TheCid Posted November 5 I just noticed that each person's profile has an item for Days Won. Apparently the computer totes up the number of likes a person gets each day and the one with the most likes is the Winner. Or maybe it is the number of likes for a comment each day the person made. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted November 5 (edited) Well, if there's no prize of any kind involved, why GIVE a ****? Or, BOTHER with any such tally? Sepiatone Edited November 5 by TCMModerator1 Edited for Language 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Somnambula Posted November 5 Well, I got 5 points for bad behavior. They expire this month. Do people rack up rewards for Off-Topic posts? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted November 5 Yeah, I don't understand the need for such a tally. Supposedly I have over a 100 days won (105 to be exact). But there are others way with more and with way less. What's unclear is how far back this tally goes. Someone like Swithin has been posting on the site for over ten years. Were they counting "wins" in his early days? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted November 5 I think it was just a year or so after I joined here(2011) that they started with the "like" feature and other response emoticons. So that might likely be when any "tally" could have been started. Sepiatone 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted November 5 1 hour ago, Sepiatone said: I think it was just a year or so after I joined here(2011) that they started with the "like" feature and other response emoticons. So that might likely be when any "tally" could have been started. Sepiatone Makes sense! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MovieCollectorOH Posted November 5 Hey, it looks like I won a few days. To be fair, not that many were posting on those days. That was the last time they had a tech upgrade this site and I was more or less just helping some people out with browser issues at the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCid Posted November 5 I have a whopping one day won! I want to think all the little people who made this HUGE victory possible. Actually I think it is kind of silly for TCM to even have such a thing as won days. Why do humans have to make a contest out of everything? 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted November 5 52 minutes ago, TheCid said: I have a whopping one day won! I want to think all the little people who made this HUGE victory possible. Actually I think it is kind of silly for TCM to even have such a thing as won days. Why do humans have to make a contest out of everything? I don't know. Different ways of collecting and analyzing data, I guess! Blame it on statisticians. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MovieCollectorOH Posted November 5 31 minutes ago, TopBilled said: I don't know. Different ways of collecting and analyzing data, I guess! Blame it on statisticians. More like a stupid vanity thing that came with the forum, and nobody there lifted a finger to disable it. You know I am getting warmer! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted November 5 DAYS WON - 237 "I'm a winner! 23 237 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CinemaInternational Posted November 5 Days won.... 1. Oh well, its kind of like an Olympics for Forums members. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fedya Posted November 6 8 hours ago, Sepiatone said: Well, if there's no prize of any kind involved, why GIVE a ****? Why not give a h o n k y? Or was that not what you were giving? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fedya Posted November 6 Apparently, I've won one day in the 13 years I've been posting here. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedracer5 Posted November 6 Apparently I've won 22 times. And I never win anything! I think the last time I won anything was when I was 10, I won a coloring contest. Prior to that, I won a cake at the grocery store in a cake walk game. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted November 6 10 hours ago, TheCid said: I just noticed that each person's profile has an item for Days Won. Apparently the computer totes up the number of likes a person gets each day and the one with the most likes is the Winner. Or maybe it is the number of likes for a comment each day the person made. The number represents the most number of content likes for a day. If you roll your mouse over the "days won" in your profile, that's the message that comes up. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misswonderly3 Posted November 6 4 hours ago, TheCid said: I have a whopping one day won! I want to think all the little people who made this HUGE victory possible. Actually I think it is kind of silly for TCM to even have such a thing as won days. Why do humans have to make a contest out of everything? I realize what I'm about to say has nothing to do with the topic...but...how come everyone now says "humans" instead of "people"? I've noticed this. It's silly. (sorry, Cid.) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted November 6 I am more concerned that the profile page with that information shows also that The Moderator looked at my information. I do not know if I had done a bad thing that day or if they were trying to remember which who I am. Neither is a good thing. I would hate to think that I had been unintentionally bad because being intentionally bad is so much more fun. I know that I have not been very active in this forum of late but I would feel deeply grieved if The Moderator had to think: "Who is that?" rather than: "What did she do this time?" 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCid Posted November 6 13 minutes ago, misswonderly3 said: I realize what I'm about to say has nothing to do with the topic...but...how come everyone now says "humans" instead of "people"? I've noticed this. It's silly. (sorry, Cid.) Actually I was thinking the human race vs. animals and everything else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SansFin Posted November 6 18 minutes ago, misswonderly3 said: I realize what I'm about to say has nothing to do with the topic...but...how come everyone now says "humans" instead of "people"? I've noticed this. It's silly. (sorry, Cid.) I believe that the connotations are that 'humans' refers to us as biological entities and 'people' refers to us as social entities. "Humans are competitive" indicates a psychologically hard-wired trait while "people are greedy" indicates how we act within society. Please understand that this analysis comes from someone who once believed that the English "people" meant those whom you do not know and the English "person" meant an individual whom you do know and the English "perple" meant those you know only a little. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sepiatone Posted November 6 12 hours ago, SansFin said: Please understand that this analysis comes from someone who once believed that the English "people" meant those whom you do not know and the English "person" meant an individual whom you do know and the English "perple" meant those you know only a little. ??? I've never heard of the term "perple" for those only known a little. "Person" is another word for "individual", whether you know them a little, a lot, or at all. You could see someone you've never met walking down the street, point to him(or her) and say, "Look at that person." and not be speaking incorrectly. The only "perple" I know is spelled "PURPLE", and refers to a creature that eats PEOPLE! Sepiatone 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Somnambula Posted November 6 Some more Purple: (I could have used the Donny and Marie version) Lucky You! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sewhite2000 Posted November 7 I really didn't want to look, because I figured it would really depress me if I'd never won a day. But apparently I've won two days in 11 years on these boards. Now I wonder what I ever posted on here that people actually responded to. Maybe they were both Christmas days, and I was the only one who posted something new ... 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HoldenIsHere Posted November 7 On 11/5/2019 at 10:11 AM, TheCid said: I just noticed that each person's profile has an item for Days Won. Apparently the computer totes up the number of likes a person gets each day and the one with the most likes is the Winner. Or maybe it is the number of likes for a comment each day the person made. The Days Won is based on the number of posts a person makes, not the number of likes or responses to the posts. There are a few prolific posters on these boards (for better or worse) who post a lot each day with or without any "likes" or other response to their posts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted November 7 13 minutes ago, HoldenIsHere said: The Days Won is based on the number of posts a person makes, not the number of likes or responses to the posts. There are a few prolific posters on these boards (for better or worse) who post a lot each day with or without any "likes" or other response to their posts. The Days Won is based on the number of likes a person receives on his/her posts each day. In fact the person could be away that day not posting at all, and still "win" if their old posts are still getting likes. Typically the person with Most Reputation is earning the most Days Won. The prolific posters have Most Content, which is a different classification. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
