From: Dr Balwinder S Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@...>
Date: 2005-05-09T11:44:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days)

On 05/09/2005 06:39 AM, Jim Freeze wrote:
> * Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd.SANSPAM@cto.homelinux.net> [2005-05-09 09:44:22 +0900]:
> 
> 
>>Stats comp.lang.ruby (last 7 days)
>>Top 10 posters for the period:
>>
>>rank posts kbytes  name <address>
>>   1    50  132.3  Ara.T.Howard <Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov>
>>   2    50  102.7  Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com>
>>   3    34   80.2  David A. Black <dblack@wobblini.net>
>>   4    29   82.6  Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com>
>>   5    27   65.7  Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net>
>>   6    27   53.1  Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com>
>>   7    21   49.9  James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net>
>>   8    20   36.1  James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com>
>>   9    19   46.5  Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com>
>>  10    18   46.4  Mark Hubbart <discordantus@gmail.com>
>>     ----- ------
>>       295  695.3  Total for top 10
> 
> 
> When this was first published, I thought, wow this is cool.
> But, since then I have been reading a book called Freakonomics.
> And now, well, I wonder if this email provides an incentive
> (that did not previously exist) for those seeking public
> recognition, to post 'junk' so their name appears near the
> top of the stats.

Yes, agreed.

> Anyway, just wondering...

I OTOH think optimistically, these stats will also provide us an 
informations to locate and avoid such trolls.

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