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Looking at the threads on this list, I started wondering what the ratio of “Views” to “Replies” told us about the thread?

So I did a quick ranking based on the V/R ratio (Views/Replies ratio), to see if I could see a pattern of what types of threads get high or low V/R ratios.

Below are the results. Judge for yourself. An interesting observation is that owlofcreamcheese is ranked 1st with a V/R of 90.5, which should say something about having a high V/R :slight_smile:

I can’t really say I detect a general pattern, though. Does anyone else detect a pattern?

(Not sure if this belongs to GD, but since the rankings relate to GD threads, I thought this might be the place to put it)


V/R	Views	Replies	Thread
90.5	543	6	things with holes in them are worse  owlofcreamcheese 
71.0	71	1	Diplomats letter to Blair  legion 
52.3	157	3	When does Protected Speech become Threatening the President?  scoob 
51.0	102	2	Abortion rights: What global setbacks?  Spectre of Pithecanthropus 
47.2	896	19	Interesting abortion/legal case in Houston  Ca3799 
40.0	80	2	The Patriot act and The ACLU  dnooman 
39.0	39	1	Cheney and the Energy Group: How will the supremes rule?  Jonathan Chance 
34.9	629	18	Are people becoming immune to bullets?  smiling bandit 
34.9	803	23	Is the "Lemon Test" applicable to state discrimination against gays?  Sampiro 
32.8	131	4	Question regarding Revelations, Rapture, etc.  ShibbOleth 
32.0	96	3	Is strategy an art or a science?  Xavier 
31.4	596	19	200 Billion for blowing them up, versus 200 Million to buy them off?  alaricthegoth 
30.2	151	5	Best book on GWB presidency so far?  TWDuke 
28.9	376	13	Is getting/providing homework help from internet message boards cheating?  Askia 
26.9	2202	82	Well, here it is...The Draft   Merijeek 
25.8	490	19	Why do some discussion subjects defy persuasion?  Polerius 
25.3	1238	49	War of 1812: Stupidest war ever?  xtisme 
24.6	591	24	Suppose..Saddam is found innocent.  Reeder 
24.4	709	29	Suppose the new iraqi government tells the American forces to leave  Jomo Mojo 
24.4	464	19	Ambassadors' letter to Blair... or how Iraq isn't going well.  Rashak Mani 
22.7	750	33	What if ObL "endorses" Kerry?  John Mace 
21.6	584	27	Impotent UN?  Rune 
21.5	2452	114	The second coming of Jesus Christ godamajin 
21.4	386	18	Stay the Course ? Bush and Iraqi politics...  Rashak Mani 
20.4	653	32	Understanding Jealousy  jannie 
20.0	419	21	The Murid Wars anyone?  chela 
19.6	313	16	Simplified vs. Traditional Chinese  cckerberos 
18.8	94	5	Polls in Iraq pointless ? Charming the common man...  Rashak Mani 
18.4	535	29	Can his supporters explain why Iraq isn't just another GW Bush SNAFU?  David Simmons 
17.6	194	11	Ethics of Reverse Phone Directories  scotandrsn 
17.6	1967	112	IS anyone seriously considering voting for J. F. Kerry... kanicbird 
17.4	592	34	Iraq, the Media, and American Public Opinion  JasonFin 
17.1	1574	92	Appeals to Emotion, or You Won't Understand Until You're In My Shoes Mr2001 
17.1	650	38	Why do deaths from plane crashes, terrorism and natural disasters bother us so much?  Polerius 
16.6	4555	275	John Kerry and medal throwing. Mr. Moto 
15.4	2598	169	School allows speech on one side of an issue and not the other - Homosexuality   Star Was 
14.1	1589	113	Republicans; do you really believe Geo. Bush is in charge? randwill 
13.8	180	13	Visual Collage and the Ethics of Copyright  Evil Captor 
13.8	235	17	Bush's war.  Reeder 
13.5	3178	236	Bush Republicans...what does it take to give up on Bush ?  Rashak Mani 
13.3	1401	105	NORAD had drills of jets as weapons   tagos 
13.3	240	18	Pelting le Pen: helpful or not?  El_Kabong 
13.2	2488	189	The ethics of violating "abandoned" copyrights  AtomicDog 
12.1	448	37	Political Compass #14: Many personal fortunes contribute nothing to society.  SentientMeat 
10.7	406	38	New perspective on 2nd Amend? (re: Iraqis, guns, and "universal" freedoms)  lissener 
10.4	509	49	Can all crimes be considered as acts of theft?  nocturnal_tick 
10.3	279	27	Political Compass #15: Protectionism is sometimes necessary in trade.  SentientMeat 
10.2	2282	223	Guns, weapons and society iamme99 
6.0	42	7	Kerry Democrats - Is the "Dump Kerry" voice getting louder?  flickster
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I think a more appropriate ratio would be R/V. it would identify more response-provoking threads.

Yopu’re the one with the time on your hands, run it that way and see what it looks like.

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It would just be the inverse of the existing ratio, so no new insight will be gained.

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There are too many things that influence this. A lot of times a thread can have a low V/R number simply because everyone has given up on it except 2 individuals who have some dogfight going. Nobody looks at it except the final two, and they always reply.

One thing I’ve noticed is that it’s often religious threads that end up lasting the longest time on the first page.

Figure out a way to rate the quality of the debate, not the quantity. :slight_smile:

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Ture, but multiply by 100 and you get a % which is much easier for people to grasp. Doesn’t add any information (as you said) but it’s something people are used to looking at.

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This one is easy to answer… it was CLOSED… but people peeped in to see what idiotic statements were made. Its hard to add replies to a closed thread :slight_smile:

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More importantly, how did you get that box thing in your post?

I want to have box things in my posts.

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Damn, this cracked me up…

He used the [ CODE ] tags.