Most Likes Page: @mfb Approaching 5000 Likes on Physics Forums

[Charles Link]

The section info/members/"most likes" is quite interesting. In addition, @mfb is quickly approaching a milestone of 5000 "likes". Congratulations to him! I also find it quite interesting watching the top 20 on this page, all of whom have put in much time and effort on the Physics Forums. Keep up the good work ! :) :)

 

[Drakkith]

I feel like I should be jealous that @phinds has more "likes" than I do. But then I realized that everyone likes a puppy dog.

 

[phinds]

I feel like I should be jealous that @phinds has more "likes" than I do. But then I realized that everyone likes a puppy dog.

Damn right they do ! I'm CUTE.

 

[Drakkith]

Damn right they do ! I'm CUTE.

It's really just an unfair advantage. I can't even compete. I mean, have you seen my face?!

 

[fresh_42]

It's really just an unfair advantage. I can't even compete. I mean, have you seen my face?!

Always reminds me of the ninja turtles. Which one are you? What is it meant to be?

 

[Ibix]

It's really just an unfair advantage. I can't even compete. I mean, have you seen my face?!

You could try barking and slobbering all over the mentor forums?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

You could try barking and slobbering all over the mentor forums?

No! We just only recently trained him against that! It was a horrible few years! Poor Evo, mopping up all of Draks slobber.

 

[phinds]

It's really just an unfair advantage. I can't even compete. I mean, have you seen my face?!

God, no. What a horrible thought.

 

[Drakkith]

No! We just only recently trained him against that! It was a horrible few years! Poor Evo, mopping up all of Draks slobber.

I blame everyone but myself!

God, no. What a horrible thought.

Indeed. Let's just say that there's a very good reason I wear a helmet.

 

[Charles Link]

It's really just an unfair advantage. I can't even compete. I mean, have you seen my face?!

@Drakkith says he can't compete, but with the couple of "likes" he just picked up, he has now moved into a tie for 10th place with @Orodruin at 2384 "likes". :) :)

 

[Drakkith]

@Drakkith says he can't compete, but with the couple of "likes" he just picked up, he has now moved into a tie for 10th place with @Orodruin at 2384 "likes". :) :)

Excellent... all my plans are going according to... plan.

 

[Charles Link]

A look at the "Trophy" points shows there is a 60 trophy points and "Hello Mr. President" at 3000 "likes", but 5000 is apparently off the charts.

 

[OCR]

Most Likes Page... at physicsforums.com.

Bahhh! ... don't need no stinkin' likes... couldn't care less about 'em! . .. lol

 

[Charles Link]

Bahhh! ... don't need no stinkin' likes... couldn't care less about 'em! . .. lol

@OCR Perhaps a more positive song by John Prine (in reference to the "link" you provided) is "Hello in There" or "In Spite of Ourselves". His guitar playing is good in the song, but his songs "Sam Stone", "Angel from Montgomery", and "Dear Abby" are much more inspiring than the song in the "link". Anyway, I enjoy the "likes" page and I am glad the Physics Forums keeps this statistic.

 

[Charles Link]

@OCR Perhaps a more positive song by John Prine (in reference to the "link" you provided) is "Hello in There" or "In Spite of Ourselves". His guitar playing is good in the song, but his songs "Sam Stone", "Angel from Montgomery", and "Dear Abby" are much more inspiring than the song in the "link". Anyway, I enjoy the "likes" page and I am glad the Physics Forums keeps this statistic.

And one of the reasons the "likes" statistic is important is that although some of the "likes" come easy=that is a given...Some of the "likes" follow after an hour of effort or more in solving a question that is posted. In many cases, the questions that are posted are somewhat unique, and are something that isn't found by a simple google or even looking in the proper textbook. Again I am glad for the statistic=it isn't necessarily a perfect indicator, but it is an indicator of the effort the member has put forth in responding to the various posts.

 

[OCR]

Please accept my apology, Charles... my post was only meant as a joke.

I always took Prine's song as being a bit of self-deprecating humor...

Pretending that one doesn't want something, because one does not or cannot have it, also known as being a "Sour Grapes Mary".

From the old Aesop's fable... The Fox and the Grapes.

That's all I was doing... trying to make a joke, at my expense.

However, as Aufbauwerk 2045 once pointed out...
Usually, if a joke needs an explanation... it didn't work very well, I guess.

I really do need to follow my own advice....

 

[Charles Link]

@mfb is now just 2 "likes" away from 5000. I don't know if there are any trophy points for the achievement, but I think it should be recognized. $\\$ My hat goes off to @mfb . Congratulations ! :) :) :)

 

[mfb]

Thank you :).

 

[dlgoff]

... it is an indicator of the effort the member has put forth in responding to the various posts.

Just thought I'd mention: Seeing a like on a reply from the member whom I'm replying to is the indicator it has been seen by that member; especially when no further comment is expected or needed.

 

[OmCheeto]

Just for the record, I hate mfb.
He appears to have hogged a disproportionate amount of the Earth's limited supply of operational brain cells.
Just my humble opinion.

 

[dlgoff]

Just for the record, I hate mfb.
He appears to have hogged a disproportionate amount of the Earth's limited supply of operational brain cells.
Just my humble opinion.

@mfb You can decrease the current 1,627 @OmCheeto "likes" can't you?

 

[mfb]

@mfb You can decrease the current 1,627 @OmCheeto "likes" can't you?

Why would I decrease the current 1450 @OmCheeto "likes"?

 

[dlgoff]

Why would I decrease the current 1450 @OmCheeto "likes"?

Because he hates you?

btw, this is all in jest.

 

[mfb]

I think there is no reason to reduce his 1300 likes.

 

[OmCheeto]

I think there is no reason to reduce his 1300 likes.

 

[Charles Link]

In the "most likes", there presently is a very close grouping of about 6 people from 8th place to 13th, and @Drakkith is now just one "like" behind @phinds . @Drakkith has moved up from about a week or two ago... :) :)

 

[mfb]

Now both have 2,462.

 

[Drakkith]

In the "most likes", there presently is a very close grouping of about 6 people from 8th place to 13th, and @Drakkith is now just one "like" behind @phinds . @Drakkith has moved up from about a week or two ago... :) :)

It's only because of my boyish good looks.

 

[phinds]

It's only because of my boyish good looks.

GGRRRRRRRR

 

[Drakkith]

GGRRRRRRRR

We all know you're all bark and no bite, phinds.

 

[phinds]

We all know you're all bark and no bite, phinds.

Good thing for you I"ve had my rabies shot.

 

[Drakkith]

Good thing for you I"ve had my rabies shot.

Goodness! Where you bitten?? Are you alright?! Do you need a band-aid and a lolly?

I could use a lolly...mmmm...

 

[Charles Link]

Somehow @Drakkith just picked up 3 "likes" that I don't see recorded.(It usually says if someone else "liked" his comment.) I gave him one, and I gave @phinds one. He seems to be gathering momentum...

 

[jedishrfu]

So @Drakkith is ahead...

but wait @phinds is catching up...

Its a race to the finish... a race of EPIC proportions...

It was a tie race! or is that a race of ties!

 

[Charles Link]

@Chestermiller needs to get into the picture. It looks like a 3 way race. Could we put the finish line at 2475? Or 2480?... Or perhaps we could give a prize to the next one who makes 2500...This is almost as exciting as the Kentucky Derby... :) :)

 

[mfb]

Somehow @Drakkith just picked up 3 "likes" that I don't see recorded.(It usually says if someone else "liked" his comment.) I gave him one, and I gave @phinds one. He seems to be gathering momentum...

Likes in different threads.

There are trophies for 2000 and 3000 likes, but not 2500, and nothing beyond 3000.

 

[phinds]

Folks I am normally a very gentle dog and would never divulge embarrassing information about someone, especially when, as in this case, the embarrassing fact is an accident of birth. None-the-less I feel compelled in this case to inform you that Drakkith is ... ... well, it's just hard to say, but he's ... OK, I'm just going to come out with it ... he's ... he's from Texas.

 

[jedishrfu]

Folks I am normally a very gentle dog and would never divulge embarrassing information about someone, especially when, as in this case, the embarrassing fact is an accident of birth. None-the-less I feel compelled in this case to inform you that Drakkith is ... ... well, it's just hard to say, but he's ... OK, I'm just going to come out with it ... he's ... he's from Texas.

Thems fightin words, @phinds, we all need to send you all a dozen yellow roses with thorns or a cow pattie in cookie box.

 

[Blank_Stare]

How about an indicator of post quality? - something like a measurement that compares total posts to total likes?

So you have made 20,000 posts, and 2000 likes...is that as good as 40,000 posts, and 3999 likes?...not quite, in my mind...

Tenure always has it's advantages, I suppose?...

 

[mfb]

Posts in the PF Lounge (like here) are not counted but likes are, the post counter system is older than the like system (some started with 30000+ posts and 0 likes when the like system was introduced), and likes are given for different things in different forum parts. A simple ratio doesn't tell you much.

 

[Blank_Stare]

The solution is simple:

Reset everything to ZERO!

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[jedishrfu]

The solution is simple:

Reset everything to ZERO!

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

No soup for you!

 

[Drakkith]

Folks I am normally a very gentle dog and would never divulge embarrassing information about someone, especially when, as in this case, the embarrassing fact is an accident of birth. None-the-less I feel compelled in this case to inform you that Drakkith is ... ... well, it's just hard to say, but he's ... OK, I'm just going to come out with it ... he's ... he's from Texas.

Don't make me go all Remember the Alamo on you, phinds!

 

[jedishrfu]

We all know you're all bark and no bite, phinds.

It's Groot!

 

[jedishrfu]

Thems fightin words, @phinds, we all need to send you all a dozen yellow roses with thorns or a cow pattie in cookie box.

I can't believe I just defended Texas. I was once an upstate New Yorker.

 

[phinds]

I can't believe I just defended Texas. I was once an upstate New Yorker.

Ha. That's where I am now. I've been here for ~25 years but I do NOT consider myself a New Yorker.

 

[berkeman]

And then there is a different kind of Likes superstar: @DennisN with more likes than posts! https://www.physicsforums.com/members/dennisn.393676/

(well, I suppose he has a lot of posts in the Lounge that don't count toward his post count, but still...)

 

[DennisN]

And then there is a different kind of Likes superstar: @DennisN with more likes than posts!

I hacked the PF server to get that. Please don't tell @Greg Bernhardt.

 

[Drakkith]

I hacked the PF server to get that. Please don't tell @Greg Bernhardt.

Hope you can hack the banhammer...

 

[dlgoff]

Hope you can hack the banhammer...

Take this and let him have it.