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I remember Reggie Jackson saying , when he was told he was hitting .286 , some 2,000 hits in 7,000 at bats: " I've gone 0 for 5,000" .phinds said:Numerology: I hit 13,000 posts and 3,000 likes on the same day. The difference is 10,000. It's space aliens I tell you !
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I think they didn't start counting "likes" until about 2009. Perhaps someone can put a more exact date on that.WWGD said:Kind of unusual that a former staff member, Hurkyl, had some 13 likes with 14K + posts .
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WWGD said:Kind of unusual that a former staff member, Hurkyl, had some 13 likes with 14K + posts .
At the time Hurkyl made his posts, Physics Forums did not have a "Like" option; similarly for many of the posts by the "oldtimers".
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You just made 3000 !Dale said:Oh, I didn’t know that. Cool!
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Hahaha! That was your like that put me over the top. Many thanksCharles Link said:You just made 3000 !
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A google shows Albert Pujols just got hit #3000 on May 5, 2018.WWGD said:You and Albert Pujols. So close! Conspiracy? I think not!
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They did a comedy on Mr 3000 where his points were recounted and he had break retirement to come and get those points.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._3000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._3000
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There is a somewhat-similar story minus the 3,000 hits about Julio Franco https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francju01.shtml who was , at least in 2015 , playing Baseball in Japan , at 57 .jedishrfu said:They did a comedy on Mr 3000 where his points were recounted and he had break retirement to come and get those points.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._3000
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And that's where Pujols' performance started fizzling... :).https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pujolal01.shtml . :)mfb said:One spot left before the member list doesn't keep track of it any more.
The "like" function started counting somewhere in 2012 or 2013, back then it was called "thanks".
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It looks like the Presidents Lounge (members who have 3000+ "likes"), will soon have 3 more members. @jedishrfu , @ZapperZ , and @sophiecentaur all have 2900+ "likes". These three have all been and are very important PF members who have made many, many valuable inputs. Congratulations to them. After these three, if my observations are correct, we don't have anyone else near 3000 "likes", but we do have a handful in the 2300-2500 group.
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Still no trophy beyond 3000 :(.
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Now there is!mfb said:Still no trophy beyond 3000 :(.
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I think the new trophy should have been placed at 4400 likes ... 

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But then you wouldn't have anything to look forward to!
:)Greg Bernhardt said:Now there is!![]()
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Let me quote Queen:
That being said. It is most likely my next trophy ...
That being said. It is most likely my next trophy ...
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There should be a trophy at 1,146. Just sayin'...
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Congratulations!
The lounge is now full!
The lounge is now full!
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@jedishrfu now has 3000+ "likes. Congratulations! The "most likes" page is full, but hopefully there is still room in the President's Lounge for one more.mfb said:Congratulations!
The lounge is now full!
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Greg opened the Sagan lounge (trophy list). @fresh_42 is close to it (4958, needs 5000).
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I see @fresh_42 is currently just 3 short of 5000. And he has done it in less than 3 years. After 7 or 8 years, with any luck, I just might make it to the first (3000) lounge.mfb said:Greg opened the Sagan lounge (trophy list). @fresh_42 is close to it (4958, needs 5000).
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