# Useless SDMB Statistics (and long, too) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 2, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279 "2004-06-02T16:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/1 "2004-06-02T16:42:09Z")
Prompted by [this question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258600), on May 30 I looked through the threads in each forum over the past year and ran some statistics on them. The raw data is available [here](http://users2.ev1.net/~fpan/sdmb/SDMB_1Year.zip) (4.5 MB .ZIP file; expands to Excel format) for anyone interested in further exploration. **Overview** There were 70819 total lines of data (each line is a thread), with 1702 moved threads, making for 69117 actual threads active over the last year. 1702 threads moved = 2.46% of total active threads 1578 threads locked = 2.28% 2954 threads with no replies = 4.27% 7513 members who started threads: 1. astro (623 threads) 2. ralph124c (476) 3. Jinx (447) 4. Lobsang (431) 5. Eve (403) 6. Phlosphr (313) 7. Ranchoth (307) 8. Johnny L.A. (293) 9. Otto (268) 10. Sampiro (261) **All Forums, Before Subscription** Because there is no timestamp (available to us, anyway) for when a thread is viewed, we need some way to estimate which threads were made before and after subscription plan went into effect at noon March 22. I used the timestamp from the last post in each thread for this purpose. As most threads are active for less than one day (in terms of posts made to it), I think this should be “good enough.” 56540 threads active 1424 threads moved = 2.52% 1376 threads locked = 2.43% 2492 threads with no replies = 4.41% _Views per thread_: mean = 491, median = 240 _Replies per thread_: mean = 20, median= 9 _Estimated thread active lifespan_: mean = 7.2 days, median = 0.9 days (this is the length of time between the OP and the last post to each thread) _Estimated views per day_: 93,812 (for all threads) **All Forums, After Subscription** 12577 threads active 278 threads moved = 2.21% 202 threads locked = 1.61% 462 threads with no replies = 3.67% _Views per thread_: mean = 548, median = 266 _Replies per thread_: mean = 21, median= 10 _Estimated thread active lifespan_: mean = 9.1 days, median = 0.9 days _Estimated views per day_: 99.857 I’ve pointed out elsewhere that thread and post creation activity continues on a downward trend, but by these numbers it appears that there is a greater degree of _participation_, in that each thread started gets more replies and views since subscription. The following statistics for each forum are for the entire year. Also, moved threads are included in the calculations – they were removed for the combined calculations above to avoid double-counting. **About This Message Board** 1195 threads active 22 threads moved = 1.84% 77 threads locked = 6.44% 65 threads with no replies = 5.44% 665 members who started threads: 1. Lobsang (46 threads) 2. Quasimodem (14) 3. Jim B. (14) 4. Jinx (11) 5. NoClueBoy (10) **Comments on Cecil’s Columns** 641 threads active 31 threads moved = 4.84% 12 threads locked = 1.87% 34 threads with no replies = 5.30% 560 members who started threads: 1. tracer (5 threads) 2. Spiff (5) 3. Priceguy (5) 4. SCSimmons (4) 5. Snakespirit (3) **Comments on Staff Reports** 252 threads active 20 threads moved = 7.94% 7 threads locked = 2.78% 7 threads with no replies = 2.78% 221 members who started threads: 1. tracer (3 threads) 2. smootman (3) 3. jkim78 (3) 4. beccabee52000 (3) 5. RM Mentock (3 – No. 6 started 2 threads) **General Questions** 25208 threads active 761 threads moved = 3.02% 612 threads locked = 2.43% 989 threads with no replies = 3.92% 5012 members who started threads: 1. Jinx (301 threads) 2. ralph124c (219) 3. gypsymoth3 (174) 4. astro (171) 5. Ranchoth (131) Some of the most frequently-occurring words in GQ thread titles: _how_: 1959 occurrences _what_: 1915 _what’s_: 450 _why_: 1445 **Great Debates** 4513 threads active 153 threads moved = 3.39% 104 threads locked = 2.30% 60 threads with no replies = 1.33% 1428 members who started threads: 1. ralph124c (80 threads) 2. astro (77) 3. Reeder (72) 4. december (69) 5. BrainGlutton (68) Some of the most frequently-occurring words in GD thread titles: _Iraq_: 187 occurrences _Bush_: 185 _war_: 112 **Cafe Society** 12387 threads active 35 threads moved = 0.28% 59 threads locked = 0.48% 760 threads with no replies = 6.14% 2650 members who started threads: 1. Sampiro (164 threads) 2. Eve (153) 3. Ranchoth (118) 4. Otto (100) 5. Mr. Blue Sky (97) Some of the most frequently-occurring words in CS thread titles: _star_: 151 _episode_: 110 (I assume these are Star Wars Episodes) _LOTR_: 107 occurrences (the phrase “Lord of the Rings” appears 21 times) _Simpsons_: 79 (the string “Simpson” appears 116 times) _trek_: 78 (the phrase “Star Trek” appears 68 times) _enterprise_: 74 (I assume these are also _Star Trek_ threads) _wars_: 66 (the phrase “Star Wars” appears 54 times) _Potter_: 60 (the phrase “Harry Potter” appears 61 times – there was one appearance of the word _Potter’s_) **In My Humble Opinion** 9161 threads active 383 threads moved = 4.18% 124 threads locked = 1.35% 269 threads with no replies = 2.94% 2536 members who started threads: 1. astro (146 threads) 2. Phlosphr (99) 3. Isabelle (80) 4. Lobsang (78) 5. Wesley Clark (64) Looking for opinions? IMHO says: _help_: 343 occurrences in thread titles _advice_: 295 **MPSIMS** 11979 threads active 249 threads moved = 2.08% 235 threads locked = 1.96% 715 threads with no replies = 5.97% 2581 members who started threads: 1. Eve (175 threads) 2. astro (123) 3. Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor (123) 4. Lobsang (114) 5. Johnny L.A. (107) **The BBQ Pit** 5483 threads active 48 threads moved = 0.88% 348 threads locked = 6.35% 55 threads with no replies = 1.00% 1735 members who started threads: 1. Lobsang (70 threads) 2. Reeder (46) 3. Diogenes the Cynic (40) 4. Biggirl (35) 5. danceswithcats (33) Feel the hate: _fucking_: 228 occurrences in thread titles _fuck_: 220 (the string “fuck” in various guises appears a total of 503 times) _stupid_: 108 _bush_: 107 (I didn’t check on the capitalization, but evidently the word is a popular subject of the Dopers’ ire. And yes, this and the above words are ranked next to each other, though of course that doesn’t imply any linkage.) **Forum Participation** Not all members participate in all forums. Of the 7513 members captured in this snapshot: 3526 started threads in only 1 forum (46.93%) 1478, 2 forums (19.67%) 856, 3 forums (11.39%) 662, 4 forums (8.81%) 476, 5 forums (6.34%) 335, 6 forums (4.46%) 143, 7 forums(1.90%) 34, 8 forums (0.45%) 3, 9 forums (0.04%) ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/2 "2004-06-02T18:01:45Z")
> [@Earthling](#): > > **Overview** > There were 70819 total lines of data (each line is a thread), with 1702 moved threads, making for 69117 actual threads active over the last year. > 1702 threads moved = 2.46% of total active threads > 1578 threads locked = 2.28% > 2954 threads with no replies = 4.27% > 7513 members who started threads: > > 1. astro (623 threads) > 2. ralph124c (476) > 3. Jinx (447) > 4. **Lobsang (431)** > 5. Eve (403) > 6. Phlosphr (313) > 7. Ranchoth (307) > 8. Johnny L.A. (293) > 9. Otto (268) > 10. Sampiro (261) > The following statistics for each forum are for the entire year. Also, moved threads are included in the calculations – they were removed for the combined calculations above to avoid double-counting. > > **About This Message Board** > 1195 threads active > 22 threads moved = 1.84% > 77 threads locked = 6.44% > 65 threads with no replies = 5.44% > 665 members who started threads: > > 1. **Lobsang (46 threads)** > 2. Quasimodem (14) > 3. Jim B. (14) > 4. Jinx (11) > 5. NoClueBoy (10) > **In My Humble Opinion** > 9161 threads active > 383 threads moved = 4.18% > 124 threads locked = 1.35% > 269 threads with no replies = 2.94% > 2536 members who started threads: > 6. astro (146 threads) > 7. Phlosphr (99) > 8. Isabelle (80) > 9. **Lobsang (78)** > 10. Wesley Clark (64) > **MPSIMS** > 11979 threads active > 249 threads moved = 2.08% > 235 threads locked = 1.96% > 715 threads with no replies = 5.97% > 2581 members who started threads: > 11. Eve (175 threads) > 12. astro (123) > 13. Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor (123) > 14. **Lobsang (114)** > 15. Johnny L.A. (107) > > **The BBQ Pit** > 5483 threads active > 48 threads moved = 0.88% > 348 threads locked = 6.35% > 55 threads with no replies = 1.00% > 1735 members who started threads: > > 1. **Lobsang (70 threads)** > 2. Reeder (46) > 3. Diogenes the Cynic (40) > 4. Biggirl (35) > 5. danceswithcats (33) DAMN **Lobsang**! _46_ threads started in ATMB alone. the guy behind you only had 14. your also in the leed in the pit. your deffinetly getting your $4.95 worth. **astro** is up there also. with out you two guys, i don’t think we’d have any new threads. 🙂 > [@](#): > > **Forum Participation** > Not all members participate in all forums. Of the 7513 members captured in this snapshot: > 3526 started threads in only 1 forum (46.93%) > 1478, 2 forums (19.67%) > 856, 3 forums (11.39%) > 662, 4 forums (8.81%) > 476, 5 forums (6.34%) > 335, 6 forums (4.46%) > 143, 7 forums(1.90%) > 34, 8 forums (0.45%) > \*\*3, 9 forums (0.04%) \*\* so who are the three people who participated in all 9 forums? \*\*Lobsang \*\*one of them maybe?? ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/3 "2004-06-02T18:24:36Z")
The three are: **Chicago Faucet** , who started a total of 128 threads last year **Priceguy** (97), and **paperbackwriter** , (44) **Lobsang** has hit all forums except for CoCC and CoSR. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/4 "2004-06-02T19:04:19Z")
Did you run a bot through the boards, or did you get access to the raw vBulletin MySQL database? How? ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/5 "2004-06-02T19:24:11Z")
No bot. No SQL. At the bottom of each forum are three drop-down boxes that allow you to sort and restrict the threads you want to view – you’ll then have to page through all the results, which is a _lot_ of work, but the information is available to anyone. And I have time on my hands (hey, who wants to hire a data maniac?). Anyway, on further thought… > [@](#): > > **Overview** > **All Forums, Before Subscription** > _Views per thread_: mean = 491, median = 240 > _Replies per thread_: mean = 20, median= 9 > _Estimated thread active lifespan_: mean = 7.2 days, median = 0.9 days (this is the length of time between the OP and the last post to each thread) > _Estimated views per day_: 93,812 (for all threads) > > **All Forums, After Subscription** > _Views per thread_: mean = 548, median = 266 > _Replies per thread_: mean = 21, median= 10 > _Estimated thread active lifespan_: mean = 9.1 days, median = 0.9 days > _Estimated views per day_: 99.857 Some of the threads captured in this snapshot were actually started a long, _long_ time ago – some going back to the early days of the SDMB’s web presence. If we restrict the sample to only threads that were actually started within the last year, the numbers change: **All Forums, Before Subscription** _Views per thread_: mean = 456, median = 236 _Replies per thread_: mean = 19, median= 9 _Estimated thread active lifespan_: mean = 3.01 days, median = 0.88 days _Estimated views per day_: 85,590 **All Forums, After Subscription** _Views per thread_: mean = 525, median = 264 _Replies per thread_: mean = 20, median= 9 _Estimated thread active lifespan_: mean = 4.10 days, median = 0.89 days _Estimated views per day_: 94,888 If we further restrict the post-subscription sample to only threads started since 2004-03-22, we get: **All Forums, After Subscription** _Views per thread_: mean = 475, median = 253 _Replies per thread_: mean = 18, median= 9 _Estimated thread active lifespan_: mean = 2.06 days, median = 0.82 days _Estimated views per day_: 81,806 We should expect these last set of figures to be lower as they would be skewed by just-opened threads that have not received their share of views and replies. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/6 "2004-06-02T19:44:47Z")
> [@Earthling](#): > > The three are: > **Chicago Faucet** , who started a total of 128 threads last year > **Priceguy** (97), and > **paperbackwriter** , (44) > > **Lobsang** has hit all forums except for CoCC and CoSR. Hmmm, and here I thought I had a low profile. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/7 "2004-06-02T23:36:54Z")
That can’t be right. I’ve started waaaaaay more threads in CS (158) than The Pit (76). ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/8 "2004-06-03T03:26:10Z")
When I searched for the threads you started in CS over the last year, I get 82 hits. 158 is the result when the timespan is set to “beginning.” Anyway, the data I have shows that of the threads you’ve started, 85 were active in CS over the last year, and 35 in the Pit. One should expect my data to differ slightly from the current search results for two reasons: one, depending on how often you start threads, the few days between May 30 and now may make a difference, and two, my data shows threads _active_ within the last year, though they may have been started earlier – and thus will show a higher number. The roughly 2:1 ratio of CS/Pit threads you’ve started holds true in all instances, though. Anyway, I’m back with more forum-specific numbers for everybody: **Replies Per Thread** ```auto Mean Median ATMB 10.7 5 CoCC 13.5 6.5 CoSR 15.1 9 GQ 9.8 6 GD 42.9 27 CS 20.4 10 IMHO 22.1 14 MPSIMS 23.0 10 Pit 43.7 29 ``` **Views Per Thread** ```auto Mean Median ATMB 313 155 CoCC 556 328 CoSR 525 384 GQ 277 176 GD 839 578 CS 481 232 IMHO 457 268 MPSIMS 476 226 Pit 1447 1034 (WOW!) ``` GD and Pit get the most replies and views per thread. I guess it must be good entertainment. **Views-to-Replies Ratio** ```auto ATMB 29.2 CoCC 41.1 CoSR 34.8 GQ 28.3 GD 19.5 CS 23.5 IMHO 20.7 MPSIMS 20.7 Pit 33.1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/9 "2004-06-03T04:55:42Z")
**Earthling** , that’s insane! Are you from Mars ? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/10 "2004-06-04T17:52:29Z")
:eek: I’m lost for words. [sub]It won’t last long[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/11 "2004-06-07T06:59:01Z")
The stats are melting my brain… ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/12 "2004-06-08T16:41:19Z")
> [@Earthling](#): > > The three are: > **Chicago Faucet** , who started a total of 128 threads last year > **Priceguy** (97), and > **paperbackwriter** , (44) Really? I’ve heard a lot of Dopers saying they “don’t read Great Debates” or “don’t participate in the Pit”, but I thought that was… well, not entirely true anyway. As it turns out, it probably was. Only three posters to start threads in all nine forums? Fancy that. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/13 "2004-06-08T18:40:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Only three posters to start threads in all nine forums? Fancy that. Of course, there are other posters who participate in all fora, they just don’t start threads in all of them. Some folks hardly start any threads at all. With myself as an example, I don’t have an exact count, but I’m pretty sure less than 1% of my posts are new threads (I’ve started at least one thread in every forum but the Pit, but that’s just an indicator that I have a lot of posts). Combine my few threads with my few overall posts in, say, GD, and it’s not surprising that out of ten thousand posts only one is a thread in GD. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/14 "2004-06-09T02:33:18Z")
Ditto that. On my nearly 6000 posts (my current total plus 3124 previously), only a handful have ever been new threads. A few in the Pit, a couple in MPSIMS and GQ, probably several in GD. :shrug: Dunno why, really. Just never was much into initiating threads. ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/15 "2004-06-09T18:16:01Z")
Yeah, I had figured that thread-starters might not be representative of the posting population as a whole, but there’s no good way to sample posts and associate them with both usernames _and_ forums – and at an average of ~20 replies for the 69,117 threads, I’m not about to go look at every one of the 1.4 million of so posts involved. That said, the last poster to each thread is displayed in the forum view, so that information is handily available. From the data I’ve already collected, then, there are 6,287 unique last-posters, and the forum breakdown is: ```auto Usernames occurring in only 1 forum 2586 (41.13%) 2 forums 1250 (19.88%) 3 forums 837 (13.31%) 4 forums 657 (10.45%) 5 forums 495 (7.87%) 6 forums 306 (4.87%) 7 forums 119 (1.89%) 8 forums 32 (0.51%) 9 forums 5 (0.08%) ``` It’s interesting that the percentages here don’t differ dramatically from those of the thread-starters, so the pattern may be valid after all. What’s surprising to me, though, isn’t that so few people participate in all nine forums, but so many participate in only one. In case anyone is curious, the 5 names in this list are: **Colibri Czarcasm NoClueBoy Northern Piper t-keela** ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/16 "2004-06-09T19:11:17Z")
So, **Earthling** , who’s the reigning thread-killer? ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/17 "2004-06-09T20:24:42Z")
The Top 10 threadkillers for the last year, in absolute numbers: ```auto 1. bibliophage 454 threads ended 2. Czarcasm 413 3. DrMatrix 375 4. Q.E.D. 287 5. Cajun Man 283 6. handy 268 7. Mangetout 260 8. Lynn Bodoni 254 9. Exapno Mapcase 229 10. AskNott 219 ``` It is no surprise that mods and admins have finished off the most threads, so let’s re-sort the list with members only: ```auto 1. Q.E.D. 287 2. handy 268 3. Mangetout 260 4. Exapno Mapcase 229 5. AskNott 219 6. rjung 211 7. Chronos 207 8. NoClueBoy 196 9. GMRyujin 192 10. Otto 186 ``` In terms of threadkilling efficiency, which is defined as the number of threads killed in relation to the total number of posts made, the highest numbers belong to users with the lowest post-counts – which makes sense, if one thinks about it. However, because of estimation errors (I did not get an exact count of the number of posts each user made over the last year), strange results (e.g., _E_[sub]TK[/sub] \> 1 – oh yeah, this is looking so scientific now!) show up with these users, so we’ll artificially limit the calculations to only those who have made at least 100 posts last year: ```auto 1. Cajun Man 0.73 threads killed per post made 2. DrMatrix 0.58 3. KP 0.47 4. audilover 0.38 5. TJdude825 0.38 6. moriah 0.35 7. xash 0.35 8. AskNott 0.34 9. Czarcasm 0.33 10. bbeaty 0.31 ``` Once again, we re-sort with members only: ```auto 1. KP 0.47 2. audilover 0.38 3. TJdude825 0.38 4. moriah 0.35 5. AskNott 0.34 6. bbeaty 0.31 7. bonzer 0.26 8. scotandrsn 0.25 9. Rick 0.24 10. FriarTed 0.23 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/18 "2004-06-09T20:28:48Z")
Oh, I meant to ask: > [@andros](#): > > On my nearly 6000 posts (my current total plus 3124 previously How does _this_ work? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/19 "2004-06-09T20:33:05Z")
Hm. So if **AskNott** comes nosing around one of my threads, I’m screwed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279/20 "2004-06-09T23:43:32Z")
OK, but how many _members_ do we have now??? (impressive stat collection, btw) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-sdmb-statistics-and-long-too/248279.md?page=2)