Thanks, Thanked, Laughs & Laughs at

[Bini]

So what is what? What's the difference between Thanks and Thanked, and Laughs and Laughs at? I just want to make sure I'm understanding my stats correctly..

[Eowyn]

Thanks and laughs are the ones you give by clicking on the buttons, the others are the ones you get by your buttons getting clicked. I think.

Though it occurs to me that I get absolutely no points for my kids pushing my buttons.

[pam]

Eowyn is correct. Thanks and Laughs are the ones you give. Thanked and Laughs at are the ones others give you.

[skippy740]

Then you can activate the overly-analytical part of your brain when you start to wonder your "averages" and "ratios" of how much people like what you post!

Let's look at my stats:

Laughs:
- Posters laugh 401 times out of 169 posts. When I post something "funny", 2.37 posters also find it funny. But apparently I'm not all that "funny" because I'm only "funny" with 169 posts out of a total of 2,481 posts... or about 6% of the time.

So, when I'm funny, it's pretty good... I'm just not that funny all the time!

Thanked:
- Posters thank me 1414 times out of 790 posts. When I post something 'good', I get 1.78 posters who also find it 'good'. With 790 posts out of a total of 2,481... I guess I'm not funny, but I contribute well overall. I average about 31% of my posts are "thanked"... so not too bad.

Now the REAL question will be this: Will I be "laughed at" in this post... or "thanked"?

[pam]

I can't even do that. I started 6 years before the option to thank and laugh came to the site.

[skippy740]

So you would first take your total posts and divide it by the number of years you've been on the site. Then subtract 6-years worth of posts to get your "net graded posts".

Then do your own analysis.

39,903 / 9 years = 4,433/year x 6 = 26,602 posts.

39,903 - 26,602 = 13,301 net graded posts.

(Although I bet you have been posting a lot more lately than you did in the early years...)

[applepansy]

Math...... now I'm totally confuzzled.

[applepansy]

Originally Posted by Eowyn

Though it occurs to me that I get absolutely no points for my kids pushing my buttons.

[Bini]

Ahhh ha! Okay, got it! Thanks.

[Bini]

Well, I guess I'm not as "funny" or "thankful" as I should be!