Some minor Simtropolis factoids...

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

We have this list for that: https://community.simtropolis.com/best-content/

I see that one of my posts (a "why SimCity 2013 doesn't work for the older community"-post) has reached the #4 spot on t

Oh, and congrats Yoshi for having the #1 most rep given for a CJ entry with your latest CJ entry!

Oh neat! And congratulations on that!

And 28 with Med Inspirations? I definitely have some worthy challengers

[timmie 988]

Ah, lists! My highest reputation post got 8 points, I think. I thought that was quite a lot already

And congratulations to Yoshi indeed, you're a celebrity!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Ah, lists! My highest reputation post got 8 points, I think. I thought that was quite a lot already

And congratulations to Yoshi indeed, you're a celebrity!

Already planning an update to beat it

However notice that the other slightly lower points (still 20+) are consistently held by the same few members. They do a fantastic job.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Statistics don't interest me, but if that's your bag, congratulations to all high achievers.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Statistics don't interest me, but if that's your bag, congratulations to all high achievers.

Even though you have boasting rights with highest rep?

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Pride goeth before a fall.  Nemesis follows Hubris.  While kudos may be appreciated, they are like leather medals.  They do indicate, perhaps, that some members have found me useful.

[T Wrecks 10,210]

It's been all in the news:

When you're really confused

no, you don't need no ruse

'cause you'll find enough use

in our resident moose

he'll show you what's loose

and might even amuse

so there's no time to lose

and no need to get booze

just you follow his cues

and the prints of his shoes

and you'll have a smooth cruise

until success ensues.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

 

It's been all in the news:

When you're really confused

no, you don't need no ruse

'cause you'll find enough use

in our resident moose

he'll show you what's loose

and might even amuse

so there's no time to lose

and no need to get booze

just you follow his cues

and the prints of his shoes

and you'll have a smooth cruise

until success ensues.

 

Did you write that?

[T Wrecks 10,210]

'tis a boring day at work, and when the mind doesn't find anything to work on in the stuff that's in front of my eyes, it starts to wander and produce useless nonsense... such as these lines. So yes, I did write them, or rather: they came to me almost on their own.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Good grief.  My doggerel is barking.  "Hail Poetry, thou heav'n born maid." - Sir. William Shenk Gilbert.

[Bipin 3,403]

I'd like to see the amount of reputation points held by all members graphed. As much as I'm not big on mathematics, I'm a sucker for graphs. I'll bet §1,000,000.000 it follows a rough, normal distribution.

[SimCoug 5,973]

I'll take that bet considering the majority of members here never post, which probably skews things a bit.

[timmie 988]

Yes! We need graphs! A lot of them! There used to be a graph on the profile of members which showed when they posted most and what their average post/day was. I liked that graph.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

/calls for duke/

[MandelSoft 2,775]

Why not call Maarten? I have been browsing to the data of the members list as on 2013, July 1, 15:00 GMT. For instance, this is the overall top 100 list of people with the most posts:

However, only have of them are active. For the rest of the lists I've worked with only the active members I can confirm they are active. I worked with the top 100 active members, and then you get this list:

Now we go for the top 25 highest reputation on this forum. The data may be a little inaccurate, but I took everyone with +500 posts and +500 rep into account to limit statistical distortions at the low end:

And I also made one for the top 25 rep/post ratio:

So, that's my share of statistics for today...

Best,

Maarten

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

In a long life of putting up with statistics, I have never understood the fascination others have with them.  The personal data base is limited and doesn't need useless facts like this when there are so many more useless things to gather.

[Haljackey 17,385]

Graphs! Simtropolis Graphs!

 

Very nice work! What criteria did you use to determine who is an 'active' poster? Posts within the last year or something?

 

That last graph is no good for people who have made a lot of posts before the rep system was introduced. I wouldn't say it's very accurate, but interesting nonetheless!

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

That's the general problem with statistics.  The universe of discourse must be rigidly defined, if not published.  I think anyone who has studied the subject knows you can get results with a 95% confidence limit with a random sample of something less than 1000.

[Bipin 3,403]

That's the general problem with statistics.  The universe of discourse must be rigidly defined, if not published.  I think anyone who has studied the subject knows you can get results with a 95% confidence limit with a random sample of something less than 1000.

 

As far as I know, from taking a few data management and statistics courses, ≈ 95% confidence is the accurate measurement of two whole standard deviations within a normal distribution. The 95% accounts for the population (p) in -2sigma < p < 2sigma. Typically an accurate representation of the census should entail not a concrete number, but rather a percent. The margin of error should be < 5% given the 95% confidence rule. This may be calculated with the formula 1/(SqRoot of N) where N is the sample size you chose to work with. Of course, this is all assuming data follows a normal distribution. If you don't wish to use the formula, you can look up the data here: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Soc_participants.shtml We often used this website as a resource in class, so I can assure you it's accurate.

 

P.S. regardless of measurement bias, I'm still glad to be at the top of the chat for reputation/post ratio!

[MandelSoft 2,775]

Graphs! Simtropolis Graphs!

 

Very nice work! What criteria did you use to determine who is an 'active' poster? Posts within the last year or something?

It's a bit of a subjective one. It's from people I've noticed being online lately (within a month or so). Sometimes I checked their profile to confirm my thoughts...

And hey, I'm a guy that knows a lot of useless facts. I mean, I can recall the most common sign fonts by just looking at them

[TekindusT 3,809]

*Feels important after finding himself on the graphs*

[Duke87 1,070]

Maarten, you do realize that your graph of people's post counts is inaccurate because it fails to take into account people having clone accounts, and the fact that a couple of people had their post counts edited years back. For example, sloppet does not actually have 21,357 posts.

 

Your ranking is also conspicuously missing banned members (yes, there are some of those with a lot of posts), which the forum software excludes from its auto-generated list.

 

I'll make a note to generate my own graph based on my own more accurate data but I don't have time right now.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Still good to see a nice list. I'm in the top 100, yaaaaay!

You'll notice the top ratio/posters are all BATters/CJers. Confirms what I knew, it gets you points.

[Cockatoo 2,257]

Very interesting. Some people just have too many posts... I'd probably be dead (I really would!) before reaching 35,000 at my rate.

[Cpt Johnny 58]

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[Haljackey 17,385]

Very interesting. Some people just have too many posts... I'd probably be dead (I really would!) before reaching 35,000 at my rate.

 

AKA, off the charts? Maarten set his cut-off at 10,000 posts so I guess when you go over that you have 'too many', at least in his mind.

 

 

I doubt I would even reach 1,500 posts I really started too damn late.

 

Quality over quantity, and besides it's never too late!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

I've only been here 4 years, yet I made the list. :3

nathanthemayor has been here even less.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

I doubt I would even reach 1,500 posts I really started too damn late.

Hang in there.  Not only have I been around ten years, but I am retired.  This is a neat place to gab.

[Cpt Johnny 58]

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[Duke87 1,070]

Will the real top 100 posters please stand up?