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The discussion centers around @mfb nearing 5000 likes on Physics Forums, celebrating the effort of members who contribute significantly to the community. Participants express a mix of humor and competitiveness regarding their own like counts, with @Drakkith recently tying for 10th place with @Orodruin. The importance of likes as an indicator of effort in providing valuable responses is acknowledged, though some members joke about the perceived unfairness of the system. The conversation also touches on the dynamics of likes versus post counts and the unique contributions of various members. Overall, the thread highlights camaraderie and light-hearted competition among forum members.
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Drakkith said:
We all know you're all bark and no bite, phinds. :-p
Good thing for you I"ve had my rabies shot.
 
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  • #32
phinds said:
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...
 
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  • #33
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...
 
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  • #34
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!
 
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  • #35
@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... :) :)
 
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  • #36
Charles Link said:
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.
 
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  • #37
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.
 
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  • #38
phinds said:
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.
 
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  • #39
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?...
 
  • #40
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.
 
  • #41
The solution is simple:

Reset everything to ZERO!

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

:woot:
 
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  • #42
Blank_Stare said:
The solution is simple:

Reset everything to ZERO!

MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

:woot:
No soup for you!
 
  • #43
phinds said:
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!
 
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  • #44
Drakkith said:
We all know you're all bark and no bite, phinds. :-p

It's Groot!
 
  • #45
jedishrfu said:
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.
 
  • #46
jedishrfu said:
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.
 
  • #47
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...) :smile:
 
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  • #48
berkeman said:
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.
 
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  • #49
DennisN said:
I hacked the PF server to get that. Please don't tell @Greg Bernhardt.

Hope you can hack the banhammer... :biggrin:
 
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  • #50
Drakkith said:
Hope you can hack the banhammer... :biggrin:
Take this and let him have it. :devil:

banhammer.png
 
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  • #51
phinds said:
Good thing for you I"ve had my rabies shot.
Why would anyone want to shoot their rabies?What did they ever do to you?
 
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  • #52
mfb said:
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.
True. I gotten plenty of pity likes out of horrible puns within the discussion forum.
 
  • #53
@Drakkith is just 8 "likes" away from 2500. He just may make 2500 within a day or two. Congratulations to him if he makes the mark ! :) :)
 
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  • #54
I see @Drakkith is now at 2498, just two away from 2500. Meanwhile, we now have 6 people between 2400 and 2500. :) :) :)
 
  • #55
I don't want this attention! @phinds, take all my likes!
 
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  • #56
Drakkith said:
I don't want this attention! @phinds, take all my likes!
I wish we were still on the "thanks" regime. Then you'd have another thousand or so and I'd have a couple thousand less.
 
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  • #57
phinds said:
I wish we were still on the "thanks" regime. Then you'd have another thousand or so and I'd have a couple thousand less.

Don't sell yourself short, Hairy, we 're all thankful you're here!
 
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  • #58
phinds said:
I wish we were still on the "thanks" regime. Then you'd have another thousand or so and I'd have a couple thousand less.
@phinds Aren't you going to give him "like" #2500?
 
  • #59
Charles Link said:
@phinds Aren't you going to give him "like" #2500?
Just did. Congratulations Drakkith !
 
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  • #60
Drakkith said:
Don't sell yourself short, Hairy, we 're all thankful you're here!
Yeah, but it's more for my dog jokes and smart-ass comments than it is for contributing to physics knowledge.
 
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