Replies v. Views

[Hand of Evil]

some topics get more replies I think about the same ratio as CS to Non-CS members. Then there is the great Crothian of posting that will throw all stats out the window.



The funny thing about the counting post count thread is that none of the post in off-topics count to post count.

 

[Pinotage]

Quite possibly.

Oops!

Pinotage

 

[MonsterMash]

some topics get more replies I think about the same ratio as CS to Non-CS members. Then there is the great Crothian of posting that will throw all stats out the window.



The funny thing about the counting post count thread is that none of the post in off-topics count to post count.

Actually they do at the moment Hand of Evil.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Crothian of Posting

What are the Craft requirements for this device?

 

[Hand of Evil]

Actually they do at the moment Hand of Evil.

do they, my-ph-my!

 

[Hand of Evil]

What are the Craft requirements for this device?

Wisdom and Intelligence of at least 17
Hong Fu +5 Ranks
Typing +8 Ranks

 

[Piratecat]

If you want to see some really crazy ratios, check out the SH forum

Yep, they're nowhere near normal. That's skewed even farther when story hour authors delete commentary from their thread. After three years of removing posts, my story hour is at 650 views: 1 reply. That's skewed! A more normal ratio there is 50 - 100 views to 1 reply, which is roughly where I'd be if I weren't removing posts.

 

[Greylock]

What's funny are the exceptions. For example, the Counting Posts thread is more like 6:1 - most people who view the thread are posters, padding their numbers in all likelihood.

The ENWorld Women thread on the other hand has a views-to-posts ratio of more than 20:1 - lots of guys curious about what the womenfolk are up to, perhaps?

I've noticed that. One other factor affecting SH threads is the antiquity of some stories. Another being the "star appeal" of some posters. Hong, for instance, probably gets a lot more hits on his SH sig than I do.

 

[The Shaman]

Hey, that would make a great sig.!

It crossed my mind...

 

[fusangite]

The other thing that produces a high replies:views ratio are threads that quickly devolve into a back and forth argument between 2-6 posters. This process often generates a huge amount of adversarial uninformative text very fast, thereby depressing the number of views while simultaneously providing people with huge amounts of material to read respond to if they really want to keep up with the thread.

I'm very good as turning normal threads into ones like this.