to love this! ;)
- Amit Patel
Yes big big thanks to the whole team for all their hard work!!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup in a TARDIS
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- pb:
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- pb:
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Iphigenie
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- SteVe C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- sofarsoShawn
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
From an AT&T commercial. If they think that's what web hosting is, no wonder they haven't figured out 4G. Don't forget the 5G whitepaper is going on 3 years old now.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
"Oh, Bank of America... will you never cease to amuse/amaze/horrify us? Yet another computer glitch from this year's Worst Company in America runner-up had one Massachusetts homeowner scratching his head when he received a foreclosure notice from BofA warning him that his property would end up in foreclosure if he didn't immediately pay the amount of $0.00."
- John (bird whisperer)
from Bookmarklet
I've gotten to do cool things along the way, but this one took me by surprise. The ceremony will be out at Joshua Tree & we'll be staying in 29 Palms. Sounds like it will be beautiful.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Still not done. Canned and packaged shelf-food, but some of it is YEARS past its "Best by" date. Heh. Glad I look before I eat, at least.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
"For many, what Giacometti saw, as embodied in his work, was the loneliness of man. Carola, who was a patient and student of the psychoanalyst and cultural theorist Jacques Lacan—also a friend of the sculptor’s—demurs: “Lacan teaches us not to interpret things. You cannot interpret Giacometti’s work from a psychological or philosophical point of view without trivialising it. All these interpretations of his work as symbolising human loneliness or alienation are too simplistic, taking no account of their truly unique nature. “If Alberto’s extraordinary and indescribably complex works carry a message,” she adds, “it is about respecting the existence of things outside ourselves, a joyous message of affection and friendship. This is why his sculpture speaks to everyone.”"
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from Bookmarklet
If you're in the Arlington, VA area, check out the FREE! "Red Glory" hedge rose plants available for pick up at Bon Air Memorial Rose Garden. http://maps.google.com/maps... They are leaning against the small closet next to the garden. Since the roots were cut they will probably die back a bit when first planted. Next year they will do fine. Planted 1959!
Can one of your close friends do it? You may want someone more practised, but for us it was so special and meaningful to have someone who had been instrumental in our lives and relationship.
- joey
Ummm.....maybe I can talk Rebecca into getting a license.
- Mary Carmen
My neighbors just asked me to marry them. Have been looking into the Universal Life Church online ordination. It appears that you only need "credentials" to sign the legal license/certificate documents that need to be filed. Check your local listings; YMMV.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
We debated about this for a long time and eventually asked Kevin's uncle to do it. He had never done it before, but he did wonderful!! I think he used Universal Lief Church!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I would offer to get ordained online and do it. But only if I'm allowed to do it in the voice of the minister in "The Princess Bride". "Wuv! Twoooo wuv"
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
Akiva and I are both ordained through the Universal Life Church. Akiva was the officiant for my brother's marriage last year!
- Rochelle
Whereabouts are y'all? As a sista, I can't officiate, but I happen to live with a church organist. Oh yeah, and I play flute. :-)
- Ordinarybug Heather
Yup....follow the link that joey posted above. They even have links by state.
- Mary Carmen
Seriously though, if you would like to use my services, I would be honored. Just let me know,
- Friar Will
Thank you for the offer. It is very generous.
- Mary Carmen
One of my friends is a wedding officiant and she has family back east (she lives in SF). I can DM you her website so you can see if she's available. She's a fantastic lady and...a librarian. :-D
- Russian Space Lizard
Do you seriously want me to do that? I am a little afraid of your mom
- furrworld
We'd love it. My mom doesnt get a say in that.
- Mary Carmen
I might cry...you know how emotional I get
- furrworld
well someone has to cry, it's a wedding after all.
- Mary Carmen
Lol you crack me up...I will have like 6 months to lose the weight
- furrworld
"I decided that this might be the time to let the proverbial cat out of the bag, so-to-speak, about who I am and who DeeKay is. I have long been a photographer, focusing mostly on the great vanishing motel signs across America. The neon kind of the post-Depression and Googie era, but I rarely shoot them at night…I prefer them in their raw state, during the daytime so you can see their neglected and weathered state, great metal victims of the elements, rusting and peeling, broken neon… forgotten, decrepit and unloved. My photography is not something I talk about all that often; it’s a part of me, of my soul. In the world of adult, where every part of me is out there for the world to see, where I perform acts in front of a camera that most people don’t even speak of let alone attempt to do in the privacy and comfort of their bedrooms…and then add it the interviews and articles…and my radio show where everything from my porn adventures to my relationships (and then some) is all out there...
more...
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from Bookmarklet
Thank you so very, very much, everyone, for your thoughts, prayers & condolences. I honestly believe I have been carried this far by each and every one of them. The show's not over yet, but I have been strengthened and encouraged by you all. Thank you again, so so very much. It really means a lot.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
Doctors say Mom's not responding to meds, and this morning, her condition has worsened to the point of near-catatonic non-responsiveness overall. Glad I got here in time last night to catch some of her before it got any worse. Dr also said he expects only 2-3 more days, but this could linger on for days or weeks, so we're setting up home hospice.
Thank you all so very, very much, it really helps. Mom always said she thought she could feel it when people were praying for her, and I can often feel being held safe by all your warm thoughts and wishes. She seems comfortable, at least. Quiet & sleeping. Me, I'm just trying not to lose it, but I'm allowed to for now.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
As impossible (and unlikely) as it seems, according to the official record, as of 1:56 PM Central Time today, I will have been a mouth-breather for a full half-century. Quite frankly, if I'd known I was going to last this long, I might have actually come up with a plan.
Thank you so much, everyone for your wonderful birthday wishes. Haven't had much time to get back here to catch up, but wanted to at least pass along my humble, heartfelt appreciation and best wishes to all for a happy, safe and prosperous New Year!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
I just hope Sarah Palin isn't in the movie.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
The fact that a women's team broke the previous record is funny in the ha ha men, you suck, category, Mark. But yeah, it's way cool.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
But in all fairness, it's not the main theme, but a back theme the cellos carry that pops out once and a while...which, now that I think of it, might be just a _little_ Christmassy.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
Jealous! That's what we were supposed to do.
- Anika
The snow has already started, from what I hear, altho the original forecast for today was near 50. Looks like this rain we're getting is moving on east. Hopefully, we won't get dumped on like last year, when Mom & I were snowed-in for a couple days!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
The first time I heard this was on Andy Summers' album "The Golden Wire". He covered this very well, as it turns out! Still having a hard time stumbling across the English translation for the lyrics tho. Google just acts like it's in a Bing advert.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from iPhone
"The cookies in the picture were bought in an ordinary Swedish supermarket [2] on March 4, 1999. They are the actual Florentine Pogen cookies - the name is different in Swedish, the packaging is of course different from 1970s-style American packaging, but the cookies inside are the same. They are between 5 and 6 centimeters across, and only a few millimeters thin. (DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY COOKIE? While a Florentine Pogen undeniably is a cookie, Zappa certainly wasn't using the term literally, as in daughter of a wealthy cookie. What he did mean exactly, if he meant anything more than nonsense, is not known (and will probably never be). Perhaps it is a derogatory description.)"
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
from Bookmarklet