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Since the launch of SoylentNews in February of 2014, there have been 274,870 comment moderations made against the 412,100 comments that our community has posted to our site. Who has posted the most comments? Who garnered the most up-moderations? The most down-moderations?
Such simple questions, but they led to a fun bit of DB querying. The results surprised me, and I thought others might be interested, as well. Most surprising to me was the assessment of comments from Anonymous Cowards.
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Who received the most moderations?
For better or worse, to whom did Soylentils direct their greatest moderation effort?
| NICK | UID | TOTAL | DOWN | UP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mighty Buzzard | 18 | 2260 | 626 | 1634 | 1008 |
| takyon | 881 | 2315 | 103 | 2212 | 2109 |
| aristarchus | 2645 | 2494 | 615 | 1879 | 1264 |
| c0lo | 156 | 2717 | 183 | 2534 | 2351 |
| Thexalon | 636 | 3225 | 83 | 3142 | 3059 |
| Ethanol-fueled | 2792 | 3447 | 1238 | 2209 | 971 |
| VLM | 445 | 4401 | 346 | 4055 | 3709 |
| Runaway1956 | 2926 | 4531 | 992 | 3539 | 2547 |
| frojack | 1554 | 5855 | 593 | 5262 | 4669 |
| Anonymous Coward | 1 | 78936 | 13002 | 65934 | 52932 |
The single greatest target of moderation was the "Anonymous Coward" with 78,936 moderations. This was followed by frojack, Runaway1956, VLM, Ethanol-fueled, and Thexalon who garnered over 3000 moderations each.
Who had the most down-moderations?
Here, only the number of down moderations was considered — it mattered not whether it was Flamebait or Troll — they all counted the same.
| NICK | UID | TOTAL | DOWN | UP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VLM | 445 | 4401 | 346 | 4055 | 3709 |
| Hairyfeet | 75 | 1620 | 387 | 1233 | 846 |
| MichaelDavidCrawford | 2339 | 1513 | 387 | 1126 | 739 |
| frojack | 1554 | 5855 | 593 | 5262 | 4669 |
| aristarchus | 2645 | 2494 | 615 | 1879 | 1264 |
| The Mighty Buzzard | 18 | 2260 | 626 | 1634 | 1008 |
| jmorris | 4844 | 2144 | 753 | 1391 | 638 |
| Runaway1956 | 2926 | 4531 | 992 | 3539 | 2547 |
| Ethanol-fueled | 2792 | 3447 | 1238 | 2209 | 971 |
| Anonymous Coward | 1 | 78936 | 13002 | 65934 | 52932 |
Once again, our prolific AC topped the list with 13,002 down-mods. Ethanol-fueled was the only other user who topped 1000 down-mods, coming in with 1238. Runaway1956 made a valiant showing with 992 down-mods.
Who had the most up-moderations?
In the eyes of the community, who most often received an up-mod? Again, no consideration was given for the nature of the up-mod — Insightful, Interesting, or Informative — all were considered the same.
| NICK | UID | TOTAL | DOWN | UP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aristarchus | 2645 | 2494 | 615 | 1879 | 1264 |
| Phoenix666 | 552 | 2184 | 80 | 2104 | 2024 |
| Ethanol-fueled | 2792 | 3447 | 1238 | 2209 | 971 |
| takyon | 881 | 2315 | 103 | 2212 | 2109 |
| c0lo | 156 | 2717 | 183 | 2534 | 2351 |
| Thexalon | 636 | 3225 | 83 | 3142 | 3059 |
| Runaway1956 | 2926 | 4531 | 992 | 3539 | 2547 |
| VLM | 445 | 4401 | 346 | 4055 | 3709 |
| frojack | 1554 | 5855 | 593 | 5262 | 4669 |
| Anonymous Coward | 1 | 78936 | 13002 | 65934 | 52932 |
Once again AC reins supreme with 65,934 up-mods. This was followed by frojack with 5,262 and VLM with just over 4000.
Who had the highest net-moderation?
Putting it all together — subtracting the number of down-mods from the number of up-mods — who had the highest net moderation on our site?
| NICK | UID | TOTAL | DOWN | UP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wonkey_monkey | 279 | 1754 | 117 | 1637 | 1520 |
| maxwell demon | 1608 | 1786 | 55 | 1731 | 1676 |
| Phoenix666 | 552 | 2184 | 80 | 2104 | 2024 |
| takyon | 881 | 2315 | 103 | 2212 | 2109 |
| c0lo | 156 | 2717 | 183 | 2534 | 2351 |
| Runaway1956 | 2926 | 4531 | 992 | 3539 | 2547 |
| Thexalon | 636 | 3225 | 83 | 3142 | 3059 |
| VLM | 445 | 4401 | 346 | 4055 | 3709 |
| frojack | 1554 | 5855 | 593 | 5262 | 4669 |
| Anonymous Coward | 1 | 78936 | 13002 | 65934 | 52932 |
Once again, the shy but prolific AC tops the list with a net of 52,932 mod points. Only one other Soylentil was able to surpass 4000: frojack with 4,669. Two other Soylentils exceeded 3000: VLM with 3709 and Thexalon with 3059.
Who hath pointy horns?
Who managed to acquire the most down-mods as a percentage of all moderations on their comments? For a tie, number of moderated comments is the second sort field. Who is the devil in our midst?
| NICK | UID | TOTAL | #DOWN | %DOWN | #UP | %UP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scarboni888 | 5061 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 |
| MooCow | 6048 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 |
| cybergimli | 436 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 |
| rancidman | 769 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 |
| rmdingler | 1038 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 |
| SoylentsISay | 1331 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 |
| stupid | 2631 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 |
| contrapunctus | 3495 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 |
| killal -9 bash | 2751 | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | -5 |
Pfft, just a few minor imps around here. killal -9 bash topped (bottomed?) the list with 5 down-mods out of 5 moderations.
Who earned a Halo?
Whose comments had the best percentage of up-mods to total-mods? And in the case of ties, received the most up-mods? Who are the angels among us?
| NICK | UID | TOTAL | #DOWN | %DOWN | #UP | %UP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dx3bydt3 | 82 | 69 | 0 | 0.00 | 69 | 100.00 | 69 |
| romlok | 1241 | 70 | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | 100.00 | 70 |
| Hawkwind | 3531 | 75 | 0 | 0.00 | 75 | 100.00 | 75 |
| jdccdevel | 1329 | 78 | 0 | 0.00 | 78 | 100.00 | 78 |
| rleigh | 4887 | 102 | 0 | 0.00 | 102 | 100.00 | 102 |
| DrMag | 1860 | 103 | 0 | 0.00 | 103 | 100.00 | 103 |
| SrLnclt | 1473 | 117 | 0 | 0.00 | 117 | 100.00 | 117 |
| Joe | 2583 | 126 | 0 | 0.00 | 126 | 100.00 | 126 |
| Aiwendil | 531 | 164 | 0 | 0.00 | 164 | 100.00 | 164 |
Here, it appears we've got a flock of angels, or at least people who know which way the wind blows. All folks listed here scored 100.00% meaning all of their moderations were up-mods. Aiwendil topped our list with 164, and we had 4 others — Joe, SrLnclt, DrMag, and rleigh — who each had over 100 such comment moderations... not even a single down-mod among them!
I must admit I was surprised to see the sheer number of positive moderations of AC comments, and the fact that 83.5% of those mods were positive.
[Update: Added two tables, one each for top percentage of down-mods and of up-mods. -Ed.]
(Score: 3, Informative) by Marand on Monday October 10 2016, @03:15AM
I read at 0/-1 and expand the -1s manually, and I do so precisely because ACs and mismodded comments need people with modpoints to help out. Good comments shouldn't be lost just because they're made anonymously, and people being dicks with "-1 = I don't agree with you" need their moderation corrected.
I also rarely downmod, preferring to save the modpoints for modding the good comments up. Sometimes I'll downmod obvious asshole behaviour or off-topic bullshit, but it's honestly not that common. In fact, I don't think I've downmodded any of the non-AC users in that top-ten list except for aristarchus.
He's the only user I can think of that I've downmodded frequently, not because I have a problem with him, but because his comments tend to be random, borderline insane word salad with only the most tenuous connection to whatever the subject is, so they frequently get off-topic moderation from me. Though I've noticed that I haven't had to do so as often lately, so maybe he finally started taking his medication.
(Score: 4, Informative) by fleg on Monday October 10 2016, @03:40AM
>random, borderline insane word salad
yeah i can see how it might come across like that, but mostly he's just dropping lots (lots!) of (potentially obscure) cultural references. if you know what he's referring too its pretty funny, but if you dont its going to come across as gibberish.
(Score: 2) by Marand on Monday October 10 2016, @05:26AM
Eh, if you say so. I personally haven't found the delivery to be particularly amusing, since it usually just reads like someone's attempt at writing a chatbot seeded with a bunch of memes and references. Still, that's not what I was talking about, because he really has gotten better about remaining vaguely on-topic and readable compared to earlier on. Older stuff was often incoherent run-on sentence gibberish that strayed way too far off topic.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Monday October 10 2016, @08:37AM
In fact, I don't think I've downmodded any of the non-AC users in that top-ten list except for aristarchus.
I love you too, Marand! You came out early as one of the alt-right/Pre-Milo/pretty much insane members! I am honored to be down-modded by you! But, I might suggest, there is this thing called "the principle of charity", especially in academe. It says that we should not immediately assume that someone is talking nonsense, instead we should check whether the fault in understanding lies within us! That means that maybe it only appears that word-salad is word-salad because you do no understand enough words, or the syntax of the too many words. So Marand, please continue your mods, they will be very useful in determining when I, and others, have exceeded the comprehension of the lesser intellects here on SoylentNews.
(Oh, I never mod you down, because that would be cruel, and pointless. Carry on!)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Marand on Monday October 10 2016, @01:01PM
I love you too, Marand! You came out early as one of the alt-right/Pre-Milo/pretty much insane members!
Okay, I suspect this is just trolling, but I'll bite, because I'm interested in seeing you justify this statement.
What convinced you of that particular assumption? I'm curious, because I don't generally participate in the political discussions, I normally avoid discussing my own political leanings, and I'm not "right" leaning anything, alt or not. Do you just label people that disagree with you as "alt-right" for easy dismissal, or is it something you throw around thinking it will piss people off? Next, what sort of label is "Pre-Milo" supposed to be? I also wonder what I said to earn the "pretty much insane" diagnosis, especially from someone whose writing style frequently resembles delirious rambling.
Finally, I find it interesting that, because I criticised your comments, you chose to insult me, personally. Given your self-proclaimed superior intellect, shouldn't such behaviour be beneath you?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 10 2016, @06:59PM
And you wonder why I called you pre-milo....
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JNCF on Tuesday October 11 2016, @02:40AM
I like to see aristarchus as the Batman to Ethanol-fueled's Joker. Like Ledger and Leto, Eth is a method actor. Ethanol-fueled didn't create aristarchus (contrary to Nicholson's portrayal), but he did kill the proverbial Jason Todd. [soylentnews.org]
Eth, thank you for the response. I will try to live up to your challenge. But please understand that I, and many others, do not understand what your issues are. You post, or as you put it here, "jewpost" in a way that does not invite or encourage the interesting intellectual exchange that should be the hallmark of SoylentNews. Maybe you are right. We should both take a time out. But I just have to say, If I come back to this place and it is like 8chan or Stormfront, I will SJW it until my karma goes permanent negative sub-alpha, prime. See you on the other side. No, I am not Adele.
Pushed over the edge, aristarchus returned as the lib-troll SoylentNews deserves. There's still more conserva-trolling all in all, but aristarchus is doing his work to bring balance to the Force.