What's the most interesting thread?

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8th May 2009, 02:11 PM
Grumpy John

What's the most interesting thread?

This is just a test to see if this is a viable option to the current arrangement for the Free Draws (see here ).

Please vote for the thread you think is the most interesting and contributes in a positive way to the forum in general.

Remember this is just a test and no one's gunna win anything :D.

https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=90343

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=95498

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=94568

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=83664

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=95616

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=94155
8th May 2009, 02:37 PM
Manuka Jock

I voted Calm's - Stubby gloat .
Not because it was about woodturning ... but because I can ask this question

Can a Stuby do this ?

:D
8th May 2009, 02:57 PM
Calm

How is Cliff going to vote with no Rats Ring option - you know by now that every poll needs a rats ring option.:D:rolleyes::oo:

Cheers
8th May 2009, 03:02 PM
Howdya do that

I'm with the Rats ring group.
8th May 2009, 03:15 PM
Grumpy John

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calm

How is Cliff going to vote with no Rats Ring option - you know by now that every poll needs a rats ring option.:D:rolleyes::oo:

Cheers

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howdya do that

I'm with the Rats ring group.

Just don't vote, I don't care :D.
8th May 2009, 06:18 PM
Vernonv

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howdya do that

I'm with the Rats ring group.

Me too.
8th May 2009, 06:57 PM
tea lady

What about my "balckwood's overrated" thread? I think It really contributed a lot. :cool: Even got referred to in other threads. :q Generated lots of debate.:rolleyes:

:D
8th May 2009, 09:11 PM
Skew ChiDAMN!!

Too much "mandatory reading" to be a worthwhile polling method... can I just click one at random? :D:p
8th May 2009, 11:20 PM
Waldo

Can I vote for the Friday Drivel thread? It contribution to this Forum goes beyond measure.

If I can't vote for it, I'll go with the Rat and vote for the rats ring. :D
9th May 2009, 02:56 AM
Calm

Quote:

Originally Posted by tea lady

What about my "balckwood's overrated" thread? I think It really contributed a lot. :cool: Even got referred to in other threads. :q Generated lots of debate.:rolleyes:

:D

He said most interesting and contributing - not shyte stirring and controversial:p:p:D:no::q:U:o
9th May 2009, 09:55 AM
echnidna

Aren't you chasing your tail trying to identify the most popular thread.

The most popular thread in a month will have the most new posts per month.
Doesn't forum software statistics show each threads number of new posts each month?
Even the server software should show those statistics
9th May 2009, 10:05 AM
Manuka Jock

Quote:

Originally Posted by echnidna

Aren't you chasing your tail trying to identify the most popular thread.

The most popular thread in a month will have the most new posts per month.
Doesn't forum software statistics show each threads number of new posts each month?
Even the server software should show those statistics

Statistics will not prove what is 'popular' .

I follow some threads because they interest me , but I do not post in them every time I have a look
Some I look at to see what they are about , but do not post in at all.

machines cannot gauge sentiment
9th May 2009, 10:44 AM
Wood Borer

I didn't vote for any of them because most threads are of interest at different times to me and the intensity of interest changes during the life of the thread.

Some start out a bit ordinary and develop into a fantastic thread whereas others start out with a bang and end in a fizzle with most between these extremes.

Many people on the board have their own area of interests and probably don't look at threads outside their interests. For example, I rarely look at dizzy threads and their little brother pen turning threads.

No doubt people with an interest in these forms of woodwork find many of these threads of utmost interest. Others like myself might find darksider threads or cabinet type threads of utmost interest.

How could you determine the most popular thread? A simple but less reliable method might be compare the number of those reading or contributing a particular thread.

For example: If 90% of darksiders on the board thought that a thread about a plane was fantastic and 30 darksiders voted for that thread, is that more popular than a turning thread where only 40% of turners on the board thought it was fantastic however the 40% of turners might equate to 400 board members?

I don't think you can determine the most popular thread.
9th May 2009, 12:44 PM
Grumpy John

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

Statistics will not prove what is 'popular' .

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

How could you determine the most popular thread? A simple but less reliable method might be compare the number of those reading or contributing a particular thread.

................

I don't think you can determine the most popular thread.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

..........
Please vote for the thread you think is the most interesting and contributes in a positive way to the forum in general. (I'm not shouting, just highlighting :) )
...........

Not looking for popularity, a thread doesn't have to be popular to contribute in a meaningful way.This is not a real poll, just a test to gauge response to alternatives to the free prize draw system. Please read the first post and follow the links if you're unsure of what this thread is about.

BTW, the only way there would be a rats ring option is it the thread was called Rats Ring :D:D:D
9th May 2009, 02:46 PM
Waldo

I don't see what's wrong with the current system, except I haven't won anything :U . And if it ain't broke why bust a gut at other alternatives. What Woodborer wrote a while back about personal interests etc. is very good point. :shrug:
9th May 2009, 04:43 PM
rsser

Sounds like a useful way to reward peeps for quality posts and it might help lift the standard of information exchange.

And can we have the wooden spoon award for posts about my sick dawg and the like?
9th May 2009, 08:11 PM
Skew ChiDAMN!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wood Borer

How could you determine the most popular thread? A simple but less reliable method might be compare the number of those reading or contributing a particular thread.

By my standards, it's be a thread which I'm not particularly interested in but keep tripping over every time I turn around...

Pen turning, anybody? They're everywhere! :innocent:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

BTW, the only way there would be a rats ring option is it the thread was called Rats Ring :D:D:D

Oh... I dunno. Pretty hard to read this thread without tripping over Rat's Rings. :rolleyes:
9th May 2009, 08:16 PM
tea lady

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calm

He said most interesting and contributing - not shyte stirring and controversial:p:p

:C:D

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsser

And can we have the wooden spoon award for posts about my sick dawg and the like?

or maybe shyte stirring? :stirthepot:

:D

I don't know about voting for posts. :think: O like the random nature of the draws up till now. Except for the fact that I never won anything.:doh:
9th May 2009, 11:05 PM
Wood Borer

I too have never won anything but then again I'm not registered. Not through laziness, it's just that I don't really care for winning a prize.

My luck it would be pen blank:doh:

So I won't be modifying my style or quantity of contributions in order to win a prize.:wink:
11th May 2009, 09:55 AM
Cliff Rogers

Rat's
11th May 2009, 10:57 AM
echnidna

I won a flap sander which I'm very happy with, It was a top bonus for being a member here.
But just like woodborer and most others I don't really come here to win prizes.
So I won't bother entering every few months.