SM2 isn't a time waste if you use him right. He's like the punching bag on days when you need to focus your ire somewhere legitimate but harmless.

I had a post in the previous thread with some technical details, but the code used this quarter is all java and all original. The only extra work this quarter was dealing with the quotes instead of just stripping them out. Most of it is inelegant and brittle, just brute-force scraping and light parsing of html content into a mysql database.
That's interesting, I was thinking of something similar, but for threads instead of people, charting the "burn rate" of the hottest threads of the quarter.
Also interesting. I previously did some analysis of "lexical similarity" within a specific thread. I didn't think of using this to match posters with gimmicks, but it's probably a step in the right direction. It seems like this would be especially difficult (and possibly futile) since a gimmick is deliberately adopting an alternate personality. But I'll bet the FBI has some kind of sophisticated software designed to tease out involuntary and subconscious tendencies that suggest shared authorship.

I MADE THE TEAM!!!!!

What do you think happens if one quotes themselves?

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I've always known zikzak is off the charts!

Do you have any stats on me The Duker? I wasn't here for Q2, I feel left out....

"Quote efficiency" isn't an honor, if any it shows that you're talking a lot but not listening.

So how are you enjoying the job at the NSA?

Despite your late arrival, you were still in the top 100 posters for the quarter (top 50 even) and so eligible for all analysis. With 232 posts, 116 quotes, 142 quoted, you're actually on the High Quote Efficiency chart.

Do I get some money for participating in this thing?

I'm so promiscuous it hurts.

A) This is awesome
B) This is awesome

Seriously great work. I don't even have any questions at the moment. I hope I can think of some.

Makes me wish I hadn't abandoned politics to post about the World Cup

Ty, I removed the gridlines from the charts just for you.

Done

That's what my mom said

can confirm