# Some Fun SDMB Statistics **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303 "2003-04-12T18:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/21 "2003-04-13T02:06:24Z")
Even .50, but then… I’m still fairly new here. ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/22 "2003-04-13T02:19:00Z")
actually… because of that post, it’s not an even .50 now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/23 "2003-04-13T02:33:13Z")
I’m at 71%. I’m surprised it’s that low. Go me! Watch, this is totally going to be a drive by post, too. Catch ya in some other thread! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/24 "2003-04-13T02:33:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\* > [sub]Requesting Hamster forgiveness, please[/sub] \*\* NEWS RELEASE, Doperville _Argus Courier-Journal Examiner Herald_: Poster **Ruby** was rushed by friends to a local doc-in-a-box when she complained of stabbing pains in her ankle. Suspecting nothing more than a bad sprain, the apathetic night-shift doctor was startled to discover a small, very pissed-off rodent attached by its teeth to her Achilles tendon. **Ruby** and the unidentifed rodent were separated, treated and released. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/25 "2003-04-13T02:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Latch \* > \*\*actually… because of that post, it’s not an even .50 now 🙂 \*\* …And with that post you are once again! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/26 "2003-04-13T02:54:56Z")
Did someone say something about flogging me with hamsters?? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/27 "2003-04-13T04:09:12Z")
My **DBPP** is .8404, which is probably related to my obsessive need to answer every poll at “what is your \_\_\_\_” thread that gets posted, including this one. In response to the OP, I should just mention that on single thread that got a huge number of views, such as the big LotR thread, would certainly have the potential to completely skew the statistics for a particular forum. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/28 "2003-04-13T04:20:48Z")
With **Esprix** ’s many and massive “Ask the Gay Guy” threads, I figured his DBPP would be pretty low. I was right: **.348** Amongst the old-timers, that has to be one of the lowest DBPPs. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/29 "2003-04-13T04:24:57Z")
.775 Man, I didn’t realise how many one-lines I had in my repertoire. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/30 "2003-04-13T06:03:19Z")
I’m at .796, but I think it is due to lurking rather than drive-by posting. I’m shy, so if I post at all in a thread, I won’t post much. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/31 "2003-04-13T07:00:23Z")
I’m a little over 0.5 for my drive by. Although the nearly 400 something posts I had in the A thread certainly helped push that down a lot. You know, if you use the front page to get average posts per thread you get 18.59 with the average doper username having a mere 94 posts which means I’m more then 40 times average. Ooh-yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/32 "2003-04-13T09:47:33Z")
Wow, I’m a total drive-by poster: .867. Average posts per thread: 1.153. Maybe that’s just because I tend to kill threads, so I don’t see them to post in them again after they die. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/33 "2003-04-13T09:50:31Z")
Oh, and maybe this is just to decrease my drive-by ratio, but I see that **NameAlreadyTaken** had the same idea I did when registering a name. There ain’t room for the both of us in this town! This calls for a duel! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/34 "2003-04-13T10:54:12Z")
I’m at .767. See ya! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/35 "2003-04-13T14:41:11Z")
I’m at .487, which is better than I thought it would be. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/36 "2003-04-13T15:13:47Z")
0.56 1.79 I’m afraid that all of these searches is probably causing a board slowdown. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/37 "2003-04-13T15:16:14Z")
DBPP = 0.566 It’s all those Dip Threads. That makes my posts per thread: 1.765 ---
**Author:** ![NameAlreadyTaken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@NameAlreadyTaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NameAlreadyTaken)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/38 "2003-04-13T15:51:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*Oh, and maybe this is just to decrease my drive-by ratio, but I see that **NameAlreadyTaken** had the same idea I did when registering a name. There ain’t room for the both of us in this town! This calls for a duel! \*\* Actually, your user name has so much more flexibility than mine. I mean, **Already in Use** can apply to anything from a user name to the toliet on an airplane. 🙂 Argh! I think I’m lowering my drive by posting average again. As for **ITR Champion** > [@](#): > > \*\* > In response to the OP, I should just mention that on single thread that got a huge number of views, such as the big LotR thread, would certainly have the potential to completely skew the statistics for a particular forum.\*\* I agree completely. Simple averages also don’t give a complete picture. However, for “lies, damn lies and statistics”, any partial picture will usually do. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/39 "2003-04-13T16:09:13Z")
> [@](#): > > The closer your number is to 1, the more of a drive-by poster you are. The closer to 0 you are, the more you seem to stick with a certain topic. Well! Does this mean that someone who posts definitive answers to a large number of **GQ** threads, requiring no follow-up because their answer was utterly complete and correct, should be regarded as drive-by posters? I don’t think that’s very respectful of **Duck Duck Goose** , **samclem** , **bibliophage** or a few other posters. Drive-bys, who’d o’ thunk it? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303/40 "2003-04-13T16:44:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Does this mean that someone who posts definitive answers to a large number of GQ threads, requiring no follow-up because their answer was utterly complete and correct, should be regarded as drive-by posters? > > I don’t think that’s very respectful of Duck Duck Goose, samclem, bibliophage or a few other posters. > Drive-bys, who’d o’ thunk it? Why does ‘drive-by’ have to be a dirty word? Making only one post to a thread-- whether to give helpful information, make a witty _bon mot_, or just give your HO-- doesn’t make you a bad poster. Most people who’ve posted here have a DBPP of 70% or higher. Does that make us all bad posters? Of course not. In short, no disrespect intended, **tom**. 🙂 Happy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-fun-sdmb-statistics/168303.md?page=3)