who keeps this site alive?

by truthbetold Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:38 pm

my picks - each in their own way is a pillar of such
uppili
vb
rishi
now if we need to pick a fourth pillar who would that be?

carvaka or
Maria or
max or
prop or
indo or
any one of your choice

by Idéfix Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:20 pm

There are many metrics one can use to answer this question, and the results would differ by each. If you judge by the number of people who respond to threads started by each poster, the following people have kept this forum alive:
1. VB: far and away the leader. Most of the content she posts is original too, which makes it all the more impressive.
2. Rishi: distinct second, although behind VB because most of his posts are news stories.
3. Rashmun: usually the same set of respondents, but a leader in terms of number of responses generated on his threads.

The rest are all away behind.

Of course, this is purely my personal opinion as just another poster. And I don't intend it as a measure of the value that individual posters bring to this forum. The way I see, each of us brings some distinct value to the forum with our distinct interests, opinions, biases, and senses of humor.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:23 pm

Idéfix wrote:There are many metrics one can use to answer this question, and the results would differ by each. If you judge by the number of people who respond to threads started by each poster, the following people have kept this forum alive:
1. VB: far and away the leader. Most of the content she posts is original too, which makes it all the more impressive.
2. Rishi: distinct second, although behind VB because most of his posts are news stories.
3. Rashmun: usually the same set of respondents, but a leader in terms of number of responses generated on his threads.

The rest are all away behind.

Of course, this is purely my personal opinion as just another poster. And I don't intend it as a measure of the value that individual posters bring to this forum. The way I see, each of us brings some distinct value to the forum with our distinct interests, opinions, biases, and senses of humor.

Proves that you are a #1 casteist... What you are implying is that only Brahmins keep this site alive?.... Razz

by Propagandhi711 Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:29 pm

For me it's hk...he has a very unique situation in the sea of sameness on such and I enjoy reading his posts. Captain is funny as hell and I truly enjoy his posts. Rest I can take it leave it depending on the day.

by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:31 pm

truthbetold wrote:my picks - each in their own way is a pillar of such
uppili
vb
rishi
now if we need to pick a fourth pillar who would that be?

carvaka or
Maria or
max or
prop or
indo or
any one of your choice

what about you? i enjoy the sense of disorientation and utter lack of comprehension that i never get from anybody else's posts. it's fun to spend a little of my time to figure out what the hell you are trying to say.

by Guest Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:44 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:For me it's hk...he has a very unique situation in the sea of sameness on such and I enjoy reading his posts. Captain is funny as hell and I truly enjoy his posts. Rest I can take it leave it depending on the day.

Agree. I may easily slip out of here and no one may notice. So, nice to quote me as one of the 'pillars', but most of my content is the silly stuff most of you don't even read.

by truthbetold Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:54 pm

max ,
you are an athi radha. i am just a part timer.
the cause of your comprehension problem is your logic.
you confuse spelling for knowledge.
worse you confuse grammar for wisdom.

by Petrichor Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:58 pm

Senate:

Idefix
MaxEntropy
bw
Jeremiah

Congress:

Rishi
Hellsangel
Maria
gk
doofus
Kris

State Legislature:

VB
Kinns
Propa
Impy
HK
Upps

Township Councilmen:

All others

by Propagandhi711 Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:59 pm

Vidya the fault entirely lies with us and daytime tv induced add

by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:00 pm

truthbetold wrote:max ,
you are an athi radha. i am just a part timer.
the cause of your comprehension problem is your logic.
you confuse spelling for knowledge.
worse you confuse grammar for wisdom.

and you confuse verbal diarrhea for a meaningful post. "athi radha"? i am not that good at northindian. i speak a little of it.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:01 pm

truthbetold wrote:max ,
you are an athi radha. i am just a part timer.
the cause of your comprehension problem is your logic.
you confuse spelling for knowledge.
worse you confuse grammar for wisdom.

I always enjoy the Guru-Sishya post exchanges for their perfect sterility.

by truthbetold Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:40 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
truthbetold wrote:max ,
you are an athi radha. i am just a part timer.
the cause of your comprehension problem is your logic.
you confuse spelling for knowledge.
worse you confuse grammar for wisdom.

and you confuse verbal diarrhea for a meaningful post. "athi radha"? i am not that good at northindian. i speak a little of it.

There you go again, max.
If anyone causes a little perturbation in your quaint world, you get agitated. Anger reduces one's ability to understand.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:51 pm

truthbetold wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
truthbetold wrote:max ,
you are an athi radha. i am just a part timer.
the cause of your comprehension problem is your logic.
you confuse spelling for knowledge.
worse you confuse grammar for wisdom.

and you confuse verbal diarrhea for a meaningful post. "athi radha"? i am not that good at northindian. i speak a little of it.

There you go again, max.
If anyone causes a little perturbation in your quaint world, you get agitated. Anger reduces one's ability to understand.

people say a man's personality is shaped by his wife. I say actually his real personality is shaped (and shown in his place) by his teenagers. More precisely, teenage daughters. Max has a thing coming to him...and I can see it clearly. My advance condolences to him.

Repent and you will be saved....When it comes to Daughters "Retreat and you will be saved."

by Hellsangel Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:55 pm

Your Holiness, are you implying Il Professore's wife causes him all the anger?

by Rishi Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:06 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
truthbetold wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
truthbetold wrote:max ,
you are an athi radha. i am just a part timer.
the cause of your comprehension problem is your logic.
you confuse spelling for knowledge.
worse you confuse grammar for wisdom.

and you confuse verbal diarrhea for a meaningful post. "athi radha"? i am not that good at northindian. i speak a little of it.

There you go again, max.
If anyone causes a little perturbation in your quaint world, you get agitated. Anger reduces one's ability to understand.

people say a man's personality is shaped by his wife. I say actually his real personality is shaped (and shown in his place) by his teenagers. More precisely, teenage daughters. Max has a thing coming to him...and I can see it clearly. My advance condolences to him.

Repent and you will be saved....When it comes to Daughters "Retreat and you will be saved."

Guys,

Please do not bring his family in any discussion.

by truthbetold Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:12 pm

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28846574/Warrior-s-Classificaition-by-Bheesma

Max,
Check the above link for more on athi radha. In my book it means a heavy hitter.

To others,
No need to bring in family into these discussions.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:15 pm

Rishi wrote:
Guys,

Please do not bring his family in any discussion.

I said that in jest and in a goodly way... Besides nothing more than what he repeats it all the time, and nothing to cause any harm in any way to him or his family.

But, "god promise" what I said is true...he has a thing coming... Razz

by Seva Lamberdar Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:55 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
Rishi wrote:
Guys,

Please do not bring his family in any discussion.

I said that in jest and in a goodly way... Besides nothing more than what he repeats it all the time, and nothing to cause any harm in any way to him or his family.

But, "god promise" what I said is true...he has a thing coming...

There is a saying,

"with the son you worry about a prick in the house,

with the daughter you worry about all the pricks in town."

by Hellsangel Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:11 pm

Seva Lamberdar wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
Rishi wrote:
Guys,

Please do not bring his family in any discussion.

I said that in jest and in a goodly way... Besides nothing more than what he repeats it all the time, and nothing to cause any harm in any way to him or his family.

But, "god promise" what I said is true...he has a thing coming...

There is a saying,

"with the son you worry about a prick in the house,

with the daughter you worry about all the pricks in town."

What a painful prick!

by Guest Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:22 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

people say a man's personality is shaped by his wife.

hmm. guess my ex's family was not too wrong when they blamed me for everything wrong with him. fine. all my fault. glad (for them) i am now out of his life.

by Maria S Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:45 am

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:Senate:

Idefix
MaxEntropy
bw
Jeremiah

Congress:

Rishi
Hellsangel
Maria
gk
doofus
Kris

State Legislature:

VB
Kinns
Propa
Impy
HK
Upps

Township Councilmen:

All others

atcg,

The Senate seems stuffy and the Senators are stuck up!

The State Legistatures are full of drama all the time!

So, thanks a lot for putting me in the Congress HR! Now that is far more fun..And the list above looks like fun company! Please, can I be Madam Speaker with the big gavel:D?..I can use it when Garam and HA get into it..or Rishi seeks endless opinions on everything etc. I would also like you, Captain Vinod, Sasthi Nila and others to join us and make Congress more colorful and delightful!

TBT,

Appreciate you capitalizing the "M" in my name..am not a language Nazi..but, it's good to do that for names, imo.

And..I certainly am not a pillar or can't take any credit for keeping this forum alive..and the credit goes to the Creator and the Charter members..I am a guest and *for me..I can go to zillion sites if I want to learn something, argue about something, listen to something. The ONLY REASON I come here is because of the fondness for some on line friends/acquaintances, I have known for years- who are occ (!) witty and interesting, but, *always kind to me! That includes you too.

by Impedimenta Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:14 am

Idéfix wrote:There are many metrics one can use to answer this question, and the results would differ by each. If you judge by the number of people who respond to threads started by each poster, the following people have kept this forum alive:
1. VB: far and away the leader. Most of the content she posts is original too, which makes it all the more impressive.
2. Rishi: distinct second, although behind VB because most of his posts are news stories.
3. Rashmun: usually the same set of respondents, but a leader in terms of number of responses generated on his threads.

The rest are all away behind.

Of course, this is purely my personal opinion as just another poster. And I don't intend it as a measure of the value that individual posters bring to this forum. The way I see, each of us brings some distinct value to the forum with our distinct interests, opinions, biases, and senses of humor.

so, whats wrong with my "vot's for lunch" thread again? you know this is why i call you biased. just because some of us don't have so much time to post does not make us chopped liver...fine. it does!

by Idéfix Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:36 pm

Impedimenta wrote:so, whats wrong with my "vot's for lunch" thread again? you know this is why i call you biased. just because some of us don't have so much time to post does not make us chopped liver...fine. it does!

Nothing... we need more of that. I had a Thai chicken wrap for lunch, thanks to United Airlines.

by truthbetold Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:46 pm

Ide, ( or whatever your handle name is)
When i posted this question it was an idle saturday post without much thought behind it.
once others responded i held back to allow the natural reactions to express themselves.

Here is my reasoning: my questions were - who generates the discussions? Whose topics draw most posters?
My observation is that most of the posters feel comfortable to respond to the threads started by rishi or vb. Most posters also continue conversations following vb or uppili comments. Rishi poses those questions that cannot be left unanswered. They seem to express themselves fearlessly even though they will be hounded later by other posters.
their posts seem to take the threads in different directions.
stats may or may not support this opinion but i am sticking to my story.

by truthbetold Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:49 pm

Ide,
one more: those three are probably least self censoring posters.

by Captain Bhankas Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:36 am

i never fail to read the english posts (all of them and all in their entirety) made by the following posters regardless of the topic being discussed or the length of their posts. i like the content, humor, wisdom, writing style, flair of language or entertainment value in them.

philip kuruvilla, propagandhi711, merlot daruwala, huzeka kapasi, bittusingh, doofus maximus, kris, bw, i'menta.

so, that's what keeps this site alive for me.

by Merlot Daruwala Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:06 am

truthbetold wrote:Ide,
one more: those three are probably least self censoring posters.

No, no, there's no need for modesty here, sir. The title of the least self-censoring poster rightfully belongs to you. Every post of yours abounds with words in their hundreds, gushing forth with joyous abandon, unfettered by need nor relevance. Truly, you are a liberating hero to those oppressed masses of imprisoned words. who keeps this site alive? 459784477

by truthbetold Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:41 am

Merlot,
Facts be damned. You are always right.
Looks like tbt got to you really deep. You could not fail to think about him during day, before you go to sleep, during sleep and you wake up with his thoughts. You are so full of tbt thoughts you will find a way to mention his name at least once in every other post.
Tbt tries to respond but he is no match to your obsessed midnight watch.
now let me get to work to earn a buck so that i can buy a merlot to enjoy the circus.

by Rekz Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:13 am

Mainly Ganpat Ram i guess Smile

HK food pics are good to view

Vidhya for her stories n posts..

Rest of them just play along...

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