# Another look at "active users" at SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 26, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133 "2011-11-26T07:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/121 "2011-12-28T23:56:05Z")
Join date Oct. 22, 1999, and date of last post: **banyan** 2000 **okibeav** 2000 **feathersea** 2001 **Timothy Campbell** 2004 **pcalkins** 2001 **areynaldos** Jan 6, 2010 **Neil** 2005 **jmullaney** 2004 **descutie** 2000 **poogas304** 2000 **randomlyblanks** 2006 **ZenBeam** Today **elllebow** 2000 **beerman** 2001 **FrankMann** 2000 **areynaldos** is the only other poster to post within the past year. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/122 "2016-03-17T01:32:14Z")
How the Fresh Hell did this pop up? I just searched for “Today’s Threads”! MODS–do we have a Search Engine issue? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/123 "2016-03-17T01:41:15Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > How the Fresh Hell did this pop up? > > I just searched for “Today’s Threads”! > > MODS–do we have a Search Engine issue? [This post may provide your answer.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19186405&postcount=17) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/124 "2016-03-17T20:51:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Due to the file size limitations in my version of Excel, I asked **ntucker** to trim off from the file he uploaded (see [here)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14514319&postcount=88) all users who had zero posts. > > From that file I gathered these gee-whiz numbers which may help in determining what constitutes an “Active User”: > > ```auto > > As of Nov/28/2011 including BANNED users > > Posted at least 30,000 times 20 > " " " 20,000 " 62 > " " " 10,000 " 259 > " " " 5,000 " 685 > " " " 1,000 " 2683 > " " " 500 " 4008 > " " " 200 " 6154 > " " " 100 " 8115 > " " " 50 " 10473 > " " " 20 " 14457 > " " " 10 " 18334 > " " " 5 " 23787 > " " " 1 " 55024 > > 27152th User on Sorted List (median user) > user id username total posts join date last activity > > 28580 "mcp" 3 2002-12-29 2003-01-03 > ======================================================== > > Top 20 Posters: > > UserID Name #Posts > > 25781 "Diogenes the Cynic" 58797 > 21437 "Marley23" 54218 > 32062 "BrainGlutton" 50390 > 14424 "Mangetout" 43518 > 27822 "John Mace" 42608 > > 8080 "Guinastasia" 41860 > 3925 "Johnny L.A." 41805 > 4176 "Chronos" 41227 > 3284 "Liberal" 39401 > 35413 "Really Not All That Bright" 38830 > > 3516 "Little Nemo" 37074 > 10463 "Cat Whisperer" 36542 > 10914 "Bryan Ekers" 36122 > 4762 "elucidator" 34374 > 24510 "twickster" 33248 > > 82 "tomndebb" 32025 > 35658 "silenus" 31578 > 3665 "Bricker" 30646 > 4504 "tdn" 30345 > 46809 "Elendil's Heir" 30038 > > ``` Here are the results of a manual update of that “Top 20 Posters” listing: ```auto Top 20 Posters (as of 12-01-2011, 11:34 PM) with updated Post Counts : Then Today Latest UserID Name #Posts #Posts Activity 25781 "Diogenes the Cynic" 58797 58,797 (BANNED) 21437 "Marley23" 54218 78,234 10-20-2014, 12:21 PM 32062 "BrainGlutton" 50390 76,783 Today 12:23 PM 14424 "Mangetout" 43518 53,857 Today 01:48 PM 27822 "John Mace" 42608 68,744 Today 01:29 PM 8080 "Guinastasia" 41860 48,599 Today 01:24 AM 3925 "Johnny L.A." 41805 53,268 Today 02:01 PM 4176 "Chronos" 41227 61,809 Today 01:14 PM 3284 "Liberal" 39401 39,401 07-30-2010 03:57 PM 35413 "Really Not All That Bright" 38830 64,633 Today 02:09 PM 3516 "Little Nemo" 37074 66,347 Today 01:59 PM 10463 "Cat Whisperer" 36542 48,656 02-11-2016 12:17 PM 10914 "Bryan Ekers" 36122 51,023 Today 01:03 PM 4762 "elucidator" 34374 49,943 Today 02:16 PM 24510 "twickster" 33248 38,694 Today 08:50 AM 82 "tomndebb" 32025 38,932 Yesterday, 06:48 PM 35658 "silenus" 31578 44,707 Today 02:20 PM 3665 "Bricker" 30646 49,004 Today 02:29 PM 4504 "tdn" 30345 35,871 01-22-2016 09:36 AM 46809 "Elendil's Heir" 30038 59,205 Today 03:26 PM ``` It appears that the high count belongs to 21437 “Marley23” 54218 78,234 10-20-2014, 12:21 PM so if you encounter somebody with a higher post count please let us know. Until somebody can write the code to build a brand new set of numbers this is the best I can do at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/125 "2016-03-17T23:48:48Z")
Hmm. I’m ahead of three people on this list and will beat Lib soon, and suspect others are ahead of me. Doing analyses like this is what I get paid for. When I retire in a few weeks I can do it in Perl so there are no file size limitations if I can get the latest data. Besides the top 20 list, I can redo the pareto, do a calculation of the percentage of users with 0, under 10 and under 50 posts, and maybe look at a distribution of posts by banned users. Depending on what the input data looks like, a pareto of posts of posts per week might be fun. Anything else people would like to see? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/126 "2016-03-17T23:56:31Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Hmm. I’m ahead of three people on this list and will beat Lib soon, and suspect others are ahead of me. > > Doing analyses like this is what I get paid for. When I retire in a few weeks I can do it in Perl so there are no file size limitations if I can get the latest data. > Besides the top 20 list, I can redo the pareto, do a calculation of the percentage of users with 0, under 10 and under 50 posts, and maybe look at a distribution of posts by banned users. Depending on what the input data looks like, a pareto of posts of posts per week might be fun. > > Anything else people would like to see? Beautiful!! Good luck on the project. I assume you looked at the previous monster’s (spreadsheet, not the statistician!) columns. What was there was great for all sorts of analysis. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/127 "2016-03-18T04:03:03Z")
Dammit! I actually went through and found everybody with my join date (March 4, 2005) without realizing this was a zombie thread. Anyway, FTR, 33 others joined the same day I did. Three were banned and one was wished to the cornfield, I guess. Most of the rest didn’t stick around at all, although four posted until 2014 or 2015 (which would have made them active posters at the time this thread was created). Here’s everybody with their last activity date: 1. Onepoint618 (banned) 2. Tulkas (2006) 3. Larry.austin (2005) 4. BigVince (3-24-2014) 5. Jennmonkye (2-29-2015) 6. Skellington (2005) 7. The Weird One (4-14-2014) 8. Jonfitt (2005) 9. Hasturyigtoad (2005) 10. Neomax (2005) 11. Dubious Sacrifice (2005) 12. Celeste Speak (2005) 13. Olestra (2008) 14. Silme (2005) 15. Ultradomus (2005) 16. Simplebanality (2005) 17. Caramel\_center (2005) 18. JScobi007 (2005) 19. Westexas (2005) 20. MassiveJustice (banned) 21. Wasfriend (2005) 22. Bfmuller (2006) 23. Campion (1-7-2014) 24. SweetLou (2005) 25. Devil123 (2005) 26. HannahRuth (2005) 27. Megmoo12 (2005) 28. Tavistmorph2 (2005) 29. Kaiwik (yesterday) 30. Kittenface (2005) 31. (invalid user specified) 32. HG Pennypacker (banned) 33. Studiodogblack @ [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) (2005) Only one of the 33, Kaiwik, is what I would consider to be still active. I don’t recognize the user name though - we must frequent different parts of the board or else s/he is just a lurker who stays signed in. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/128 "2016-03-18T11:11:22Z")
Wow, I had no idea I was so high on the list. The last time I saw a post-rate analysis, linear extrapolation had me maxing out as the 14th-most-prolific poster. Now, it looks like I’m somewhere around the 6th? I guess that the other folks who were ahead of me stopped posting for some reason or another. It would be interesting to know what those reasons were: One would think that once someone was here for enough years and enough thousands of posts, it would be an indication that they were here for life. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/129 "2016-03-18T14:17:05Z")
I know it’s old, but I was curious. 24 of us joined on that fateful day, and only a couple of others besides me stuck around beyond the first month or so. None of the others are currently active. 1. tommythecat, 4 posts, 4/18/2005 2. pandablood, 0 posts, 3/29/2005 3. cqmancq, 0 posts, 4/1/2005 4. Imasquare, 1,470 posts, 1/7/2015 5. saucer66, 1 post, 3/29/2005 6. Dr. Benway, 1 post, 3/29/2005 7. sarahx, 0 posts, 3/29/2005 8. Blue Moon, 1 post, 3/29/2005 9. vabqe, 4 posts, 3/29/2005 – _banned_ 10. mythos99, 4 posts, 4/1/2005 11. xqqx, 0 posts, 3/29/2005 12. KateSmack, 21 posts, 3/30/2005 13. mrcheese, 12 posts, 9/7/2012 14. ares\_ank, 0 posts, 5/5/2005 15. wfoulk2313, 0 posts, 3/29/2005 16. tezza42, 1 post, 3/29/2005 – _banned_ 17. jsrunnels, 0 posts, 3/31/2005 18. Rodak From Zortron, 3 posts, 4/25/2005 19. Jennifer\_2004, 0 posts, 4/2/2005 20. Harns, 0 posts, 3/29/2005 21. JohnH, 0 posts, 3/29/2005 22. toocool, 1 post, 3/29/2005 – _banned_ **23. Asimovian, 9,405 posts, 3/18/2016** 23. Jim Colyer, 0 posts, 3/29/2005 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/130 "2016-03-18T15:44:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wow, I had no idea I was so high on the list. The last time I saw a post-rate analysis, linear extrapolation had me maxing out as the 14th-most-prolific poster. Now, it looks like I’m somewhere around the 6th? I guess that the other folks who were ahead of me stopped posting for some reason or another. It would be interesting to know what those reasons were: One would think that once someone was here for enough years and enough thousands of posts, it would be an indication that they were here for life. Of the people in the top 20 in 2011, one was banned and at least two decided to stop or cut back on posting because they needed to get a life.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/131 "2016-03-18T16:46:37Z")
My user number is 6642, join date is 05/04/2000 12219 posts Joining on that date are Hoya98 0 posts psiekier 952 posts thekev 3 posts Null\_Racer 2 posts smallest 0 posts Hayley 11 posts Modian 160 posts Bluesguy 1 post mikeyz63 0 posts arthur\_einstein 11 posts shredder 1 post Starhl 1 post The Gnome 0 posts slipe 5 posts lordbean 2 posts KC Kid 0 posts Lampare 29 posts chrise 0 posts K43 17 posts EpoxyMoron 0 posts Formerly Bandersnatch 138 posts ShiBoWen 0 posts Shawn1767 909 posts stormincow 1 post erniecooper 1 post Billythekid 16 posts AmbushBug 692 posts Mamapotomus 351 posts Spice 3 posts H\_Wylde 3 posts davebaby 0 posts onepotato2 0 posts StoneyBaby 1 post BANNED 0 posts (yes, that was his actual username) Alpha 71 posts psiquest 3 posts MSF 2 posts Catarina 0 posts little\*bit 893 posts (the bride of the[first SDMB virtual wedding!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41575) ) Some call me Tim 0 posts shimmery 409 posts Some Call Me… Tim 739 posts (Tim) 150 posts ( I think I’m starting to see a trend here…) ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/132 "2016-03-18T17:04:41Z")
These are the people, posts, and last activity date of those who joined on the same day as I. ```auto snoquiklux 0 04-28-2000 Una Persson 15,321 Today Guildenstern 1 04-28-2000 slapslaptickle3 1 04-28-2000 Batman 0 04-28-2000 Larry Griffin-Kentzel 2,451 07-28-2015 a/k/a CajunMan God the Divine 0 04-28-2000 Brett 1 04-28-2000 Jimmy Quasar 95 11-20-2005 StevenTKX 1 04-28-2000 Gbuck 1 04-28-2000 Belkin 0 04-28-2000 FinalRaven 0 04-28-2000 Wood Thrush 339 07-20-2011 Harvey Wilson 5 10-21-2001 Haplo 4 04-28-2000 StoneColdSteveAustin 0 04-28-2000 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/133 "2016-03-18T20:41:48Z")
Ahh, but how many are still around from that fateful March, 1999 when Tuba transitioned people from the AOL board? I think the smallest number (not a member of Chicago Reader) went to the Harley loving Gus, but he hasn’t been here in ages. Tomndeb posted yesterday? Okay, he’s one. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/134 "2016-03-18T21:30:14Z")
If “Harley Loving Gus” is really [**GusNSpot**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) he’s still around most days. User number 33. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/135 "2016-03-18T21:39:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If “Harley Loving Gus” is really [**GusNSpot**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) he’s still around most days. User number 33. Hey, thanks. I guess we just don’t visit the same subjects. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/136 "2016-03-18T21:42:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If “Harley Loving Gus” is really [**GusNSpot**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) he’s still around most days. User number 33. He has the lowest user number for a regular member (non-staff). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/137 "2016-03-18T22:01:05Z")
For my join date 09/03/2003: ```auto Username UID Posts Last Active Mystical 39121 4 11/10/2004 BlakeSintek 39122 2 11/24/2003 kate22 39123 3 11/13/2003 losticon 39124 1 09/03/2003 banned Dan Average 39125 0 12/19/2003 lowgear 39126 8 09/30/2003 JaneyRuth 39127 2 05/22/2005 whiteybt 39128 1 09/03/2003 amphalon 39129 1 09/03/2003 till 39130 0 09/03/2003 tenderfeet 39131 4 09/03/2003 Jpdworkin 39132 4 12/18/2008 AgathaMCM 39133 0 03/18/2004 FinalLogic 39134 1 09/04/2003 Maple Joe 39135 1 09/03/2003 banned Snifit 39136 83 03/18/2016 (today) 1st stonecaster 39137 1 09/03/2003 banned BigBadBassBone 39138 12 05/03/2004 regularpumpkin 39139 0 09/03/2003 enquiringmind 39140 1 01/05/2007 You could look it up. 39141 0 09/04/2003 banned They call me The Wonderer39142 5 09/15/2003 duality72 39143 1,220 03/18/2016 trueskeptic 39144 69 09/30/2003 rad58 39145 1 01/07/2014 LSLGuy 39146 12,978 03/18/2016 (today) blessmanja 39147 0 09/03/2003 fee weasel 39148 0 03/22/2004 nicholasf 39149 1 09/04/2003 ``` I think it’s pretty obvious who’s the weirdo in this rogues’ gallery. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/138 "2016-03-18T22:02:06Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He has the lowest user number for a regular member (non-staff). An original in more ways than one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/139 "2016-03-18T23:11:11Z")
I’m too lazy to put the list together right now, but at a rough count, 34 people joined on 10-17-2010. Of those, I think I saw one other poster with at least triple digits in post counts. ---
**Author:** ![TXRebel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/140 "2019-02-01T21:34:38Z")
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