Some stats for this board

[Engendered]

Heya,
I spent the day writing a program to graph the activity of the MtF board for the year 2012. I displayed the results in the form of circles based on how much you posted here. The larger the circle, the more you posted. (i hope the image displays ok here).

Moderator's Note: the image was too big, but please click here to see it (http://www.skynet.ie/~susan/crcircles.png)

The image shows the most prominent posters..for everyone else..imagine tiny circles filling in the gaps of the picture (it made it a bit cluttered looking though, so I didn't post that version of the image)
If you want to see the full breakdown, I have the just the numbers and names listed in descending order here:
http://www.skynet.ie/~susan/cr.txt

[Kate Simmons]

Pretty cute Hon, and I thought only Droid tracked us.:heehee: I'm just glad I'm not the biggest. I know I'm a "Chatty Cathy" sometimes but what the hey? A girl does what a girl has to do and one thing girls do best is talk. :battingeyelashes::)

[Laura28]

Great post love it !!!

Laura

[Angela Campbell]

Ooooh...I found me on there!

[Theresa_W]

Wow! Pretty cool! I guess I have to step up, I found myself Waaaaaaaay down that list! LOL

[Barbra P]

Can’t help but wonder how you compiled your list. Your list shows that I posted 51 times yet on my profile I have 154 posts listed for 2012. Seems like there is something amiss with your figures.

[Engendered]

Can’t help but wonder how you compiled your list. Your list shows that I posted 51 times yet on my profile I have 154 posts listed for 2012. Seems like there is something amiss with your figures.

Hi Barbra. :)
You may have 154 posts across the entire site in 2012, but this list is only for the MtF crossdressing board. I didn't include any of the other boards like Beauty/Introductions/Picture Gallery/Lounge etc (as it would have been too difficult).

[Kate Simmons]

Really nice job Hon. It kinda reminds me of fun colored bubbles. Girls bubbling over. Whoulda figured?:)

[stephNE]

That is really cool. I was only a member for the last three months of the year, I'm afraid I'll dominate this next year, maybe I'll think before I post.

[Trish]

I can't even find myself on the list. I guess I need to post more.

[Stephanie47]

I think I may have too much time on my hands! Oh, I'm retired! I forgot that for a minute. Not really! Now the question is how many times of the 907 posts was I totally en femme?

PS: Your bubbles are really cute looking, like your avatar picture!

[Abigail]

Nice, cant help but think someone has too much time on their hands lol
As i have just been made redundant will possibly have a lot more time to dress and post but less money to shop :sad:

[Laura912]

But I wanna red bubble....seriously, very clever and entertaining.

[kimdl93]

Yipes! I'm over inflated!!!!! Just a few more (14) and I'll hit the 10,000 post limit. Then I promise to shut my mouth...er stop typling.

[Marleena]

Yipes! I'm over inflated!!!!! Just a few more (14) and I'll hit the 10,000 post limit. Then I promise to shut my mouth...er stop typling.

Too late you hit 10,000 and don't you ever shutup, we love your input here.:)

This is a great graph except it makes me look fat.:heehee:

[Jorja]

Great job! I even got a purple bubble, cool.

[27th Jennifer]

Now I need to make sure to post aplenty and move up the list!

Ana

[Deedee Skyblue]

very nice. What's the lower limit on the graphic? I'm trying to figure out how tiny my bubble would be...

Dee

[Engendered]

I limited it to 300 bubbles, and that goes down to 72 posts on the list, so yours would be roughly half the size of the smallest bubble on that graph. Still quite visible if it was drawn. :)

[Karren H]

I slacked off a bit.... lol. Remodeling and this new job is taking away from my free time..... and not so free time.... love the colors.... my Fortran compiler never let me play with colors...

[Marleena]

I limited it to 300 bubbles, and that goes down to 72 posts on the list, so yours would be roughly half the size of the smallest bubble on that graph. Still quite visible if it was drawn. :)

Nicely done.. Thank you.:)

[Lori B]

sooooooo,,,what are the prizes?? I best get on the stick then.....:doh::heehee:QZEDGiDzgp0

[ReineD]

I don't know anything about writing programs so I'm curious as to how you got a program to read the 2012 stats on this board and sort the posts by member name?

[Engendered]

I don't know anything about writing programs so I'm curious as to how you got a program to read the 2012 stats on this board and sort the posts by member name?

Unfortunately, not without a lot of graft. There was no magical solution except to look through each topic in turn and make note of the names of each poster. Someone could eventually do it by hand of course this way, but with a computer I was able to automate it.
For anyone curious, I also did up an extremely dense graph which gives all 3990 people a bubble. It names everyone down to around 20 posts or so. Note though that it is quite a large image (over 4 megabytes), so it may take a while to load depending on your machine:

http://www.skynet.ie/~susan/crcircles2.png

This one is a little more like where's waldo though. You may be listed in there, and never find yourself.

[whowhatwhen]

Of course I get the brown bubble..
Okay, so I use the bathroom a lot I get it.

:D

I'm also interested on how you did this, like how you collected the data and what you wrote your program in.

[Ceri Anne]

well gee, I need to comment more if I'm going to catch up to Karen Hutton :)

[Diane Smith]

I wanted a pink bubble!

A technical question: Is it the *diameter* or the *area* of the circles that is proportional to the number of posts? The latter would produce a more visually meaningful graph. Can you tell I studied information graphics in grad school?

- Diane

[Engendered]

I wanted a pink bubble!

A technical question: Is it the *diameter* or the *area* of the circles that is proportional to the number of posts? The latter would produce a more visually meaningful graph. Can you tell I studied information graphics in grad school?

- Diane

:) It's very definitely the area, and something very important to get right for this sort of visualization. Thanks for asking though. Mistakes like that can happen.

[TeresaL]

This is way cool. Thanks for all the hard work, it's awesome.

[Wildaboutheels]

Noticed that Doc got the only "real" pink or the closest thing to it of any size [at least on my my monitor] and Purple got one of only two lime greens and that i somehow ended up near the top of the pic. All random I'm sure but I will take it as a compliment anyway!

[RenneB]

hey...wait a minute... wasn't skynet terminated??? LOL... At 256 posts, I guess that's about less than one a day.... Hope to get my bubble bigger in 2013...

Thanks for the thread...

Renne.....

[AmyGaleRT]

I would've thought my bubble would be bigger...but then I saw that it represented all of 2012, and, up until October, I was still on hiatus prior to the Big Reveal. Oh well, I'm on pace for a bigger bubble next year. :)

- Amy

[stacycoral]

Wow, you don't know how many people are out there until reading the list, thanks for such hard work you did on this, fun to read, thanks hugs.

[MissTee]

Ha! My name won't fit on the pin head. Cool graph.

[donnatracey]

All I can say is "Wow".....and I need to step up the pace in 2013................:brolleyes:

[DianeDeBris]

Hi Engendered - this is such a great exercise! Thank you for the work and creativity. Maith thu! Hugs - Diane

[bridget thronton]

Nice job and an interesting display

[becky77]

It may have been small but I still wanted to see my colour bubble lol.

[suzy1]

Yippy, I’m there!:dance:
And I’m a pretty colour too.

[Vicky_Scot]

I am sorry to be a party pooper but why is it that no matter what kind of forum it is someone feels they have to post a 'I am a better poster than you' thread.

There may be many reasons why people only post when they can. I only read and sometimes reply to threads that interest me. Therefore my post count is deemed poor but does that mean that I am not a valued member of this forum as much as someone posting 100 or 500 posts a year.

Some people just want to browse the forum but do not want to participate. Some people want to reply to everything posted. There is no difference between the two. They are both using this forum in a manner that suits them best.

As I said doing this just makes it another forum of I am a better member than you. I did not realize it was a competition to see who makes the most posts in a year.

Whats the prize?

[becky77]

I am sorry to be a party pooper but why is it that no matter what kind of forum it is someone feels they have to post a 'I am a better poster than you' thread.

There may be many reasons why people only post when they can. I only read and sometimes reply to threads that interest me. Therefore my post count is deemed poor but does that mean that I am not a valued member of this forum as much as someone posting 100 or 500 posts a year.

Some people just want to browse the forum but do not want to participate. Some people want to reply to everything posted. There is no difference between the two. They are both using this forum in a manner that suits them best.

As I said doing this just makes it another forum of I am a better member than you. I did not realize it was a competition to see who makes the most posts in a year.

Whats the prize?

I can't say I read it that way? I think you are taking it wrong, it's just a an interesting look at what's happening not a competition?

[Vicky_Scot]

Well Becky

There is only one reason that I can see that someone post a thread like this.

It is to judge others.

Don't you think we are judged enough?

[becky77]

Well Becky

There is only one reason that I can see that someone post a thread like this.

It is to judge others.

Don't you think we are judged enough?

Honestly? I think you are being overly sensitive. The reason for the thread seems to me to be nothing more than interesting stats. You could say it's quite the opposite and that the big posters are being picked on for having no life and spreading there opinions around too much. But seeing as I read a lot of their posts that's not the case either.

We are judged but who isn't? I just fail to see anything even remotely offensive in this thread?

Perhaps I am the wrong one.

[DAVIDA]

Yep, it is interesting. But flawed.:brolleyes:
I know that I don't post much in this sub-forum, but I do on occasion.
My name isn't even on the list.:doh:

[NatashaCD]

LoL im not even a speck :p

[Claire Cook]

Love it, thanks. With all those balloons it's time for a party!

[suzy1]

I did not realize it was a competition to see who makes the most posts in a year.

Whats the prize?

If a member posts only one post ever then that post is as important as all the others Vicky.
This is just fun but if it is upsetting members then the Mods will deal with it I should think.

No prize, just a bit of fun.:)

[Sandra1746]

Thanks for doing the statistics Engendered, this was interesting. You also answered the question of why the number for my posts in your list differs from the one below my 'signature block'. I do post on other boards too.

Keep up the good work.

Hugs,
Sandra1746

[Engendered]

Yep, it is interesting. But flawed.:brolleyes:
I know that I don't post much in this sub-forum, but I do on occasion.
My name isn't even on the list.:doh:

Thank you for this post. I had indeed made a mistake. People with all capitals in their name didn't get picked up properly in one part of the code :doh:
I fixed that and updated both versions of the image. Of course people who liked their colours the first time around, will probably hate the random number generator this time. :)

And Vicky. I apologise if you think this topic is just a means to judge people. It really wasn't intended that way. I only post from time to time aswell (11 last year!). I was just curious, and wanted to share what I found in a colourful way. :hugs:

[bobbimo]

That was great, Thanks for doing it, and it sure is a neat way to show the most active members. I guess I have to work on blowing up my balloon for 2013
Bobbi

[Miranda09]

YIKES...that's alot of bubbles!!!! Surprised you didn't go stir crazy compiling these stats.....nicely done and a clever way of illustrating our activity! :) (Ooooo...I'm a pretty blue bubble!!!)

[becky77]

Hey I changed colour! But the new colour purple is nice :)

[Jennifer Marie P.]

Great job on it hun It must have been tough.

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Engendered, If this was NASCAR I would be in the chase.
That is amazing you must've put lot of hours into it.

Gald to see my first ballon is blue but the second one is only red.

[BillieJoEllen]

If I counted right I'm the 102nd biggest poster. Thanks for your work on this. It is entertaining to see information on this. But' I haven't found my 'bubble' yet.

[SherriePall]

Nice job. Thank you.Next year I promise to do a better job in the MtF forum. (Now watch, next year, you'll do it in some other forum.)

[Tracii G]

Wow I'm in the top 20 woo hoo!
I talk too much LOL.
Thanks for my own bubble.

[Debra Russell]

Cool..... couldn't find it on the first, but the second -- it's there, BLUE --- but :idontknow: I want a RED one.......................Debra

[Lorileah]

I feel better about me now...I am not the most prolific poster. Only about 3 posts a day. :)

[sonna]

hey i like that pretty cool. something different

[julia marie]

I joined well into the year and was a little shy about posting for a while. Maybe I can get a circle next year. Pink would be nice. I like pink

[Ressie]

I'm right between Blue Orchid and Suzy1 and they're making me blush

[veronica66]

I am new here and trying to get 10 post so I can have privileges (like seeing a profile or sending a message)

[Annaliese]

You have a little time on your hands, I would be the vary small dot.

[STACY B]

Get out the Fire Works ,,, I got a Big Bubble ,, Bam >>>>> BAM >>>>> BIG MOUTH !!!!

[RADER]

WOW!!!! I have a big bubble; Now I guess I better go on a diet if I am going
to fit into that new spring dress.
Rader

[BLUE ORCHID]

I'm right between Blue Orchid and Suzy1 and they're making me blush

Hi Dee, You are in good company, Kinda like our little sister.

[Annette_boy]

Hi Everyone,
Well I are a singlr digit wonder guess I better get moving to get to 2 digits for 2013 .So this is number one for 2013.
Annette:D

[Shadeauxmarie]

Great job! This really speaks to the geek in me.

[april_lynn]

Wow, this made me realize that I lurk too much and not post enough! I guess that I always feel like what I have to say isn't important enough to post. 2013- my year to post more!

[Frédérique]

well gee, I need to comment more if I'm going to catch up to Karen Hutton

I’d LOVE to comment on that, but, for the good of the thread, I will abstain…:heehee:

PS – Well done, Engendered! I wish you would post more often…:clap:


I am sorry to be a party pooper but why is it that no matter what kind of forum it is someone feels they have to post a 'I am a better poster than you' thread.
Don't Take Life To Serious, It's Only Temporary

Pardon me for noticing, but aren’t you contradicting yourself? :straightface:

[Marleena]

I'm going to look for a straight pin and burst everyone's bubble!:D

[Foxglove]

Well Becky

There is only one reason that I can see that someone post a thread like this.

It is to judge others.

Don't you think we are judged enough?

Don't Take Life To Serious, It's Only Temporary



Heya,
I spent the day writing a program to graph the activity of the MtF board for the year 2012. I displayed the results in the form of circles based on how much you posted here. The larger the circle, the more you posted. (i hope the image displays ok here).


So you're the culprit! I couldn't imagine how something like this would pop up on the net:

http://www.skynet.ie/~susan/cr.txt

I'm glad you've confessed, though. It was bothering me.

I suppose I can't complain too much. I got a big bubble and it's the right color (green). But it's right down at the bottom and not very conspicuous. I'm definitely going to have to see my agent about that.

[flatlander_48]

hey...wait a minute... wasn't skynet terminated??? LOL... At 256 posts, I guess that's about less than one a day.... Hope to get my bubble bigger in 2013...

Thanks for the thread...

Renne.....

Yes, John Connor and friends took care of that. Must be some sort of resistant mutant strain...