What a cool thing. I get to pretend I have friends for a short while.
Do me do me please! I guess mine is Rosewater, or maybe Hairy. Perhaps McGoose.
I'd bet Goose's is LFC and vice versa
for theymos - quickseller?
Topic: Who's your forum bestie? Make a guess and I'll prove you wrong. Probably. - page 5. (Read 1565 times)
April 25, 2019, 01:55:49 PM
April 25, 2019, 01:48:02 PM
I'm not here to ruin the fun or something but just my two cents I think that you'll identify your true "forum bestie" more accurately when the one you quoted most has also replied or quoted your post back, since I really don't see how he will be your friend for just quoting his/her posts without him even replying you back. Friends somehow need to have a proper communication (replying to one another) so maybe instead of number of quotes identifying your bestfriend he/she must be determined on the highest quote-to-reply back ratios in order to know if he is really your bestfriend.
Unfortunately it gets very very complicated to count when anyone else might have quoted you - 50 million posts, give or take a few million deleted ones - so the best we can do is compare your list to the lists of your top quotees (yep, made up a new word) if they request them and draw conclusions from that.
So... wanna make a guess?
At the risk of making it sound really ...really dirty.... your 5th BFF is suchmoon? Never thought you guys get along that well...
You should see me trying to say goodbyes to the bathroom mirror in the morning...
Leaving that aside and looking at the top two in your list I would place my own bet on digitalindustry, probably I've quoted that guy at least 100 times in the quark shilling thread.
Added.
I'll be making a little tweak - when a post is split-quoted (like I just did above) I'll count it only once. Seems to make more sense.
April 25, 2019, 01:37:28 PM
So who's that forum user you can't live without, the one you just can't stop chatting with, all through the night?
# Friend Quotes %
5. suchmoon 177 1.11
# Friend Quotes %
5. suchmoon 177 1.11
At the risk of making it sound really ...really dirty.... your 5th BFF is suchmoon? Never thought you guys get along that well...
Leaving that aside and looking at the top two in your list I would place my own bet on digitalindustry, probably I've quoted that guy at least 100 times in the quark shilling thread.
April 25, 2019, 01:28:00 PM
I'm not here to ruin the fun or something but just my two cents I think that you'll identify your true "forum bestie" more accurately when the one you quoted most has also replied or quoted your post back, since I really don't see how he will be your friend for just quoting his/her posts without him even replying you back. Friends somehow need to have a proper communication (replying to one another) so maybe instead of number of quotes identifying your bestfriend he/she must be determined on the highest quote-to-reply back ratios in order to know if he is really your bestfriend.
April 25, 2019, 12:11:28 PM
I'm going to pre-emptively state that quoting someone a lot does not (necessarily) mean that I can't live without them or that I would spend the night with them.
Backpedaling that shiny bicycle you're renting out to LoyceV?
Nah, I think that's exactly what excessive quoting means... or you're stalking them perhaps. CH accused me of that a few times.
April 25, 2019, 12:03:03 PM
I'm counting how many times you quoted someone.
Wait, how many time we quoted them. Oh, no. That's not good. I'm going to pre-emptively state that quoting someone a lot does not (necessarily) mean that I can't live without them I would like to Foxpup to be BFF, but she doesn't even know I exist. 
Huh, I don't, do I? I never noticed that before. Well, I do now. Just don't expect any 
EDIT: Just noticed new local rule. You just had to ruin a vixen's fun, didn't you, suchmoon?
April 25, 2019, 11:57:35 AM
even undomesticated animals.
Watch it, now. I resemble that remark.
Pfffttt... seen my avatar's teeth?
Also local rule:
Let's keep it clean and on the topic of friendship.
I don't want to spend my weekend mopping blood all over this thread.
Updated the OP with a full example.
April 25, 2019, 11:49:15 AM
even undomesticated animals.
Watch it, now. I resemble that remark.
April 25, 2019, 11:46:14 AM
I'm counting how many times you quoted someone.
I'm curious to know whom I've quoted the most, if I can play. I'll have to guess CH, but I really don't know.
I would like to Foxpup to be BFF, but she doesn't even know I exist.
Anybody can play, even undomesticated animals. Added to the queue.
April 25, 2019, 11:37:14 AM
I'm counting how many times you quoted someone.
I'm curious to know whom I've quoted the most, if I can play. I'll have to guess CH, but I really don't know.
I would like to Foxpup to be BFF, but she doesn't even know I exist.
April 25, 2019, 11:19:53 AM
I wonder how far this goes back. If it's recently, I guess it will need to be Quickseller. If it goes way back, I'm going to guess IGotSpots. I'm probably way off my guesses.
Added you as well. So we got 6 volunteers now and actmyname has figured out the basis for this calculation so I might as well disclose the details.
I'm counting how many times you quoted someone. Only valid (properly closed, pointing to a Bitcointalk post) quotes are counted, and only the first level (if you quote Alice and she quotes Bob - Bob's not your friend). Quotes of deleted posts get counted too but name changes don't, so if you're friends with TradeFortress - no one will ever know.
The person you quoted the most is obviously your best friend as I can't think of any other reason why you would insist on talking to someone so much
.This is hardly one of the things I can't decide. I guess I'm all alone here, I envy CH for having so many BFFs.
I guess you're trying to say pussinboots is your BFF. Added to the queue.
April 25, 2019, 11:16:47 AM
This is hardly one of the things I can't decide. I guess I'm all alone here, I envy CH for having so many BFFs.
Assuming: most quoted user?
If that's the case, I will leave the case 
April 25, 2019, 11:03:55 AM
I wonder how far this goes back. If it's recently, I guess it will need to be Quickseller. If it goes way back, I'm going to guess IGotSpots. I'm probably way off my guesses.
April 25, 2019, 10:54:11 AM
Ok curiosity has the best of me. Can we pick non active users?
If so, I pick Spoetnik.
If not, I pick Flying Hellfish.
If so, I pick Spoetnik.
If not, I pick Flying Hellfish.
You can pick anyone, Spoetnik it is, but I'll check FHF too.
Since one smartact figured it out already (not that there was much to figure out) I'll just say that the calculations will be done based on the timestamp of the OP so any new friends you make will not be included
The queue is currently:
LoyceV: theymos, Foxpup, satoshi, AI
Foxpup: The Pharmacist, cryptohunter, Spoetnik
actmyname: Thule
nutildah: Spoetnik, Flying Hellfish
April 25, 2019, 10:51:00 AM
If so, I pick Spoetnik.
Oh, I forgot about Spoetnik! She also had a thing for me back in the day. Add her to my list. 
April 25, 2019, 10:47:06 AM
Ok curiosity has the best of me. Can we pick non active users?
If so, I pick Spoetnik.
If not, I pick Flying Hellfish.
If so, I pick Spoetnik.
If not, I pick Flying Hellfish.
April 25, 2019, 10:46:46 AM
Assuming: most quoted user?
Shit, I don't even know... Thule?
Shit, I don't even know... Thule?
April 25, 2019, 10:45:16 AM
I assume it's the person who mentioned my name the most frequently, yes? The Pharmacist maybe? It would be cryptohunter, but he loves me so much that he always calls me by pet names. 
April 25, 2019, 10:44:30 AM
To prevent LoyceV from cheating
Lol I wouldn't know, I've sent sMerit most often to theymos, but he's a backstabber so that can't be the one. Foxpup sent most to me, but the Merit Cycling Club is too obvious. Satoshi has not sent me a message for more than 6 months, so he can't be my BFF either.
Can't you just matimatically show who my forum BFF is? Please let it be an AI
I added you to the queue. We'll see where theymos, Foxpup, satoshi, or AI rank among your friends.
The algorithm is not based on merits, I can tell you that much. There is a glaring hint in the OP.
April 25, 2019, 10:26:19 AM
To prevent LoyceV from cheating
Lol I wouldn't know, I've sent sMerit most often to theymos, but he's a backstabber so that can't be the one. Foxpup sent most to me, but the Merit Cycling Club is too obvious. Satoshi has not sent me a message for more than 6 months, so he can't be my BFF either.
Can't you just matimatically show who my forum BFF is? Please let it be an AI
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