Why does USMB have a "Top Monthly Reaction Score board"?

[toobfreak]

It's shady at best

That's what she said last night.

 

[Oddball]

 

[toobfreak]

top reaction monthly scoreboard ? where do you find it ? I've never seen that feature !

1. Click on FORUMS at the top of the page.
2. Scroll down to near the bottom right of page.

 

[Oddball]

Apparently, reactions count for something for someone. The top row are always lemmings, undoubtedly getting mass quantities of negative reactions. It would be better if it was broken up into most POSITIVE reactions and most NEGATIVE reactions, but Xenforo treats them equally. Also worth noting are the number of people who are never liked or hated enough to ever make in onto the list, period!

When we went by that system, a couple sniveling ***** shitlibs went crying to management.

 

[toobfreak]

It's pretty much meaningless, as it has been gamed for over a year by a little gaggle of shitlibs who've found a way to rig the scoreboard.

Worse than that, OB, the software is very bad at counting. My reaction score has been off by 20,000 for years. Apparently some glitch between software versions. So the numbers are approximate at best.

 

[rightwinger]

Another club of which I am excluded or not invited.

IM2 Mac1958 leading monthly.

rightwinger leading all time?

 

[toobfreak]

The more a person posts, the more reactions they tend to get. The very top posters post nothing but drivel,but posting a thousand times a week, and they get more feedback than the quality poster with fifty or a hundred.

I would only modify that to add that:

1. It is a lot easier to get negative likes then positive likes. Just saying incendiary nonsense in a comment can get you many negative reactions while getting positive reactions usually takes more time and thought saying something actually intelligent that others strike a chord with.
2. Apparently some like 'Rightwinger' are paid to post endless drivel here.

 

[JGalt]

Apparently, reactions count for something for someone. The top row are always lemmings, undoubtedly getting mass quantities of negative reactions. It would be better if it was broken up into most POSITIVE reactions and most NEGATIVE reactions, but Xenforo treats them equally. Also worth noting are the number of people who are never liked or hated enough to ever make in onto the list, period!

Exactly. Even "disagrees" and "laughs" count as a reaction, and a high reaction score doesn't necessarily mean someone is more popular. That would probably account for some of the members who are currently at the top of the reaction score.

I would also assume there's a correlation between the reaction score and the amount of money one donates to the board. Of course, this has nothing to do with the moderators giving preferential treatment to anyone. Those who donate money usually have more time on their hands and subsequently, spend more time posting.

But don't quote me on that. I'm just making an educated guess here.

 

[rightwinger]

Apparently some like 'Rightwinger' are paid to post endless drivel here.

$5 a post and $1000 for every poster I report to the Internet Police

 

[toobfreak]

When we went by that system, a couple sniveling ***** shitlibs went crying to management.

Of course, because it exposed them for what they were.

 

[MisterBeale]

Another club of which I am excluded or not invited.

That probably means you are doing it right.

Whenever I make that list, I lay off posting as much. It invariably is the first indicator that a member is spending too much time here.

 

[toobfreak]

Exactly. Even "disagrees" and "laughs" count as a reaction, and a high reaction score doesn't necessarily mean someone is more popular. That would probably account for some of the members who are currently at the top of the reaction score.

Yep. Many people with "top reaction scores" get 98% from readers, while many with far fewer reactions get 98%

I would also assume there's a correlation between the reaction score and the amount of money one donates to the board. Of course, this has nothing to do with the moderators giving preferential treatment to anyone. Those who donate money usually have more time on their hands and subsequently, spend more time posting.

I'm not so sure. Jack of no brains is a top donator here yet has never once appeared in the top reactions list probably because he's never said anything halfway intelligent.

But don't quote me on that. I'm just making an educated guess here.

Sorry, too late, I've already sent your statements over to MSNBC for bronzing!

 

[JGalt]

Yep. Many people with "top reaction scores" get 98% from readers, while many with far fewer reactions get 98%


I'm not so sure. Jack of no brains is a top donator here yet has never once appeared in the top reactions list probably because he's never said anything halfway intelligent.


Sorry, too late, I've already sent your statements over to MSNBC for bronzing!

I gave you a well-deserved reaction for that. Sorry I couldn't give you two or three.

 

[toobfreak]

I gave you a well-deserved reaction for that. Sorry I couldn't give you two or three.

I actually prefer getting Funnies as I like showing the lighter side of life and absurdities of reality and consider them a positive like. Not many lefties give me a Funny though because they can't find the 'Like' button--- it throws them off being next to 'Gift.'

 

[frigidweirdo]

That's right, so why have it? It serves no purpose except to encourage bad behavior.

Maybe because some people like it and it generates posts. Which generates whatever it is that keeps the board going.

 

[MeBelle]

What is the purpose of the Top Monthly Reaction Scoreboard? Does it reflect the total reactions such as thumbs up, disagree, funny etc? Or is it something more than that? Is that really important? It seems to "reward" most divisive posters and may even be an enticement for them to be even more divisive.

Same reason as this:

Latest upgrades​

To shame us!

 

[westwall]

Same reason as this:

Latest upgrades​

To shame us!

Welcome back MeBelle!

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Same reason as this:

Latest upgrades​

To shame us!

OMG -- is that really you?

A small wave of happiness has overcome me seeing your porst.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I actually have a million more likes than is registered, but the software didn't want people getting all jelly, so we struck a deal.

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

What is the purpose of the Top Monthly Reaction Scoreboard? Does it reflect the total reactions such as thumbs up, disagree, funny etc? Or is it something more than that? Is that really important? It seems to "reward" most divisive posters and may even be an enticement for them to be even more divisive.

It's just something to give others a reason to complain.