Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumSo, I was bored…and made an analysis of an apparent "obsession"?
So, here I was, bored with the poor quality of discussion "over there" with my laptop out with both DU up on firefox and MSExcel running.
And out of curiosity, I decided that I wanted to play with the nifty set of data that is the post listing in the religion forum.
So, I copied all 30 pages of Post titles dates, count of replies, count of views, rec counts, authors etc as text into a spread sheet.
(the dates didnt copy over very well, which is fine, I wasnt going to go as far as calculate posting rates)
Like I said, I was bored, just not that bored.
And by just doing some simple sorting and count ifs I got the following out of my list of approximately 2390 topic titles.
The number of posts by the top 10 ranked authors, by count of original posts (between1/30/2015 11:00 pm and April 11,2014 5:58 pm) is:
1) 721 or ~30.2% of all posts
2) 582 or ~24.4% of all posts
3) 116 or ~4.9% of all posts
4) 81 or ~3.4% of all posts
5) 76 or ~3.2% of all posts
6) 67 or ~2.8% of all posts
7) 49 or ~1.8% of all posts
8) 42 or ~1.8% of all posts
9) 31 or ~1.3% of all posts
10a) 30 or ~1.3% of all posts
10b) 30 or ~1.3% of all posts
Curiously, when you make a count of the words used in the Titles of the posts by the most prolific author, you get the following top 10 words (or word groups), ranked as follows:
1) Religious/Religion/Religiously: 322
2) Atheism/Atheist/Atheists: 272
3) Group(s): 32
4) New: 31
5) School(s): 30
6) Lead(s)/Leader: 28
7) Christian/Christians/Christianity: 26
8) Say(s): 25
9) Freedom(s): 25
10) Belief/Beliefs/Believer/Believers: 22
("Richard" and "Dawkins" both squeaked under at ~19 each. "Jesus" showed up 3 times {kept messing his que, just kidding})
So, anywho...
This ranked list excludes a at 101, an at 54, and at 85, are at 27, as at 22, for at 93,in at 128, is at 45, of at 151, the at 214, and to at 156.
And, if you count the number of times religi appears in all topic titles for all authors, you get 709 and the number of times athei appears is 426.
So, the top ranked author posts ~45% of all topics with religi in the title and ~64% of all topics with athei in the title.
Given that the top ranked author is banned from this forum, it makes you wonder about the concept commonly referred to as Obsession.
Ok, now it is time to...
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Just looking at numbers, nothing anyone should get upset about.
LostOne4Ever
(9,603 posts)NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)...since I have fewer that 700 total posts in the last ten years, and the top ranked author from above has over 700 OPs in the last ~10 months (in only one forum), humbled is not the word I would choose.
I might even just turn away and shake my head in disbelief after the inevitable jaw drop...
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I do the strangest things with statistics as well. I am glad to see this, since it reinforces my own observations. I have also realized the obsession, but having the proof in data is reassuring....if not surprising.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)past 30 days.
NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)...three (3) times in the title of a post since April 2014.
As searched by the word combination "militan"...
The oldest posting that included "Militant" was from July 2014 and by an author not Ranked in the Top 10 from above.
The 2nd oldest posting that included "Militant" was from September 2014 and by the author Ranked #2 from above.
The youngest posting that included "Militant" was from December 2014 and by the author Ranked #3 from above.
Let me know if there is a posting I missed, so that I can validate my search/sorting process.
Thanks
NG
JDDavis
(725 posts)versus actually working for a living.
People who are plagued by that disease really need medical and psychiatric help in order to return to normal lives.
No, I'm not talking about the person that started this thread.
Just saying.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)What! and leave the pulpit??????
"Over there" is 3 posters personal pulpit. And I bet I know who # 1 is. That poster loves the "get the last word in" game too.
JDDavis
(725 posts)for some.
Just saying.
And don't forget Stalin and all the other horrible people that once ruled a part of this planet. THEY were proven atheists... just saying. So there! Checkmate, atheists!!!
When one has nothing to say, getting in the last word is obviously giving that person some sort of momentary tingle down their leg.
onager
(9,356 posts)With apologies to Depeche Mode.
Anyway, you CAN have your own personal Stalin! He's now a 1/6 scale action figure, yours for $100 bucks or so. He even comes with accessories like a pipe to smoke. And different outfits - May Day Parade, Glorious Military Leader, etc. etc. Not sure if there's a "Hunter of Trotskyites" or "Starver of Ukrainians" outfit, but maybe...
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)I started work on a similar effort about 2 months ago, but I got pissed off and dropped it.
Incidentally, it was about the same poster.
NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)... because nothing says "I've Done My Homework", like a Table and Graph...
Zee Table...
and, Zee Graph...
Note: The #1 and #2 Ranked authors plot to the far right (on the graph)....
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)mr blur
(7,753 posts)cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)So there's that.
Response to cleanhippie (Reply #13)
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Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)And I would love to see the inevitable jury results when they are in.
edhopper
(35,000 posts)in the religion forum in the last 90 days. About 25% of my posts. so I am sure I am in that list somewhere.
The top ranked author has 865, making up 62%
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)fascinating data points.
NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)...this?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/123049616
If not, do you have something specific in mind?
If it is relatively easy/straightforward I'd be happy to do a little more sorting.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Thank you very much, you contribute so much here, we'd be lost without you.
NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)..just going with my strengths.
Not sure about "lost".
I like to quantify where and when I can and to be a yeoman in A&A.
Since I tend to leave the heavy debating and toe-to-toe exchanges to others, not my strong suit.
Either way, glad you enjoyed the analysis.
NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)...need to dust this off...and append.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Kinda a spring cleaning, hang the rugs on the clothes line and beat the dust out of em.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)I remember the good old days of the Struggling Carpet Band... How happy they were.
lindysalsagal
(22,409 posts)So, basically, there is one person who lives there, and really hates atheists. Gottit.
Not too insecure...........