I consider myself a member who's nominally been here forever but only posts in occasional, short bursts. Now I've thought of a way to measure this pseudoscientifically. The MN-P Product is a rough measure of how often you post, relative to how long you've been here.
Here's how it works. Multiply your member number by your post count. The result is your MN-P Product. The object of the study is to see whether my MN-P is one of the lowest on the site.
Mine is (MN)*(P)=(821)*(2416)= 1,983,536.
What's yours? Everybody check so I can have a good statistical sample.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
5818 * 16664 = 96,951,152.
I am ashamed to admit I opened Excel to calculate that.
Edit: 21.37 ppd.
[ December 03, 2005, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
8331*143= 1,191,333
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
12,751,074
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
5832*716 = 4,175,712
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
6877*10511 (including this post) =72,284,147
(Didn't we already do this somewhere? Or was that a sum?)
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
that was a sum, if i remember right
and
6742*2874=19,376,508
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
1178*1562=1,840,036
The problem is, this measure doesn't distinguish between whether a low score is due to member number or post count. A new member with only a handful of posts, will have an extremely low score. I think posts per day is a better measure.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I think posts per day is a better measure.
*sigh* And I have only found one person who has higher ppd than I do... And she takes a break once a week! Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
likewise a really longstanding member, Miro. Imagine if Adam (member #2, I think?) were still posting?
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
8853 * 287 = 2,397,311
Posted by Destineer (Member # 821) on :
All the same, comparing your stats to mine you'll see that the MN-P measure is roughly accurate.
But you're right, it's not a trustworthy measure when applied to newbies.
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
6805 * 221 = 1,503,905
Wouldn't a more accurate or meaningful result be by taking the number of posts and dividing it by the number of days you've been a member. That would give you the posts per day factor.
registered: August 25, 2004 (466 days)
221 / 466 = 0.47 posts per day
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
I suppose if you were looking for longevity and taciturnity, you could mulitiply posts per day by the member number.
So: (member #)*(# of posts)/(# of days on Hatrack)
For me: (1178)*(1563)/(1928)=955 (rounded)
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
417,360
And I have 8 ppd, I think.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
24,991,200
I have no idea of my posts per day and of course this doesn't measure posts I've made under different names.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
My ppd's better than I'd expected (Though a far cry worse than most of yours..): 1!
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
1894 * 1026 =1,943,244
Posted by Heffaji (Member # 3669) on :
3,669 * 196 = 719,124
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
586*13899=8,144,814
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
5199020
of course, I changed user names after about 800 posts, and that ratcheted up my member number from a 3 digit number to 1910. So I lost posts, but gained abotu 1000 in member number.
Posted by ctm (Member # 6525) on :
6525*143=933,075
Posted by hugh57 (Member # 5527) on :
5527 * 154 = 851,158
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
480*4856 = 2330880 --- 2.185 ppd
-Bok
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
2,037,987 including this post.
7749 * 263
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
*sneak preview*
My landmark is entitled 2000 posts in 20 months and less than 20 years.
I'm not bothering calculating my MN-P products because I know mine would be higher than yours. I'm waiting on someone's old old alt that has less than 100 posts, and a really early number to come post here.
Posted by dh (Member # 6929) on :
Since I have eight different screen names on Hatrack and I've posted with each and every one of them, this wouldn't tell me anything useful.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
16,492,500
Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :
MN*P: 1,558,808 -- pretty good I guess, if I had been going for longevity and taciturnity. ppd: .597
I like Miro's way (posts/per day * member #), as it somewhat eliminates the newbie factor.
By Miro's method, I'm 864.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
MN*P=5124*4788=24,533,712 PPD= a leisurely 5.4 (um, not bad considering I was off the internet for over a year between times)
MN*P/D(949)=25,852 Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
394 * 2122 = 836.068 (including this post)
Posts per day: 2122 (posts)/2259 (days) = .939
So... (394*2122)/2259 = 370
I feel... little.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Wow! I got my ppd to go from 1.01 to 1.2 in one day!
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
501 days Member number 6742 Total posts (including this one) 2882
38,783? whoa.... (and actual ppd 5.75 - okay, that number makes sense)
Posted by luthe (Member # 1601) on :
2,186,966
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
I'm at 2,098,656.
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
187 * 1515 = 283,305. Is that the lowest so far?
PPD = 1515/2378 = .637
MN-P/PPD = 283,305/2378 = 119
Beat that!
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
for this sn it is 688860
including this post
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
3383 my number *9203 my posts= 31,133,749
Now, how do I figure out days easily?
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
I used a spreadsheet (Openoffice.org) to do days, because it's easier than doing it by hand.
Today - 4/1/2002 = 1343.
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