Analytical review of entries on my friends list this month

[philmophlegm]

Good job news (like job, have new job etc): 5 posts, average 10 comments
Bad job news (hate job, didn't get new job etc): 3 posts, average 12 comments
Neutral job news or observations: 8 posts, average 17 comments
Poster is obviously cleverer than most people: 5 posts, average 10 comments
Relative or friend is ill: 7 posts, average 9 comments
Poster is ill: 8 posts*, average 16 comments
Poster is sad or pathetic for non-medical reasons: 5 posts, average 6 comments
TV or film reviews: 5 posts, average 6 comments
Literary reviews: 8 posts, average 3 comments
Other reviews (art, music etc): 4 posts, average 4 comments
Poster has done something interesting or worthy: 7 posts, average 3 comments
Whingeing about transport: 2 posts, average 6 comments
Political discussion: 3 posts, average 3 comments
Society stuff (TolkSoc, DocSoc etc): 8 posts, average 4 comments
Parties and other gatherings: 11 posts, average 6 comments
Parent stuff: 4 posts, average 6 comments
Gardening / home improvements: 2 posts, average 7 comments
Poetry: 2 posts, average 8 comments
IT issues: 3 posts, average 3 comments
Sundry oddities and comedy: 3 posts, average 4 comments
Sundry whingeing: 2 posts, average 13 comments



What does this prove? I dunno.




* I'll remember this the next time someone suggests that my lifestyle and / or diet is unhealthy.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It proves that your categorisation system is very odd.

[skordh.livejournal.com]

It proves that you have too much time on your hands!

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

It really didn't take very much time. And at the moment, I have far from too much time on my hands.

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you have more people on your FList than just Wellinghall (& Bunn obviously with the gardening quota)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

You're very cruel. Bad marquis!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Oy, I resent that! When have I ever made a "good job news" posting? ;-)

[wryelle.livejournal.com]

I like those categories. But does parent stuff mean stuff regarding aging parents, or stuff regarding ones own kids? You need a kids category.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

No it was stuff along the lines of "my child is cute" / "my child is not as cute as I want it to be" etc.


Babies, schmabies...

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

So the best way to get comments is to make a neutral job observation. Okay... *rushes over to own LJ to test theory*

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Well...

The average comments figure is a strict arithmetic mean, and in that case is distorted by one very large thread (of yours as it happens). Take out that one, and the average drops significantly.

The best way to get comments seems to be to be ill and / or pathetic.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

*coughs*

*groans*

*waits expectantly*

[nilsigma.livejournal.com]

Lists - 0 comments - sorry - 1 comment

[nilsigma.livejournal.com]

Can't count :(

[tovaglia.livejournal.com]

I like that. Please could you devise a philmophlegm classification system for the comments as well?

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

That might take a while. I have two jobs. I reckon someone with fewer than that number should volunteer.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Agreeing
Disagreeing
Back-slapping
Hugs
Requesting explanation of bizarre post
Going off on a bizarre tangent (possibly involving squirrels)
Suggesting follow-up activities (see Tovaglia, above)
Offering account of own similar experience
Spam
Offering up own opinion of issue under debate

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

You forgot "troll"

[kargicq.livejournal.com]

Heh. I assume that posts can be in more than one category? (Most of mine are Good job news/Parent stuff.)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, when confronted with a post that covered more than one category, what I did was go with the primary category and ignore the secondary.