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Which (Currently active) Metefilter member has the most popular blog (judged by hit-count)? How about a non-blog site? Who is the most (web-influental) Mefi-member?
posted by growabrain to MetaFilter-Related at 9:01 AM (94 comments total)

Answer 1: mathowie
Answer 2: What does it matter?
posted by me3dia at 9:03 AM on July 1, 2005


Me
posted by riffola at 9:07 AM on July 1, 2005


yeah, riffola too
posted by matteo at 9:08 AM on July 1, 2005


Which (Currently active) Metefilter [sic]
posted by me3dia at 9:10 AM on July 1, 2005


Blort.

Or are Q and madam not active? "Free Quonsar!"?
posted by Shane at 9:24 AM on July 1, 2005


Full disclosure: I've seen more anime than Den Beste.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:26 AM on July 1, 2005


If Technorati is any indicator ... doctorow, ottomatik, xeni-jardin and the others at boingboing run the most popular blog. (Whether you can classify them as "active" is open for debate.)

Though all of us as a whole rank #16 in Technorati's popularity contest.
posted by crunchland at 10:17 AM on July 1, 2005


who the f*ck cares?
posted by Stynxno at 10:49 AM on July 1, 2005


Which (Currently active) Metefilter member has the most popular blog (judged by hit-count)?

The only way to possibly know this is to get everyone to post their hit counts, wouldn't you agree?

Who is the most (web-influental) Mefi-member?

According to whom? You're asking questions that can't be answered. Why? Do you want to compare how popular your blog is with the blogs of others? Is that what this is about?
posted by iconomy at 10:58 AM on July 1, 2005


merlinmann?
posted by matildaben at 11:09 AM on July 1, 2005


What stynxno said.
posted by terrapin at 11:10 AM on July 1, 2005


Some additional superlative questions:

Who is the hottest woman/man on MeFi?
Who is the biggest hick on MeFi?
Who has the biggest prick on MeFi?
How many rabid midgets would it take to overwhelm the average MeFite?
Who ate my Sage Derby?
posted by sciurus at 11:10 AM on July 1, 2005


Don't you mean who ate your Sage Derby the fastest?
posted by iconomy at 11:12 AM on July 1, 2005


To all of sciurus' questions, the answer is still Me :)
posted by riffola at 11:18 AM on July 1, 2005


Is this a private circle jerk, or can anyone join in?
posted by mkultra at 11:26 AM on July 1, 2005


The midget question isn't very superlative either. I give sciurus an F.

All you need to join is your own superlative, mkultra.
posted by sciurus at 11:35 AM on July 1, 2005


Who is the hottest woman/man on MeFi?

I am the hottest woman/man. Although if analyzed separately I would only be the 1,833rd hottest woman or the 2,986th hottest man. But I rule in the hermaphrodite category.

Who has the biggest prick on MeFi?

It's a tie between nofundy, quonsar, and fold_and_mutilate.

(Oh. Who has the biggest prick. My bad.)
posted by pardonyou? at 11:37 AM on July 1, 2005


sciurus:
1. not enough pictures to tell
2. nobody cares.
3. dios
4. 5
5. #1
posted by mystyk at 11:37 AM on July 1, 2005


yeah...I read has to say is also.
posted by mystyk at 11:39 AM on July 1, 2005


I'm not showing my hit count unless y'all show me yours first..... *plays coy*

hell, my stats are on my site if anyone cares.
posted by dabitch at 11:40 AM on July 1, 2005


Who's the best driver?
posted by OmieWise at 11:49 AM on July 1, 2005


It's a tie between nofundy, quonsar, and fold_and_mutilate.

Hey, I feel left out.
posted by George W. Bush at 11:50 AM on July 1, 2005


Isn't a prick, by its nature, small? Like a pin prick?

I'd like to know how many MeFites are wearing baseball hats right now?
And how many are embracing "Commando Fridays" (since Casual Friday was a fucking joke, now its all about freeballin'!)?
Also, can Matt code in the replacement of a's with b's, b's with c's and so on for everyone's name? Just for a day because it would be really cool? Then my name would be gfosjr. Nice, G-Fos Junior! It was surprisingly difficult to rewrite my screen name this way and that makes me sad.
posted by fenriq at 11:54 AM on July 1, 2005


OmieWise, in computer games or real life? Because I rule in game-world baby.

How many Mefiosos are wearing skirts right now? *rasies hand*
posted by dabitch at 11:56 AM on July 1, 2005


Also, can Matt code in the replacement of a's with b's, b's with c's and so on for everyone's name? Just for a day because it would be really cool?

Hey, that's a pretty cool idea!
posted by qbsepmzmv? at 11:59 AM PST on July 1 [!]

I disagree. Dumb idea.
posted by pardonyou? at 12:00 PM on July 1, 2005


I think that growabrain was probably just looking for other interesting sites to read. But you probably knew that.
posted by Morrigan at 12:04 PM on July 1, 2005


Iconomy/sciurus: I want to see who is the most popular member, not who has the biggest member
posted by growabrain at 12:37 PM on July 1, 2005


I would guess tnlnyc on both counts. But that would only be a guess.
posted by clevershark at 12:42 PM on July 1, 2005


pardon's in-post post made me think. How often have people done the fake post using that method just to make things strange? or worse, to try to shift a discussion altogether?
posted by nztuzl at 12:42 PM PST on July 1


and I agree. It's dumb, although clever.
posted by mystyk at 12:43 PM on July 1, 2005


Although you can always tell because you can't imitate the color of the "posted by", etc, exactly.
posted by kenko at 12:58 PM on July 1, 2005


Although you can always tell because you can't imitate the color of the "posted by", etc, exactly.

True, but if you're not looking for it, you don't usually see it (or at least I don't).

I screwed up by not adding the extra line break between "posts." I see that nztuzl mystyk got it right (although he left out the "[!]")
posted by pardonyou? at 1:06 PM on July 1, 2005


my milkshake > yours
posted by cortex at 1:21 PM on July 1, 2005


I am insanely handsome, have a massive coq and my blog is the most popular blog among the people that matters.
And yes, I am wearing a skirt right now.
posted by mr.marx at 1:22 PM on July 1, 2005


fenriq: I am currently wearing a kilt. Does that count?
posted by Mars Saxman at 1:22 PM on July 1, 2005


It's you, okay growabrain, you you you. You are the one we love the MOST!

***MMMWWAAHHH***

(I kid because I love. growabrain knows this)
posted by briank at 1:49 PM on July 1, 2005


Jesus, people. Little sensitive, are we?
posted by scarabic at 2:16 PM on July 1, 2005


I'd like to know how many MeFites are wearing baseball hats right now?

not wearing it, but I do have a Red Sox cap on my desk right now, right next to the Lenin bobblehead doll
posted by matteo at 2:50 PM on July 1, 2005


Yes I forgot, I also have a red sock on my
posted by mr.marx at 2:56 PM on July 1, 2005


Your mom.
posted by keswick at 3:10 PM on July 1, 2005


This is my first inquiry in Metatalk and it turned into a very intelligent thread. I may come back for more
posted by growabrain at 3:25 PM on July 1, 2005


yeah, growabrain, i tried this a while ago too. Except mine was oldest/youngest mefites. I stopped reading it after I realized everyone was all "wakka-wakka! look how funny I am!"

it was a really stupid question though.
posted by puke & cry at 4:28 PM on July 1, 2005


How many of you are drinking an Arnold Palmer* right now?

While wearing a nightgown?
In a dark office?
With the fan blowing on you?
Having just woken up from a nap?
With your husband?

*Half lemonade, half ice tea.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:29 PM on July 1, 2005


How many of you are Captain Mustard in the library with a candlestick?
posted by wendell at 5:06 PM on July 1, 2005


Fozzie? Is that you?
posted by loquacious at 5:17 PM on July 1, 2005


Wendell, what version are you playing? I always saw Colonel Mustard. That's a 3 rank difference...huge at the Officer scope.
posted by mystyk at 5:21 PM on July 1, 2005


Who's the best driver?

taxi, by a landslide.
posted by eddydamascene at 5:50 PM on July 1, 2005


I'm the least asshole.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:24 PM on July 1, 2005


If you want "blogger most removed from reality," that'd be me, now that I write on Blogebrity. And man, that site is NOT popular around here. If there's one thing forum posters don't like, it's people with real audiences.
posted by NickDouglas at 7:44 PM on July 1, 2005


that'd be me, now that I write on Blogebrity.

Your mother must be very proud. Anything else you'd like to tell us about yourself, Nick?
posted by Ryvar at 8:13 PM on July 1, 2005


i got a haircut today.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 9:41 PM on July 1, 2005


Looks like evreyone left an hour ago, so it is safe to say that I am most popular around Thanksgiving.
posted by Cranberry at 10:43 PM on July 1, 2005


Which (Currently active) Metefilter member has the most popular blog (judged by hit-count)? How about a non-blog site? Who is the most (web-influental) Mefi-member?

Why are you using (so many) parentheses?
posted by ori at 1:06 AM on July 2, 2005


Cranberry, you are also very popular among readers with urinary tract infections!

(Hey, dabs, I'm wearing a skirt, and I'm barefoot - I'm starting to suspect that I'm the beginning of a joke.)
posted by taz at 2:16 AM on July 2, 2005


How often have people done the fake post using that method just to make things strange?

I claimed this trick and all its riches for me and my heirs on June 14, 2002.
posted by y2karl at 2:23 AM on July 2, 2005


Well, June 13, 2002, to be sure....
posted by y2karl at 2:25 AM on July 2, 2005


taz, since I'm barefoot and you know what, I can top that joke. Whoohoo!

However, I am not in the kitchen.
posted by dabitch at 2:47 AM on July 2, 2005


bedroom?
posted by taz at 3:07 AM on July 2, 2005


Kinkier, I'm in the office. ;)
posted by dabitch at 3:49 AM on July 2, 2005


Anybody wanna ghost-write my site for me? I'm tapped out and plugged up, goddamn it. Fame and riches will be yours†!




† This is not necessarily true.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:56 AM on July 2, 2005


Hmm.... Nah.

Well, happy belated Canada Day anyways, ya gay marryin' cheesehead.
posted by y2karl at 4:36 AM on July 2, 2005


Gracias, amigo, athough I actually didn't realize that yesterday was (and so today here is, I guess) until you mentioned it. Expaterrific, me.

ya gay marryin' cheesehead.

(I am compelled to note for posterity that being the boring heterodrone that I am, I have not personally married a man. Although, you know, there's nothing wrong with that.)
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:49 AM on July 2, 2005


So we can safely infer via omission that your head, is in fact, made of cheese?
posted by catachresoid at 5:15 AM on July 2, 2005


Poor stavrosthewonderchickencheesehead.
posted by Catfry at 5:41 AM on July 2, 2005


Who is the most (web-influental) Mefi-member?

A much more interesting question would have been : who is the most real-life influential Mefi-member?

Would have been nice to see the government officials, cabinet membes, big lawyers and reknown real-life intellectuals walk out of the closet, at least for a moment..
Then again, we would have probably ended up with 3 Elvisis, 6 Tony Blairs, and a lipstick lesbian claiming to be Ghandi.

Cheers! :)
posted by ruelle at 5:56 AM on July 2, 2005


Cheese is a delicious and nutritious foodstuff.

Which, ironically, I can't fucking buy here in the wilds of Korea. Hoopla!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:56 AM on July 2, 2005


I claimed this trick and all its riches for me and my heirs on June 14, 2002.

But then it was claimed out from under your feet:

I pulled this years ago. Well, maybe in dog years. Almost worked, too ...
posted by dhartung at 9:43 AM PST on June 14

posted by languagehat at 6:31 AM on July 2, 2005


Irrespective of our previous scuttles, I like stav' blog the best.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:33 AM on July 2, 2005


's. dang.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:33 AM on July 2, 2005


mr.marx writes "I am insanely handsome, have a massive coq"

Ah, I always wondered who it was in this picture:


posted by clevershark at 7:37 AM on July 2, 2005


I claimed it--I didn't say I was first. And while I have no reason to doubt him, dhartung provided no links, let it be noted. And that was a reference to the great rodii, to boot. Fuckin' 14K noobs, have to explain everything to these johnny come lately knowitalls... Where's the common culture of this place headed... gripe bitch mumble groan
posted by y2karl at 7:38 AM on July 2, 2005


If you want "blogger most removed from reality," that'd be me, now that I write on Blogebrity. And man, that site is NOT popular around here. If there's one thing forum posters don't like, it's people with real audiences.

NickDouglas, I just took a look at your blog and you're assuming a lot. I can say earnestly that no one would be jealous of your audience. In fact, if I can remember the URL, I am going to send it to people when they ask me why I don't like blogs.
posted by Mayor Curley at 7:43 AM on July 2, 2005


Well. looking up that thread showed me the man has shown up on AskMetaFilter.But not often. And, sigh, I'd forgotten this. I miss rodii. Holgate, too.
posted by y2karl at 7:51 AM on July 2, 2005


Then again, we would have probably ended up with 3 Elvisis, 6 Tony Blairs, and a lipstick lesbian claiming to be Ghandi.

Oooo, Oooo! That would be me! Well, except for the lesbian part. And the whole claiming to be Ghandi thing. But I do wear lipstick sometimes. And I am extraordinarily influential in my husband's life-- I decide what he is going to eat for dinner every night.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:53 AM on July 2, 2005


NickDouglas writes "If you want 'blogger most removed from reality,' that'd be me, now that I write on Blogebrity."

Blogebrity's real? criminy. The "blogosphere" really is about to collapse under the weight of its sense of self-importance...
posted by clevershark at 7:54 AM on July 2, 2005


The "blogosphere" really is about to collapse under the weight of its sense of self-importance...

So, all this has been a dream from which Suzanne Pleshette just awoke ?
posted by y2karl at 8:17 AM on July 2, 2005


My heart goes out to you stavros, as I consider cheese to be one of the three major food groups.

Popularity metrics: Isn't the owner of Monkeyfilter a member? I would think that would be in the running.
posted by catachresoid at 8:30 AM on July 2, 2005


Ah, I always wondered who it was in this picture

how the fuck did you get ahold of that pic? U a HaXX0r?

"dabs". I like. Will use.
posted by mr.marx at 9:14 AM on July 2, 2005


Ah, I always wondered who it was in this picture

Oh yeah? Well you can ride my cock.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:45 AM on July 2, 2005


Blogebrity's real? criminy. The "blogosphere" really is about to collapse under the weight of its sense of self-importance...

Hey, Rome wasn't burned in a day. Give the kids a couple more weeks.
posted by RJ Reynolds at 10:33 AM on July 2, 2005


oops! I accidentally stepped on a little baby's nuts today.
posted by mcsweetie at 10:58 AM on July 2, 2005


So, all this has been a dream from which Suzanne Pleshette just awoke ?

Mmm, Suzanne Pleshette dreamt about me. I feel all a-tingle.
posted by jonmc at 11:10 AM on July 2, 2005


If it's any consolation, the following made me laugh, hard:
This is my first inquiry in Metatalk and it turned into a very intelligent thread. I may come back for more
posted by growabrain at 3:25 PM PST on July 1
posted by gramschmidt at 11:14 AM on July 2, 2005


Mmm, Suzanne Pleshette dreamt about me. I feel all a-tingle.

It was meant to convey how odd it was to see a reference to a long past event--the blogosphere's collapse under the weight of its own self-importance--described as if it were about to happen.
posted by y2karl at 1:59 PM on July 2, 2005


So, all this has been a dream from which Suzanne Pleshette just awoke ?
Finding Bobby Ewing in the shower holding a snowglobe with a tiny hospital in it.

So, you never heard about the former Colonel Mustard's ignominious demotion? He's the one they scapegoated for the Abu Ghraib abuses.

The Clue game should include "Bobby Ewing in the shower with a snowglobe"...

And, as long as NickDouglas has come out and admitted being part of that Contagious Media doppelganger known as Blogebrity (which will only continue to exist until their appeal to the Supreme Court to get the Florida CM vote recounted is struck down although they may hold out some hope since O'Connor is retiring), let me say that I am NOT personally lobbying for their "C-List", since any list that also fails to include Scalzi, stav, quonsar, the Presurfer, GaelFC, theBrad, dabitch, MoNickels, skot, Mr.BaliHai, Rogers C., April Winchell, Mark Evanier, 'Clicked' Will and Jerry&Amid of Cartoon Brew (essentially 75% of my non-pro blogwatching) is not a club I want to be a member of. And Nick, how much do the BoingBoingers pay you to mention them every goddamned day?!?
posted by wendell at 2:38 PM on July 2, 2005


wendell writes "Finding Bobby Ewing in the shower holding a snowglobe with a tiny hospital in it."

Wouldn't that be Victoria Principal and not Suzanne Pleshette? I'm pretty sure, but then my experiences at uni have lead me to doubt some of the memories I have which date back more than a couple of years.
posted by clevershark at 3:37 PM on July 2, 2005


clevershark, I was doing a mash-up of the "Newhart", "Dallas" and "St. Elsewhere" (the snowglobe) "It was all a dream" story cop-outs. I have previously stated publicly my philosophical opposition to the entire plot device.
posted by wendell at 4:15 PM on July 2, 2005


If you want "blogger most removed from reality," that'd be me, now that I write on Blogebrity. And man, that site is NOT popular around here. If there's one thing forum posters don't like, it's people with real audiences.

SHUT UP NICK DOUGLAS.
SHUT UP NICK DOUGLAS.
SHUT UP NICK DOUGLAS.
posted by mosch at 4:48 PM on July 2, 2005 [1 favorite]


It was meant to convey how odd it was to see a reference to a long past event--the blogosphere's collapse under the weight of its own self-importance--described as if it were about to happen.

Iknow. But Suzanne's still easy on the eyes.
posted by jonmc at 5:21 PM on July 2, 2005


She is, however, for external use only.
posted by arto at 7:02 PM on July 2, 2005


Nuh uh--the imagination is within, not without. It was internal use for you to even think that.
posted by y2karl at 8:48 PM on July 2, 2005


Full disclosure: I've seen more anime than Den Beste.

I love that this comment of mine stayed up after the comment it referenced got deleted. Nonsequilicious!
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:03 PM on July 2, 2005


MetaFilter: Rome wasn't burned in a day.

Sorry, Suzanne Pleshette's married. And to him:

But he's 15 years older than she is, so you could probably wait him out; and if she's atracted to Mr. Bickley, any of us MeFites has a shot. Right?

And I've seen more Den Beste than anime. And I am not proud of that.
posted by wendell at 10:30 PM on July 2, 2005


And I've seen more Den Beste than anime.

Those aren't two pillows!
posted by y2karl at 12:10 AM on July 3, 2005


'Those aren't pillows' was one of my old university gang's long dadaesque list of lines we'd pull out at intervals as random as possible to amuse ourselves, confuse others, and thus keep our tribe strong and exclusive. I thank you for reminding me of that.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:36 AM on July 8, 2005


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