Anyone else ever see a forum with a word count?

[TallBill]

Kinda gives you a clue of how much a person contributes.. its their total words posted in the forum as well as total posts.


Of course, it would be m00t on this forum since it'd have to be in effect from the get go.

 

[Anubis]

no ive never seen this, but i woudl imagin that the word cound would dwarf the post count

 

[Mark R]

i woudl imagin that the word cound would dwarf the post count

With some noteable exceptions.

 

[TallBill]

Yes, an example.

Posts: 10666
Total Words: 296,086

So at least this person's average post is long. Or they just crank out a doozy every once in a while.


Posts: 1832
Total Words: 17,204

And this person nefs.


Posts: 480
Total Words: 42,729

And that person is a novelist.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: Anubis
no ive never seen this, but i woudl imagin that the word cound would dwarf the post count

With ATOT it'd be maybe 1.5x to one, less if emoticons didn't count.

 

[PurdueRy]

lol

 

[Shawn]

No. That would take up so many system resources it'd be way too impractical.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Yes, an example.

Posts: 10666
Total Words: 296,086

So at least this person's average post is long. Or they just crank out a doozy every once in a while.


Posts: 1832
Total Words: 17,204

And this person nefs.


Posts: 480
Total Words: 42,729

And that person is a novelist.

1) 27.75 words per post
2) 9.5 words per post
3) 101

i wouldent call 2 a nef, but that 3rd dode is crasy

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Shawn
No. That would take up so many system resources it'd be way too impractical.

It wouldn't be that bad... it doesn't have to be calculated on the fly, it's just a number field that is updated every time the user posts.

I wonder if they differentiate between what YOU write and what you quoted.

 

[stan394]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: TallBill
Yes, an example.

Posts: 10666
Total Words: 296,086

So at least this person's average post is long. Or they just crank out a doozy every once in a while.


Posts: 1832
Total Words: 17,204

And this person nefs.


Posts: 480
Total Words: 42,729

And that person is a novelist.

1) 27.75 words per post
2) 9.5 words per post
3) 101

i wouldent call 2 a nef, but that 3rd dode is crasy

P&N mainstay?

 

[johnjbruin]

They should do average words per post - that would be an interesting statistic.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: johnjbruin
They should do average words per post - that would be an interesting statistic.

They should do an average words per post on all the threads from the past 6 months. Anyone with less than 5 or 6 should be banned

 

[TallBill]

uh oh

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: TallBill
uh oh

what a contribution!

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: TallBill
uh oh

what a contribution!

:Q

 

[eelw]

But would words in quotes count? Since so many morons here nest quotes over 10 layers deep, great way to artificially inflate word counts.