The Prolific Commenters: January 2008

This is a continuation of plf515's series of diaries listing the people who post at least 1000 comments in a month. This was called "The Big Commenters" last time, but there are so many who write so much that I'm going with "prolific" this year. I've found all the users I could—65—with at least 1000 comments for January. If you think I've omitted anyone who should be on this list—Daily Kos is a big place, and it's too easy to miss even frequent posters—please let me know in comments below.

For those who want to check your own results, just substitute your own username for mine in the URL to check your January comments and, if you're curious about last year, your 2007 comments. You can find the table over the jump.

The table columns are user name, user ID, January comments, December comments, November comments, and comments for the past three months (adding November, December, and January totals). The YTD column is on hiatus, since it would be the same as January; instead, this month there's a 2007 column with the revised number of comments for all of 2007.

       User                                Comments
Name              ID     January  December  November    3 mos     2007

Salo            53,659    3,206     3,095     3,770    10,071    20,225
Geekesque       59,129    3,075     2,434     2,383     7,782    24,731
Universal      117,880    2,828     1,727       780     5,335     2,758
MadAsHellMaddie
               104,676    2,620       844       708     4,172     3,822
grannyhelen     32,971    2,531     1,711     1,160     5,402     4,147
TomP           107,928    2,499     1,633     1,237     5,399    16,507
Inland          56,531    2,352     1,456     1,254     5,062    11,265
gchaucer2      104,028    2,236       670       161     3,067    10,138
Trix             2,255    2,094     2,029     1,774     5,897    10,837
Rolfyboy6        7,304    2,075       708       140     2,923     1,335
kredwyn         30,305    1,905     1,474     1,681     5,060     9,361
BoringDem       25,968    1,895     1,790     1,861     5,546     7,403
Bob Johnson        191    1,869     1,961     1,062     4,892     9,067
shpilk          15,850    1,863       899     1,167     3,929    14,403
gooserock        7,281    1,846     1,409     1,299     4,554    16,080
JedReport      123,078    1,804       602       291     2,697       995
droogie6655321  76,877    1,774       618       947     3,339     8,253
andgarden       50,344    1,749     1,748     1,183     4,680    11,571
RDemocrat      124,921    1,728       909       415     3,052     2,723
campskunk       31,269    1,630     1,541       381     3,551     5,264
Walt starr      16,114    1,610       836       427     2,873     4,658
turkana         53,727    1,573       702     1,341     3,616    13,992
taylormattd      3,388    1,557     1,303     1,166     4,026    10,388
Quicklund       83,576    1,509     1,228       237     2,974     3,143
Iddybud          4,869    1,503       424       193     2,120     2,576
Elise           47,731    1,472       925       678     3,075    14,520
aaraujo         56,450    1,462       802       306     2,570     5,124
LaEscapee      126,027    1,462     1,196     1,238     3,896     4,358
NeuvoLiberal    54,442    1,453     1,046       992     3,491    12,000
cwaltz          68,921    1,446       496       417     2,359     4,555
TrueBlueMajority
                 7,504    1,412       835       371     2,618     5,987
plf515          75,605    1,411     1,807       941     4,159    14,461
Partially Impartial
                72,052    1,405     1,772     1,873     5,050     4,928
MBNYC           76,701    1,392     1,240     1,256     3,888     8,897
ben masel        3,982    1,372       561       543     2,476     6,223
vigilant meerkat
                67,340    1,371     1,241       750     3,362     8,601
pioneer111     104,482    1,365     1,162       919     3,446     9,892
clonecone          606    1,350       645       104     2,099     7,241
kath25          96,029    1,350       917     1,077     3,344    12,727
Fabian          44,876    1,343       539       293     2,175     6,196
Yoshimi          9,240    1,326       682     1,206     3,214    10,883
ek hornbeck     49,281    1,325       787       861     2,973    14,246
FishOutofWater  94,755    1,325       849       535     2,709     6,985
VelvetElvis    110,693    1,274       867       307     2,448     3,797
Daaaaave       108,620    1,268     1,052       721     3,041     2,158
The Termite     36,068    1,256       722       573     2,551     4,724
anna shane      85,009    1,246       833       651     2,730     2,986
Adam B           5,179    1,244     1,346     1,216     3,806    10,268
condoleaser     74,949    1,239     1,458       877     3,754     9,735
Theghostofkarlafayetucker
               108,354    1,239       393       491     1,745     1,239
o the umanity  124,269    1,235       537       885     2,657     3,423
icebergslim    120,781    1,176     1,582     1,586     4,344     8,590
bawbie          13,479    1,143       470       382     1,995     2,888
jlms qkw       133,834    1,143       185       417     1,745     1,239
DemocraticLuntz  
                78,234    1,126     2,219     1,129     4,474    10,482
Ellinorianne   131,442    1,108     1,180       935     3,223     2,959
rserven         65,285    1,103       706       922     2,731    13,376
Asinus Asinum Fricat
                63,803    1,101       733       624     2,458     6,172
N in Seattle       180    1,093       285       191     1,569     2,740
chicago minx   108,072    1,049       483       243     1,775     4,616
bumblebums      16,376    1,047       791       645     2,483     7,984
musing85         6,921    1,046       764       383     2,193     5,278
lpeacock       128,751    1,037       560       141     1,738       861
mrblifil        24,180    1,032       354       701     2,087     3,792
Alegre          47,824    1,003       956     1,638     3,597    11,205

Final notes: the January data reflects all comments made to diaries published in January, not all comments actually posted in January. Using the diaries is a far quicker and more consistent way of measuring, and likely omits as many comments actually made on January 1 as it does include those on February 1.

January data was obtained on February 1 shortly after noon eastern time (with a few exceptions found seven to eight hours later). Because of the overlapping indices used by Search, comments made in the 21 days leading up to February 1 can be indexed more than once. Search counts each of these duplicates, but will only ever display a single instance. (If you've ever wondered why when you ask for 30 per page in a search you sometimes only see 24, it's because of these overlaps—your search had six duplicate entries that weren't displayed in that particular group of 30.)

Since we're outside the 21-day overlap window for December, the numbers for that month and for 2007 as a whole have been redone for people who had been on those lists. They'll be a bit lower than you remember from last month.

•  Tip jar

  Seventeen commenters joined the lists this month—some for the first time, and some returning to their prolific roots.

  I'm happy to add anyone I've overlooked; just mention it below. Thanks!

  by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:24:40 PM PDT

  •  We're up to twenty new commenters

    I've added ben masel already, and have just found jlms qkw and Theghostofkarlafayetucker; they should be added shortly. My apologies for not finding them prior to original publication.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:33:00 PM PDT

•  aw-RIGHT!!!

  I made the cut this month!

  I'd like to thank my agent, my publicist, and all the little people I stepped on on my way here.

  by N in Seattle on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:27:14 PM PDT

  •  oh, and I'm thrilled to be...

    ...tucked between AAF and chicago minx.

    by N in Seattle on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:29:26 PM PDT

    •  I placed you there myself. ;-)

      by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:32:42 PM PDT

  •  Damn. That's a helluva lot of comments!

    And I think I spend too much time on this site.

    by psycho liberal on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:32:08 PM PDT

  •  Heh...

    I'm pretty sure I also made it once or twice, I think...

    We should really get (at least!) like certificates or something to hang on the wall...

    by Hardhat Democrat on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:41:20 PM PDT

•  Thanks for all the work.

  I didn't make the list this time round. That's because I had jury duty, and then I had to go back to school. Ah employment, it gets in the way of blogging.

  by blue jersey mom on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:27:26 PM PDT

  •  It was close

    You were at 862 when I checked shortly after midnight.

    I felt bad about the folks who came within twenty of the mark but didn't quite make it.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:31:55 PM PDT

•  If you could track lurking..

  ...I could probably be on the list. Heh.

  by justalittlebitcrazy on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:29:41 PM PDT

  •  You're only an order of magnitude away

    from getting on it the regular way. :)

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:38:04 PM PDT

•  How do they do It?

  I presume they have double amount of fingers and play the keyboard a la Rachmaninoff?

  By the time I'm done reading a diary, there's usually nobody around anymore to repartee.

  Also, I only spend about half my day on dKos ;)

  by Jules Beaujolais on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:31:49 PM PDT

  •  You read diaries??? ;-)

    by andgarden on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:52:22 PM PDT

•  I'd like to see...

  who gives out the most mojo.

  by blueyedace2 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:31:52 PM PDT

  •  well, you're a champ

    (at least for my comments).

    Thanks!

    by N in Seattle on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:35:45 PM PDT

    •  Yeah, mine, too.

      Seems that whenever I check the ace is there.

      by GOTV on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:41:32 PM PDT

•  Daily Kos: Politics for shut-ins

  Heh. ;-)

  by GOTV on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:33:09 PM PDT

  •  shhh

    by andgarden on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:52:48 PM PDT

    •   

      Okay, it's our secret.

      by GOTV on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:54:52 PM PDT

  •  Nah

    I'm not a shut-in. It's just damn cold out. And snowing.

    by PerfectStormer on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:53:29 PM PDT

    •  Sleet and freezing rain here

      No skating outside for me...

      by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:56:05 PM PDT

•  This is called "Post Whoring" where I come from

  I spend a LOT of time on internet message boards, and I can't conceive of making 3000 posts in a month.  I'm in the top 10 on the board I moderate, and I do about 800 a month there.  

  Of course, my posts tend to have substance.  ;-P

  by punkdavid on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:34:55 PM PDT

  •  Hmm

    Usually, providing links to your own posts is what's referred to as "whoring" here on Daily Kos. Having someone else come up with a list of who does how much doesn't really have a name. ;-)

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:42:24 PM PDT

    •  This is called "bored" where I come from

      :-)

      by punkdavid on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:46:02 PM PDT

      •  and what you are doing, pdavid

        is often called "childish" no matter where you come from.

        ain't life grand?

        _______________

        it's their screen name because they couldn't figure out how to spell "moran."

        -9.75 (e), -7.18 (s)

        by dadanation on Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 06:39:41 AM PDT

•  Okay, I will...

  For those who want to check your own results, just substitute your own username for mine in the URL to check your January comments and, if you're curious about last year, your 2007 comments. You can find the table over the jump.

  Cool - January finds me with 356!

  Of course, I've made many more comments than that this past month.

  Why, just yesterday...while I was taking a physical for a new job?

  The doctor asked me if I was pregnant. I replied "I sure as f*** hope not!"

  BTW, how do they ask those questions with a straight face?

  ......................

  Hmmm...and 2007 has me at (ack!) 4031!  That's a lot of damned typing!

  by Hardhat Democrat on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:35:21 PM PDT

  •  Jeez I don't want to know.

    I was thankful to not be on this list.  Because I already feel guilty for the time I spend here.  I will not be opening my Scwabb statements for 6 months either.

    Sometimes it is better not to know.  But looking over the list, I have been touched and inspired by many of the commenters.  (there are some I have NOT been touched by.)

    by dogheaven on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 07:57:22 PM PDT

    •  Heh...

      well, lemme give you a hand!

      I was thankful to not be on this list.  Because I already feel guilty for the time I spend here.

      You came close to making the list!  And you way more than doubled my comment total for January!

      You clocked in at 752 for January!

      Congrats!

      :)

      by Hardhat Democrat on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 08:23:44 PM PDT

      •  Thanks for handing out the numbers

        while I was AFK.

        You're in my alphabetical list of names, so you must have been a contenda somewhere along the way. :)

        by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 10:33:02 PM PDT

        •  Oh yeah...

          I was like a "Top Ten" commenta back in Novemba and Decemba...and I was also mostly unemployed during those months...heh...

          I wonder if there was a connection there?

          I know I topped a thousand at least one of those months, but now the search is all screwy and gives me a different number every time; still trying to figure out how I did that, though...wow!  That's like an average of 34 comments a day!  I thought I've been busy tonight, but I see that I've only made like 11...

          by Hardhat Democrat on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 11:34:03 PM PDT

  •  542 and my first month here

    sheese.  embarrassed.  Didn't know I was so chatty.  

    by crazyshirley2100 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 11:41:29 PM PDT

    •  No need to be embarrassed!

      That's why we come here anyways, right?  To chat!

      :)

      BTW, welcome!  I hope you're enjoying it here...

      by Hardhat Democrat on Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 12:51:14 AM PDT

•  I think ya missed me.

  1304 in 4 weeks.

  by ben masel on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:38:45 PM PDT

  •  Thanks, ben

    I'll add you in as soon as I can get Search to work for me again, so I can confirm the results and get data for prior months.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:45:37 PM PDT

  •  You've been added

    Sorry it took so long; searches that normally take six seconds were taking one hundred...if they didn't time out, that is.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:18:20 PM PDT

•  Oddly

  The percentage of the top 20 who are strongly anti-Obama is really high.  

  by huckleberry on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:42:07 PM PDT

•  Damn, I thought I commented a lot

  Guess I'm not as big-mouthed as I thought.  Lots of great folks on that list.  Thanks, sardonyx.

  by Dallasdoc on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:42:09 PM PDT

  •  You're plenty big-mouthed

    I mean, you write plenty of good comments. ;-D

    It's just you tend to write about 500 a month, not 1000 a month, and this list doesn't measure things like total words written, or even total sensible words.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:44:33 PM PDT

•  That link doesn't work for me. Get

  that stupid msg that page cannot be displayed.  What's up w/ that?

  by Sally in SF on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:45:16 PM PDT

  •  Search seems to be down temporarily

    It was working fine five minutes ago. It'll probably be back soon.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:47:11 PM PDT

    •  Thanks. It finally came up, but got an error,

      so I'll try again later.

      by Sally in SF on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:49:04 PM PDT

•  Hmmm. I don't know what

  to think of this sort of tally.  Inform on your own, I guess.  

  I don't think these are the, um, healthiest of times.  

  by lightiris on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:49:49 PM PDT

  •  It's been a monthly feature since last May

    Unless you think the site's been unhealthy for that long...

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:55:04 PM PDT

    •  I do, actually

      We've been in the shit for a least a year. SInce the new Congress, basically.

      by andgarden on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:55:59 PM PDT

      •  Yes, I agree.

        This site's been in the tank for some time.  I don't view, candidly, the above "list" as something anyone should be proud of.  What I see is ideology, not considered political opinion.  Politics vs. Sports.  What we have here is sports; my team v. yours.  

        So, yes, the site has been unhealthy for some time.  

        And I've been here for awhile.

        by lightiris on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:21:14 PM PDT

      •  Certainly since the primay season opened

        Lightitis' sports analogy is apt.  We have all sorts of folks on the continuum--from the rabid to the bandwagon jumpers--all supporting one team or another, and many with so little idea of the intracacies of the "game" that it's sadly unnerving to see some of what passes for imformed commentary.  

        Yeah, I know that sounds wildly snobbish, but jeez o' pete, the malodorous sniping between candidate camps reminds me of Little League rivalries.

        by GOTV on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:10:25 PM PDT

        •  Erratum:

          primary

          by GOTV on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:11:19 PM PDT

•  It isn't an accident that I've dropped down

  by andgarden on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:51:37 PM PDT

•  I didn't break a thousand...

  ...but I was over 700. OMG I need a life.

  by PerfectStormer on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 04:53:00 PM PDT

•  You totally left me off

  and that isn't because of my lack of comments.  Really, I'm sure there is a deep conspiracy theory to leave Ambrosius off of lists.

  by Ambrosius on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:22:37 PM PDT

  •  You're on another list for tonight

    or have you forgotten? ;-) No, no, believe me, I counted every one of your 79 comments in January. The total just didn't quite meet the numeric criteria is all.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:43:08 PM PDT

    •  No forgetting

      I just figured a smart ass needed to stop by.

      by Ambrosius on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:46:50 PM PDT

      •  Next time, bring the rest of you, too!

        ;-)

        by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:57:04 PM PDT

•  i searched me

  from 4 weeks to today and i had more than 1000.  uh-oh.  don't tell anyone.

  i don't know how to make the search box focus on january.

  by jlms qkw on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:25:54 PM PDT

  •  Too late; I already found you

    You'll be added in a few minutes, along with Theghostofkarlafayetucker.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:33:59 PM PDT

    •  oh thanks !

      i like to be with ghosts.

      tip:  find out the high comments on mojo friday and cheers and jeers.  

      goffnews does a post-diary review of mojo friday.  

      by jlms qkw on Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 03:58:20 AM PDT

•  380 of stuff like this

  

  by Irishkorean on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:32:25 PM PDT

•  I'd like to thank sardonyx for taking this over

  it got to be quite a chore!

  by plf515 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:34:42 PM PDT

  •  It still is! ;-)

    I do initial searches on at least 200 usernames, and it goes on from there. I suspect either jotter or ct has a thunderbolt with my name on it.

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:40:59 PM PDT

    •  it is a great service sardonyx

      i just noticed that i posted about 5000 comments here in 2007.

      my god that is a lot.

      i guess.

      relatively speaking?  yeah.  

      yeah???????

      _______________

      it's their screen name because they couldn't figure out how to spell "moran."

      -9.75 (e), -7.18 (s)

      by dadanation on Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 12:29:51 AM PDT

      •  Yeah.

        Of course, I'm speaking as someone with over 5800, so I'm clearly a relative of some sort.

        by sardonyx on Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 05:49:08 PM PDT

•  i have decided....

  to go for quality instead of quantity.  
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  ....anybody buying this?

  by nonnie9999 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:42:52 PM PDT

  •  I don't know

    How far are you willing to come down in price?

    by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:43:34 PM PDT

    •  having a special today....

      if you act now, buy one, get one free.

      by nonnie9999 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:49:33 PM PDT

      •  Which qualities are these?

        by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 05:58:07 PM PDT

        •  the ones that.....

          call you bastard!

          by nonnie9999 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 07:11:43 PM PDT

          •  *That's* not special!

            That's not even new; you've been giving me those all year. ;-)

            No way I'm going to pay for 'em.

            by sardonyx on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 07:34:59 PM PDT

            •  they are special...

              to me!
              hey, sar, forgot to tell you. if you are in the mood for singing, i rewrote a little tune.

              by nonnie9999 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 07:53:18 PM PDT

•  Wow what a bunch of blabbermouths

  by bumblebums on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:15:54 PM PDT

•  Handy Guide for the Prolific Commenters: RSI

  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, RSI, Computer Users

  http://www.dailykos.com/...

  by LNK on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 09:13:11 PM PDT

•  Heh heh heh. Quantity vs. Quality?

  A special award should go to those helpful commenters who post rapid response contact info and facts, corrections, and other useful reference material.

  Public Service Award, as it were.

  by LNK on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 09:16:00 PM PDT

  •  lord love a duck

    i nearly threw out my clavicle when i walked into the kitchen to get some pudding pops and basically hydroplaned across the linoleum given the volume of kitten love juice on the flooring, all because of you!

    LNK, i am not made out of an infinite supply of paper towels.

    a little restraint ok?

    this is what i am talking about:

    

    _______________

    it's their screen name because they couldn't figure out how to spell "moran."

    -9.75 (e), -7.18 (s)

    by dadanation on Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 06:37:07 AM PDT

•  I'm late but I'm here...

  YAY!!!

  Thanks Sar...

  by Elise on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 11:05:16 AM PDT

  •  You're here

    and you're up there. Looks like you beat kath25 again this month... ;-)

    by sardonyx on Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 06:36:09 AM PDT