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

[Greg Bernhardt]

Whatever happened to Halls of Ivy?

I was able to get in contact with him several months ago. He was having trouble using the computer. He is missed here.

 

[WWGD]

I was able to get in contact with him several months ago. He was having trouble using the computer. He is missed here.

Please wish him well if you hear/read from him.

 

[Orodruin]

Ding!

 

[Drakkith]

Ding!

Congratulation! You got level up!

 

[mfb]

Welcome to the Sagan Lounge!

As it is tradition, the newest member has the task to clean it.

 

[Orodruin]

Welcome to the Sagan Lounge!

As it is tradition, the newest member has the task to clean it.

It wasn't enough that you made me clean out the mentor lounge's bubble pool four years ago? (That place is disgusting, what did you guys do in there?!)

 

[OCR]

...some questions can't be asked...

Here's another one, Bill... . .

That place is disgusting, what did you guys do in there?!

.

 

[Charles Link]

I see @Drakkith is quickly approaching 4000 "likes". (Now at 3997). Congratulations! I don't think there is any trophy points at 4000, but just 1000 more, and you will get some more trophy points. Perhaps that will then put you back in the top slot again. The Sagan Award (5000 "likes") is worth 65 points, so you would then be 15 points ahead of the current leader @Orodruin .

 

[jedishrfu]

We can always review @Drakkith posts and give him a little boost on his way.

 

[Charles Link]

We can always review @Drakkith posts and give him a little boost on his way.

It wasn't even that long ago that @Drakkith was racing @phinds to 2500 and 3000 "likes". See above page 6, post 101,(11-3-17), and page 3, post 59, (5-23-17). $\\$ Meanwhile I see on page 3 that @berkeman got 50,000 messages at page 4, post 68. That occurred August 27, 2018. It may be of some interest that I recognize that date =August 27 as the day Krakatoa exploded in 1883. One hundred and thirty-five years later... Probably though, you can take any given date, and in general there will be one or two or more significant things that happened on that day.
Berkeman is nearly 10,000 messages ahead of second place @Doc Al , 12,500+ ahead of 3rd place @HallsofIvy,
and nearly 20, 000 ahead of 4th place @ZapperZ.
At just over 4,000 messages, I have much catching up to do.

 

[jedishrfu]

Sadly, @HallsofIvy no longer contributes here. He left for another math site some time ago.

 

[jedishrfu]

I always like to look at the likes to messages ratio of an indicator of quality posts kind of like a batting average so that the number of likes or posts doesn’t matter so much.

 

[Charles Link]

I always like to look at the likes to messages ratio of an indicator of quality posts kind of like a batting average so that the number of likes or posts doesn’t matter so much.

@fresh_42 is clearly one of the leaders in that department.

 

[jedishrfu]

I gave you a bump so you need fewer likes now.

 

[jedishrfu]

@fresh_42 is clearly one of the leaders in that department.

Yes, this is so true. I’m the dumbest math mentor both @fresh_42 and @Mark44 run rings around me so I have to regroup on the field of abstract algebra so my sentence will be commmuted. :-)

 

[Drakkith]

Yes, this is so true. I’m the dumbest math mentor both @fresh_42 and @Mark44 run rings around me so I have to regroup on the field of abstract algebra so my sentence will be commmuted. :-)

Just have your sentences take the tram if you want them to commute.

 

[Orodruin]

Perhaps that will then put you back in the top slot again. The Sagan Award (5000 "likes") is worth 65 points, so you would then be 15 points ahead of the current leader @Orodruin .

He would have to be very fast for that to occur...

Based on post frequency I suspect I will reach the Einstein award before that happens ... In about three months ...

That was six weeks ago.

 

[mfb]

With half his post count berkeman would still be in the top 10 (at rank 9, just 20 posts behind Dale).

I always like to look at the likes to messages ratio of an indicator of quality posts kind of like a batting average so that the number of likes or posts doesn’t matter so much.

Posts in the lounge don't increase the post counter but likes there do increase its counter. We have users with thousands of actual posts, hundreds of likes - and a post counter below 100. On the other hand we also have users who made thousands of posts before the like system was introduced, they naturally have a lower rate of likes.
And then there is the difference between funny posts and high quality science posts...

 

[Orodruin]

For example, @mfb just got an increase in likes without increasing post count from this thread. A very direct example ...

 

[phinds]

Berkeman is nearly 10,000 messages ahead of second place @Doc Al , 12,500+ ahead of 3rd place @HallsofIvy,
and nearly 20, 000 ahead of 4th place @ZapperZ.

Yeah, but it's not a fair comparison. All the other folks just log on from their phone or computer from time to time. @berkeman actually lives here. He rarely sleeps and when he does, Greg let's him use a cot in the back room. I'm not sure what Greg has on him but it must be good.

 

[jedishrfu]

And here I thought @berkeman was the real bot.

 

[Charles Link]

@fresh_42 is about to pass up @Greg Bernhardt for the #2 spot in most likes with @mfb still far in front of both of them. Congratulations to all 3 of you !

 

[Charles Link]

Yeah, but it's not a fair comparison. All the other folks just log on from their phone or computer from time to time. @berkeman actually lives here. He rarely sleeps and when he does, Greg let's him use a cot in the back room. I'm not sure what Greg has on him but it must be good.

@phinds I thought @berkeman is a paramedic in California. You must be joking, or Berkeman has figured out how to be in two places or more at the same time. LOL If I'm not mistaken, @Greg Bernhardt works out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 

[phinds]

You must be joking

Ya think ?

 

[jedishrfu]

@berkeman actually uses a telepresence robot that actively helps @Greg Bernhardt with the recent transition to a new PF.

I on the other hand am a true audioanthropomorphic computing machine using the latest quantum technology.

 

[mfb]

@fresh_42 is about to pass up @Greg Bernhardt for the #2 spot in most likes

Now he is 24 ahead.

Meanwhile @davenn is close to 5000 (31 to go) and the top 20 ends at over 3500 now.

 

[fresh_42]

Now he is 24 ahead.

However, I'm going to ruin my posts to likes ratio in the weeks ahead.

 

[phinds]

However, I'm going to ruin my posts to likes ratio in the weeks ahead.

So, are you planning on starting a bunch of unlikeable threads?

 

[fresh_42]

So, are you planning on starting a bunch of unlikeable threads?

Let's start small: unlikable posts!

 

[Orodruin]

25 free points. Thank you very much!

 

[mfb]

Huh, interesting trophy. If Greg wouldn't have moved the Godfather to 10 years I would have exactly 1000 points now.

 

[Orodruin]

Huh, interesting trophy. If Greg wouldn't have moved the Godfather to 10 years I would have exactly 1000 points now.

This got me wondering how you could have such a nice round number so I had to check. You are missing one point for Happy Birthday!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

25 free points. Thank you very much!

You and @mfb have a few left to post before the ultimate Insights trophy!

 

[Orodruin]

You and @mfb have a few left to post before the ultimate Insights trophy!

Sounds like a challenge, it does, hmmmm.

 

[fresh_42]

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25 free points. Thank you very much!

Lucky you!
I had the same award which put me on 856 or was it 758? I could have sworn it was the 800 mark, since otherwise I wouldn't have remembered.

Then I received

which downgraded me on 783.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

which downgraded me on 783.

Working on user trophies
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/improving-and-standardizing-user-trophies.970798/

 

[Charles Link]

Hi @Greg Bernhardt
Looks like the arithmetic went haywire. You should take a snapshot of the current standings=Most Points, just for the fun of it=I think it is incorrect...

 

[Orodruin]

Hi @Greg Bernhardt
Looks like the arithmetic went haywire. You should take a snapshot of the current standings=Most Points, just for the fun of it=I think it is incorrect...

The 1k club has currently been seriously decimated ...

 

[Charles Link]

The 1k club has currently been seriously decimated ...

Looks like things are getting tallied up again, and the tallies are still not complete. I do think @Drakkith will place higher up once the tallies are completed. He was in the number 2 spot, and now he is down at number 8.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

A big factor is that the "First Responder" trophies were removed because that was custom work that didn't transfer over.

 

[DrClaude]

A big factor is that the "First Responder" trophies were removed because that was custom work that didn't transfer over.

I was killing it with all the workshop threads

 

[mfb]

Log out and log in again, that helps updating the trophies.

A big factor is that the "First Responder" trophies were removed because that was custom work that didn't transfer over.

:(
Would have been interesting with the workshop threads. I was thinking about suggesting a counter but it looks like we lost that.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Would have been interesting with the workshop threads. I was thinking about suggesting a counter but it looks like we lost that.

I'll be manually handing out Workshop Trophies and already have given out the first round.

 

[fresh_42]

I'll be manually handing out Workshop Trophies and already have given out the first round.

You make me feel guilty. I wanted to be further than I am, but it is such a mess, esp. if you cannot ask for details.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

You make me feel guilty. I wanted to be further than I am, but it is such a mess, esp. if you cannot ask for details.

Our pace is awesome, it's a marathon. I have a few more levels of workshop trophies, don't worry

 

[Orodruin]

How is the order determined when there is a tie?

Also, where is the award for being inducted into the Hall of Legends?

 

[fresh_42]

How is the order determined when there is a tie?

For physicists: the one will be listed first who solved the DM riddle.
For mathematicians: the one will be lísted first who solved the ERH riddle.

Also, where is the award for being inducted into the Hall of Legends?

You get a star on the Laniakea Boulevard!

 

[Charles Link]

@fresh_42 I had to google these above: DM is dark matter, ERH refers to the Extended Riemann Hypothesis, and Laniakea is the supercluster that contains the Milky Way.

 

[DrGreg]

For physicists: the one will be listed first who solved the DM riddle.
For mathematicians: the one will be lísted first who solved the ERH riddle.

For quantum theorists, it can be decided later.

 

[mfb]

Also, where is the award for being inducted into the Hall of Legends?

Here in principle, but it looks like it needs to be updated.