What do your numbers say about you?

Centralia, Missouri
October 14, 2015 7:29pm CST
Someone pointed out (thanks for that @thesids) how our numbers come about. Go look at yourself, it's the addition of your discussions, responses, and comments. I have started 64 (now 65) discussions. I have commented on things over 1,600 times () and I have responded to comments over a thousand times. Now I am not mentioning these to brag, we can all glance over these things. No, I mention this because this is a good indication of how I work on mylot. I read your stuff first like and comment, stop off to read one thing at least by someone I don't follow, then I reply to notifications. My stats back this up. They also tell me I like to talk, to everyone. What do your stats say about you?
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
15 Oct 15
Mine says that I jump into others' discussions more than I write my own.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
well that is the nature of mylot! Way to go!
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@xFiacre (12536)
• Ireland
15 Oct 15
When I read your title I thought you were meaning our number ones and number twos! Sorry!
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
15 Oct 15
My statistics say that I am very active here be it creating posts, commenting or responding.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
ah a well balanced person, always a good thing to be!
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
15 Oct 15
Aw that is so sweet of you to put me on the discussion. My Stats say I am too fragile when it comes to initiating discussions. I have only 191 on my stats and have been around here for about 5+ years. I can start a discussion almost everyday but I know, I cannot be available for replying back to all who take their time out to be on my discussions. This is a major factor that I have not too many discussions. So yes, at times the Stats can be wrongly interpreted. But yes, I am more interactive on other's discussions. Maybe I am a good listener too.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt People like you who comment back and interact on their discussions is what I like, and so does the community. After all, MyLot is a site to discuss
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
that's one of the reasons I limit my posts to 1-2 a day max, I can keep up with those discussions for the most part.
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• United States
15 Oct 15
Hmmm mine clearly tells me that I need to get a life off of the computer.
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• United States
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt Oh I never said, I was going to follow that. I simply won't look at those numbers.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
@TexanTornado the minds of the great.. and comfie!
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
hahah right? but...nah, comfie here with peoples to talk to
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@mom210 (9023)
• United States
15 Oct 15
You are a very talkative person, I have to work at it a bit. I am not a natural talker. But I do enjoy this site.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
sometimes it's easier to ask someone a question on what they said, less focus on you!
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@mom210 (9023)
• United States
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt That is a good idea.
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
15 Oct 15
My stats say I have been here a long time and don't post that much.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
I could post way more than I do, but wanted to put more focus in the community and less on me, so I limit myself to 1 or 2 a day max
• Preston, England
15 Oct 15
harder to gauge with members who were here for the years before the mylot relaunch as their stats include activity from yesteryear too. Mine do show I am quite prolific here which is accurate.
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• Preston, England
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt it would be good if it showed at a glance statistical averages, i.e., number of visits, posts to comments ratios, date of last visit, etc.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
I wish you could see a better breakdown, like over all, and past year, and past month.
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@sofssu (23662)
15 Oct 15
I am here to read and discuss.. I like to talk to people.. I am not stuck on to a select few though I have a couple of friends here.
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@LadyDuck (454891)
• Switzerland
15 Oct 15
I have only started 37 discussions, but I have commented 3,100 times (). My total figure is a little more than 6,300.
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@LadyDuck (454891)
• Switzerland
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt Yes, I joined the 17th of August and I only started interacting in September, I was surprised. I know that I spend too much time at my computer.
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• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
@LadyDuck yeah me too, but.... it's where I get most of my talking to people time. I don't want to sound all lame, but I don't have friends who live nearby, everyone that I am friends with is hours away, so I get lonely. this helps
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
did the numbers surprise you?
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@Tampa_girl7 (48855)
• United States
15 Oct 15
You are going about it the right way.
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• United States
15 Oct 15
mine tell me that i need to get well 'nough to get back outdoors 'n live
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
yeah, mine do too, too much time at the PC, lol
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• United States
15 Oct 15
Mine say that I am new here, but havere connected to old friends from another site.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
you can do it! And make some new friends too!
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• United States
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt it is like the song from the Brownies, make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.
• United States
17 Oct 15
My numbers say that I am a total newbie here and am not sure what I am doing. In real life I have been around for a long time but still don't know what I am doing. Best wishes, Alan.
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• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
hey at least you know you don't know, just read and comment on more things, those numbers will rocket up!
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
15 Oct 15
Mine show that I start very few discussions (not even 250 since 2006) but I respond to and comment on many, many more (nearly 15,000 responses and over 12,000 comments). My name has been mentioned 1,400 times and my posts have 21,300 'likes'. I wonder whether 0.72 likes per post is high or low or average.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt Yes, the 'Likes' figure is just a total of all the 'likes' you've received. To get the "Likes per post" figure I just divided the 'Likes' by the total in brackets by my name (which should be the sum of Discussions, Responses and Comments, though I didn't check that). It's actually lower than yours and that of several other people, which doesn't surprise me because I feel that the 'like' button is being used MUCH more than it used to be in the old version. My numbers are high because I've been here since October 2006 - (9 years on 25th of this month, I think).
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
do the likes all jumble together, likes on posts and on comments too? And those are some impressive numbers!
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
@owlwings I have more likes than I do the others though, 3.7k likes and my total is in the 2.5 range, maybe what I like is in there too?
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
16 Oct 15
Mine keep going up and up lol :)
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• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
that means you, like me, love to talk!
@rebelann (110754)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Oct 15
Uh oh, where am I? I guess I need to respond so I can see what those numbers are?
@rebelann (110754)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Oct 15
Yep @Jessicalynnt that worked, now how do I tell which activity gave me how much?
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
@rebelann don't think we can know that
@valmnz (17100)
• New Zealand
15 Oct 15
I haven't gone back to check right now after reading this, but hopefully mine show the same, tht I like to interact a lot on here.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
I bet they do indeed!
@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
15 Oct 15
I tend to look at the numbers when I'm deciding who to follow. I avoid those who have almost as many discussions as responses and several times more comments - usually on their own posts. Sadly, there are some folks here who only seem to care about their own discussions. Your numbers are great, by the way.
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
well thanks! I wasn't looking to brag, or anything. I just found where we each put our time to be quite interesting.
@DianneN (246452)
• United States
15 Oct 15
I just joined a couple of days ago, but you are definitely doing things the right way!
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• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
well thanks! I do try, as best I know how, and I love to talk to people