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JoeLewis
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What percentage of you total posts count are “discussions” (i.e. threads you’ve started)? Mine is 14.5%
US and British coin collector, and creator of The Ultimate Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz Pizza Place Token & Ticket Guide
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7.9%
189 discussions, or about 8.8%.
I'd bet 160 of those discussions are on BST! Ha!
2.19% for me.
If you want to see really high percentages, you should wait until certain folks who post PMD or simply write the date and series of a coin for their title. That pool of folks have enormous percentages of discussions started.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
0.4% (18/4225)
Prior to this post, ~5.5% (254/4652)
Wow. I’m the highest so far. I saw someone’s today that was about 50% though.
US and British coin collector, and creator of The Ultimate Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz Pizza Place Token & Ticket Guide
I wonder how many of those 50% discussions are truly useful? Here are my numbers: 166/3,131 = 5.3% (and 8.5k points for those 3,131 posts).
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
338/6447
220/27700
0.8%
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
22/342(6.4%)
83/2019 = 4.11%
Coin Photography
49/584 - 11.9%
Successful BST transactions with....Coinslave87, ChrisH821, Walkerguy21D, SanctionII.......................Received "You Suck" award 02/18/23
.002%.... Not many started, I read and learn.... Cheers, RickO
discussions = 5.969925937009052143338071369791 %
comments = 94.030074062990947856661928630209 %
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
3.1%
Mr_Spud
622 out of 32,319 posts , which comes to 2%,
1.37% for me.
Donato
Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set
Successful transactions: Shrub68 (Jim), MWallace (Mike)
90/5845 - 1.54%
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
If you count this post ... 4.508%
Certainly I read, comment and participate in other threads much more than initiating them. As it should be, I think.
I love this place!
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and there are too many variables to consider to make a clear cut judgement. The BST certainly can skew things here.
I’ve noticed that I contribute to other people’s discussions a lot less because most often someone has already said what I would have said. I really enjoy reading and learning most of the time.
It seems that a higher % here might be looked upon as a negative, but like I said, there are a lot of reasons a % could be high. I would imagine that the higher the overall post count, the lower this percentage goes.
Having said all that, we all know of people who create a ton of threads, and only contribute comments to their own threads. That does seem rather selfish.
US and British coin collector, and creator of The Ultimate Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz Pizza Place Token & Ticket Guide
@JoeLewis
Yours doesn't seem high. Someone made a comment about 50%. THAT seems high, but it all depends. You're correct, the BST made my percentage higher than it might have been otherwise.
I don't look at it a high number as a negative either. I'll bet we can find some that have high percentages, but also high participation in those threads and great topics.
Like you, sometimes I don't comment. I feel that the like and agree can help me contribute as well, which don't affect these numbers.
Neat thread and interesting responses.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
2.97%………178 of 5991
- Bob -
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
Central Valley Roosevelts
.06% (I thought it would be higher).
Like RickO I learn an awful lot from reading and watching.
bob
39/1288 = 3%
Founder- Peak Rarities
Website
Instagram
Facebook
5%
16/447 = 3.6%
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
A lot higher than I'd have guessed; 1.99%.
Actually it is. 🙂
We must be calculating this differently. I get 5.4% for you. I'm just dividing "discussions" by total posts.
It's hard to believe I've posted 555 threads. I am a little windy I guess.
13/420 (421 now) so about 3.1%. I've slowed down since I've learned how things roll around here.
Misplaced a digit or two....must be 6% rounded! lol
bob
4.3% for me. 22 started, 947 total posts
2.9%
Collector, occasional seller
Just under 1.5%
I actually didn’t think I’d started 22 discussions.
I did the same thing then edited it. Getting old and slow.
That's the only reason I noticed
1.8% (rounded up)
I'm at 14%. I'm building my knowledge, but far more often than not, I'm out of my depth and don't have anything meaningful to contribute.
How does one obtain the % ?
Inquiring minds want to know.
If you look in the upper right corner under "Quick Links", or under your user profile, it shows the number of "My Discussions", you can then calculate vs. your number of comments/posts for the percentage.
TY. Got it.
67/826 = 8.1%
Now I wonder how many I finished?
4.1462234814456%
600/14,471 Prior to this post.
Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.