SSC Level List?

  • OK, 10 minutes was ambitious. Took me ten minutes to change computers.

    I pulled down the post data anonymously, grouping a count by number of posts. I then pulled it into Excel, and graphed it. It's attached, which is useless. If you expand it, you have a very steep logarithmic decline near the 0 post mark (most people have 0 posts) and another expansion near the high end.

    I need to group these up into bands and then it might be more meaningful.

  • Try a logarithmic y-axis. Might be clearer.

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  • I tried a log scale, didn't seem much better. I think it's too many data points and no good distribution.

    A few facts:

    Users: 972,717 (not all members are in the forum db)

    User counts:

    0 posts: 861,290

    1 post : 25,992

    10 or less posts: 940,121

    100 or less posts: 965,076

    Up to about 300 posts, seems there are double digit users most of the time. Once we get past 300-350, it's mostly single digit users.

    If we bucket,

    People > 1000 posts: 412 people

    > 2000 posts: 88 users

    > 3000 posts: 30 users

    > 5000 posts: 17 users

    > 10,000 posts: 6 users

    > 20,000 posts: 1 user :-D:-P:-P

  • I've come a long way since this old post. I think I was a 15 point grasshopper at the time.. 🙂

  • Might be more fun to see a window in time ranking, (last year or two?) so that if I posted 10,000 posts in 2005 but haven't been around since then, my stuff gets pulled out of the graph.

    i.e. a way to view current troublemakers, erm I mean users, in terms of scores 😛

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  • Are these buckets strictly posts or are the QOD points included?

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  • QOD points as well. We're looking to also add the ASK reputation somehow and calculate some "engagement index"

  • Lynn Pettis (11/10/2009)


    GilaMonster (11/10/2009)


    Andy Llewellyn (11/10/2009)


    Did the distribution graph of members at each level ever get published?

    Don't think so, but it's heavily weighted to the lower end.

    There are 15 people with a score over 5000, 4 with a score over 10000

    Not much longer and there will be 5!! 😉

    Congratulation Lynn for joining the SSC most prolific!

    😎

    Kind regards,
    Gift Peddie

  • GilaMonster (1/28/2008)


    Steve Jones - Editor (1/28/2008)


    Baseball knowledge probably does help with the levels. I picked these over the summer, so my apologies for outside influences 🙂

    It's your site. You can do as you wish. I'll give alternatives some thought. Maybe something cricket related? 😉

    The explanation is appreciated.

    Yes, I too appreciate the explanation.

    Here are some cricket-related suggestions for levels. 2 suggestions for now, and maybe another next year, involving players from 3 different countries.

    11953 Up with Lara (W Indies)

    And, just to keep the southern contingent happy maybe an Australian: 908 : Running with Billy

    Next year we might have an Indian one if Sachin Tendulkar retires (currently at 13447 and still going strong).

    Tom

  • Tom.Thomson (4/4/2010)


    And, just to keep the southern contingent happy maybe an Australian:

    Seriously? 😛

  • Paul White NZ (4/4/2010)


    Tom.Thomson (4/4/2010)


    And, just to keep the southern contingent happy maybe an Australian:

    Seriously? 😛

    I couldn't find any NZ cricket numbers that would fit in :ermm:.

    Billy Murdoch was captain of Australia towards the end of the 19th century, I think he was the second batsman ever to score an innings of over 300 in a 1st class cricket match. 908 was his total test match score (runs, not matches:hehe:).

    Tom

  • I just crossed 2K, wahoo! This seemed to be an appropriate place to celebrate becoming "Crazy" 🙂

    Chad

  • Chad Crawford (5/14/2010)


    I just crossed 2K, wahoo! This seemed to be an appropriate place to celebrate becoming "Crazy" 🙂

    Chad

    Congrats (on being crazy)

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  • Hey Steve, I just passed 700. How come I'm still "chasing Mays"?

    Maybe after 660, it should be "chasing Babe"! 🙂

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  • Probably should have one at 662, any ideas? Maybe "The Say Hey Kid"

    The next level is 714, Right There with Babe.

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