If posts don't count in the OT why do they here?

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by Ming


Or just look at Asmodean's post

Asmodean

[Ecthy]

getting slightly schizoid now, As?

[Solly]

I think he might be..

[Asmodean]

Nah...I was just my way of letting Ming know that he had stepped on my toes. But that it was okay, 'cause in this case I deserved it

Asmodean

[rah]

Hmmm, would it have really mattered it you deserved it or not.

[Ecthy]

Park Avenue, which post were you referring to?

[DrSpike]

Yours, I'd imagine.

[Ecthy]

But are you sure?

[badams52]

What else could he be referring to?

My oh my, look how far OT we have become here. I see lot's of spam sharks in the waters now. What was that Ming? You think I'm one of them?

[Ecthy]

One of them? If there are any spam sharks here, you're their leader.

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by rah
Hmmm, would it have really mattered it you deserved it or not.

Probably not.

Although I like to imagine that he is a polite person, even though he is a mod

But you are a better judge of that than I am.

Asmodean

[-Jrabbit]

Community Spam Count

First, let me say it's good to see that Chris 62 has tastefully backed out of this thread.

When I first looked at this thread, I gave it little thought, since similar discussions happen around the site from time to time. But I noticed the over 1300 Views and 190 Replies. That made me curious, so I did a post count by name within the thread.

Names appear in the order they first appeared in the thread. Top Spammers, er, Most Prolific Posters are in BOLD.

Chris 62 -- 3
Skanky Burns -- 10
ixnay -- 1
Frozzy -- 5
Asmodean -- 25
geeslaka -- 5
Asuka -- 1
DrSpike -- 18
Solver -- 1
rah -- 32 (except we all know that, by definition, mods can't spam. )
Oerdin -- 2
alva -- 1
Harry Seldon -- 3
mrmitchell -- 1
skywalker -- 1
Verto -- 2
Ming -- 10 {another Mod exception (sigh)}
Tuberski -- 1
Plato -- 2
spartak -- 1
Gatekeeper -- 5
TCO -- 15
Qilue -- 5
badams52 -- 3
Alex -- 1
Big Crunch -- 7
Ben Kenobi -- 6
MichaeltheGreat -- 1
Comrade Tassadar -- 1
Ecthylion -- 9
atawa -- 2
Master Zen -- 4
Defcon5 -- 1
Nuclear Master -- 1
flipside -- 1
Rob_S -- 2
Rhothaerill -- 1
Park Avenue -- 1

Total number of posts = 191
Number of posters = 38
Average # of posts per person = 5.02
Percentage of posts from the 7 people in BOLD = 119/191 = 62.3
Percentage of posts from Mods (incl 1 from Solver) = 43/191 = 22.5%
Percentage of total from the 11 ppl with at least "average" (5+ posts) activity in thread = 79.6% (80% rule)
Posters with only 1 or 2 posts = 21/38 = 55.3% (acutally, 22/39 = 56.4% when this goes up)

Not sure what this all means, but if nothing else, thought a few facts might stimulate meaningful discussion of spam as defined by post count (vs. content).

Of course, we expect to see that discussion carried on primarily by the spammers...
And no, I did not count Chris 62 as a Mod...

(Edited for spelling, typos, and to add a stat or two.
Shouldn't meaningful additions like that deserve a +1??)

[DrSpike]

I'm just glad I'm only third.

Doc (19)

[Ben Kenobi]

Seems rah has little cause to take potshots at the demogamers.

If I'm lucky, I might get that many posts in a week on the Civ2DG.

[rah]

I would expect mods to have high post counts in a lot of threads in this forum since people are asking questions or just trying to get clarification on things. Who else will officially answer these questions, or warn the spammers? The obvious answer is staff members.

RAH
Thank you for letting me help clarify this issue.