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[CarpeDeezNutz]

It's true, I've had three tags which means I'm the best

You got some Rolodex tag?

 

[Mass Effect]

I think it's safe to say OP has an analytics addiction.

This is what happens when we don't get NPD numbers anymore.

 

[E92 M3]

It's true, I've had three tags which means I'm the best

 

[Ray Wonder]

It's true, I've had three tags which means I'm the best

I get tingly in my face at how jealous I am of you in every way, John Kowalski.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

don't take it so seriously
everyone knows that tag-bragging is how you actually show off on GAF

The good thing about having a tag is that it lets you get away with posting outrageous stuff (in order to attract quotes) without being accused of tag fishing.

A tag is very liberating in that way

 

[Dirtyshubb]

I don't post a lot compared to some but Gaf is the platform I'm most engaged with.

I like to think my posting quality has improved dramatically since I first joined nearly 9 years ago but I tend to find I don't get quoted a lot. I do try to respond to the ones that do but it always makes me sad when I feel I have added something to the conversation yet hardly get any responses

 

[Mahonay]

Looking back at my last 1500 posts back to just March 31st, it looks like I got quoted a little less than half of the time. 696 quotes.

My conclusion is that I spend way too much time on here and need to get a life.

 

[daveo42]

I don't want to know the actual ratio because I already know it's depressingly low.

 

[DarthButcher]

Is it possible to go negative? I'm pretty sure mine is negative.

 

[gutshot]

Sometimes I quote myself just to artificially inflate my Q/P rating.

 

[Xe4]

Man, you care way too much about what others think of your posts. Having the best posts doesn't mean you're going to be quoted the most. Indeed, joke posters get by far the most quotes, and there's nothing to indicate that their posts are the 'best'.

Just put as much effort as you can into your posts and threads, and let everything else sort itself out.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Sometimes I quote myself just to artificially inflate my Q/P rating.

Here ya go!

 

[commish]

Man, you care way too much about what others think of your posts. Having the best posts doesn't mean you're going to be quoted the most. Indeed, joke posters get by far the most quotes, and there's nothing to indicate that their posts are the 'best'.

Just put as much effort as you can into your posts and threads, and let everything else sort itself out.

Great post. Would read again.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Man, you care way too much about what others think of your posts. Having the best posts doesn't mean you're going to be quoted the most. Indeed, joke posters get by far the most quotes, and there's nothing to indicate that their posts are the 'best'.

Just put as much effort as you can into your posts and threads, and let everything else sort itself out.

I'm not ashamed to admit it: I'm a quote slut. Is that so wrong?

 

[blame space]

No thing's wrong on the Internet.

 

[Izuna]

I'm not ashamed to admit it: I'm a quote slut. Is that so wrong?

Newlore.exe

 

[Timeaisis]

I just realized a pretty big flaw in this. If one of your posts gets quoted a bunch of times, that completely throws off your Post to Quote ratio, as it's no longer a 1:1 metric of how many times you've been quoted vs. how many times you've posted, and instead a metric of how often you are quoted (from any one post or combination of posts) to how many times you post. You could get quoted a thousand times from just one post, after having posted 4,000 total posts, which none of which had been quoted before, giving you an apparent Q/P ratio of 25%, but in actuality it's .025%.

 

[Chezzymann]

.565, posted 1229 times in the last 6 months and got quoted 695 times

is that good I want to be good

 

[Fergie]

What.

 

[Fewr]

Is there a correlation between a high Q/P ratio and salary, penis size, and/or the frequency at which one obtains left swipes on tinder or grindr?

(left is the good one, right?)

It's an inverse correlation, especially with salary. Quality posters have more time to think, but are also unemployed. FACT.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

I just realized a pretty big flaw in this. If one of your posts gets quoted a bunch of times, that completely throws off your Post to Quote ratio, as it's no longer a 1:1 metric of how many times you've been quoted vs. how many times you've posted, and instead a metric of how often you are quoted (from any one post or combination of posts) to how many times you post. You could get quoted a thousand times from just one post, after having posted 4,000 total posts, which none of which had been quoted before, giving you an apparent Q/P ratio of 25%, but in actuality it's .025%.

This is intentional. Quality posts that get quoted a LOT (such as this one) should be rewarded IMO

 

[Pau]

You know what I should have counted as a variable for post content? Post length.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

You know what I should have counted as a variable for post content? Post length.

For your study? Why? Do you reckon post length is correlated to quote probability?

 

[Zen_Arcade]

I have to echo people in here saying that quotes aren't a good measure. People are far more likely to quote something they disagree with than they are to quote in agreement with something.

Hell, I've seen whole pages that were mostly people quoting something they thought was stupid just to say the same thing 10 other people already quoted and told the person.

I've never seen a positive version of that around here.

 

[old]

I just searched for "quote=old" and got

expected searchd protocol version 1+, got version '0'

I don't even know what the hell that means.

EDIT: alright did it again. Got back 1500 hits. Last page is filled with threads dated 05/08/17.
So 1500 quotes in 2 weeks. Or 750 quotes a week.
Been here since 05/11/13.
4 years plus 2 weeks.
52 weeks in a year x 4 years + 2 more weeks = 210 weeks I've been here.
210 weeks I've been here x 750 quotes per week = 157,500 quotes.
I've made 4178 comments
157500 quotes from 4178 comments = 37.69 quotes per post.

I believe that makes me the champ. I'll await my trophy. I prefer it encrusted in emeralds not diamonds.

 

[Nevasleep]

Every thread and post shall have a net promoter score applied to it.

 

[Spladam]

I think you got the metric for quality post backwards OP, I would recommend you do not put so much emphasis on how many times your post are quoted on NeoGAF.

I mean, you do realize that one normally quotes post that they disagree with, and not normally because they feel it's of high caliber right?

Ok asteroid its time to end the human species

This is a quality post.

I don't get quoted much. I'm not very insightful, funny, or make enough outrageous statements to get noticed much.

Welfare quote.

12%... damn :/ thought it would be at least 30...

Edit: no wait, fucked up searched by threads and not posts. Lemme get the right number...

Double edit: 46%. Not bad but I could do better.

That percentage has some dubious implications about your post. I think you meant to say "I could do worse".

When NeoGAF becomes a problem; the thread.

There are some funny phenomenon on this forum that I've noticed over the years, something about NeoGAF causes some to take membership in this community and their respective popularity a bit to serious.

I think for some this forum represents a large portion of their social interaction. There is definitely some "cult of personality" workings going on here.

There are people here that have been on for a couple of years and have post counts in the ten's of thousands.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Ignore, I was trying to make a thread

Accidental bump, sorry

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

hows your ratio going