numbersnumbersnumbersBWAAAAH!The next thought was to search through all my old comment notifications in order to try to find it. "Blimey", I thought. "7,411 messages from lj_notify is quite a lot"; the beefy userinfo tells me that 4,402 of them were due to comments in my journal, so 3,009 must be result from people replying to comments I have left in other people's journals.
Then, as you probably don't, I had a burning desire to work out who most frequently inspired such comments. A fairly slow and undignified hack and thrash with QBasic later and I have the answer.
This is a count of the number of comments that have been sent to me by each other LJ user, whether the comment was a reply to me on my journal or on someone else's.
ericklendl 525leiabelle 382zorac 249hermorrine 247lambertman 202addedentry 199bateleur 181expetesso 173daweaver 163picklepuss 161songmonk 155missingdonut 147brigbother 123dancingrain 118radinden 113j4 107ringbark 97frayer 95rialtus 94cygnusfap 88fruufoo 85queerasjohn 83imc 78beingjdc 77philonightmare 69glissando 66calliaume 62hmtriplecrown 62tall_man 58sophie10 56themightyuser 56dezzikitty 54malachan 54mhw 53applez 52verlaine 52jumbach 47foreverdirt 46amuzulo 45bopeepsheep 45jaydlewis 45oddree 45tromboneborges 45alice_and_lain 442ndavemusic 42karen2205 42owlman 42akahannah 41irinaauthor 39ealuscerwen 38flourish 37athena_arena 35the_maenad 35tranquillo 35lnr 34venta 34sincelastjuly 32quiz_master_man 32ari_o 31dinahrae 30dr4b 30xnera 28anatsuno 27strangefrontier 27mrstrellis 27titanic_days 26chrisvenus 26hedwig_snowy 26kearie 26altricial 25mortari 25folk 24petulans 24longsunday 24black_dog 23acadine 21superfi 21onebyone 20vanityfair 20muffinbutt 19brakusjs 18praetorianguard 15heinous_bitca 14homestar 12nick_at_esc 12nmalfoy 12pinguthegreek 12trebro 12ari_o 11ixchelmala 11
kat99999 11katrionaa 11marysiak 11notnormalikeyou 11nystana 11atommickbrane 10byrlakin 10catalana 10debellatrix 10gaby723 10lambertman 10moonstruck4rjl 10truecatachresis 10bookshop 9chinawolf 8thegraybook 8ewx 8fangexploring 8ieyasu 8lasultrix 8leathellin 8pseudomonas 8teppanyaki 8artysmokes 7chresimos 7crystal_claire 7drbear 7greenpuppy 7kevin 7liuxia 7milenalupin 7aome 6green_amber 6hawkida 6jessindistress 6sbisson 6kleio_caissa 6zarchasmpgmr 6zonefox 6acinonyxjubatus 5amourmalfoy 5wardy 5bastard 5doooook 5dungeoneer 5freethepenguins 5gwendolyngrace 5madlori 5mark356 5marnameow 5randomknowledge 5skittl1321 5skykid 5white_n_nerdee 5wreny 5_kent 4almea 4angiej 4anya_writer 4benjj 4darthfi 4earthquake1906 4floralaetifica 4foxmagic 4k425 4shista 4smilie117 4vamp_zorac 4xxmykonstantine 4_corpulence_ 3aegeus 3airemay 3aleph_0 3alfabettezoupe 3argentus 3avalons 3azurelunatic 3condign 3deza 3doris 3ecwoodburn 3tartpants 3godlovesevery1 3hanacandi 3healthy_erin 3ias 3kitsune13 3klepsydra 3knirirr 3ladyjaida 3lisekit 3neppiw 3pengolodh_sc 3pervy_elf 3plizak 3publicansdecoy 3risen_phoenix 3slai 3starcrossedgirl 3terriem 3titanic_days 3tomalhe 3triskellian 3trogdor_zorac 3twelveeyes 3unknownid 3vtown 3wednesdayschild 3adamcollins 2airabuyuu 2ajcleenwe 2alyeska 2andylou 2of_evangeline 2beadgalsarita 2catbuell 2davinator 2agonistes 2djphantasy 2dreamplum 2dumbgenius 2eibbil_libbie 2eleveninches 2erechtheus 2frombrenna 2gannet 2gnimmel 2untexan 2intr0spection 2chairmanchico 2jame0 2jodimuse 2jvvw 2kazzik 2kermitbantam 2kharin 2l2g 2len 2levez 2lovingboth 2madoushi_clef 2megd 2metame 2midnightschilde 2mintness 2moondroplette 2nevecat 2notapipe 2pbolchover 2perfectlyvague 2pot_pal_ashley 2ladyguenivere 2scat0324 2simonb 2slipjig 2sloopjonb 2sport6449 2spottedhyena 2spykitten 2stelle_belle 2sternel 2paradise_city 2taimatsu 2technodummy 2telepwen 2thespianpythia 2theurge 2tobymalfoy 2v_vconservative 2volterra 2wikdsushi 2yakkette 2zombie_zorac 21anonymous1 1777777777777777 1ablotial 1abostick59 1aeditimi 1aendr 1afya 1akcipitrokulo 1ajhalluk 1ajshepherd 1alfaguru 1alizarinish 1amaiman 1andi_sunrider 1andrewducker 1ang_grrr 1annearchy 1anthonym83 1applepip 1archmage 1arosoff 1arralethe 1darthgeek 1athlongeek 1laura_borealis 1bananabread 1officialbizness 1bk1e 1bluebelly 1buffymaraschina 1busarewski 1camies 1carissa_lynn 1catyak 1ceo_norman_j 1cheshire23 1chickenfeet2003 1cmcm 1coffeesama 1confuscious 1corinnethewise 1cranberrycream 1zurafa 1cushla 1cuthere 1daimon_hyperion 1dakegra 1daneel_olivaw 1dayafternext 1delirieuse 1demarazare 1dennyd 1dermfitz 1amyshaped 1devulgari 1diablodraco 1diffrentcolours 1dmota104 1donnybrook89 1dracopottamus 1eleanor 1elethe 1elgoose 1elke_tanzer 1elleblue 1elthar 1embledore 1emmavescence 1endlesswriting 1greenamber 1entity_watcher 1etherealqueen 1feath 1flamingtoilet 1flannelcat 1flick 1fred_d 1frozenunderzero 1frydgreenvelvet 1gaski 1gehenna1 1ginavenolia 1gramarye1971 1euterpeslullaby 1griffen 1guardian_writer 1h_vetinari 1angelbluekisses 1harryjpotter7 1helenbr 1hellsop 1hgempress 1hpana_cheeser 1rano_kwiatek 1illumina_ann 1immorak 1dvisions 1ina 1indigosoul 1isilya 1jayspec 1jdevrien 1jedipimp 1jerzyk 1jiggerypokery 1jillthepill 1joannablack 1jojobear99 1jvinocur 1jw6aa 1k4olin 1kaet 1kattish 1katu 1katybeth 1kawaru 1kemayo 1keris 1kissaki 1kokopoko 1kouhaataru 1kowarth 1kwan_yin 1lanfykins 1lathany 1lauria 1leora 1leprosy 1lisaofdoom 1littletort 1loki_sataere 1loogaroo 1loony_bob 1lostboydv 1lowi 1lunarennui 1madlori 1maelkann 1mafamba 1maggie_malfoy 1mahoney 1malsperanza 1mantisknight 1matttt 1megadog 1melissa_tlc 1meril 1merlaan 1merlness 1thieving_gypsy 1milothereporter 1minorparadox 1mintogrubb 1missmona 1moistcentipede 1monarx 1mousme 1muggleangel 1muruch 1divabat 1naath 1neil_scott 1netdancer 1niekje 1nomadicwriter 1non_existent_ 1nykkel 1oldbloke 1olukemi 1oodleplex 1mariannesque 1orangewatcher 1ordencodex 1oulangi 1pettitte96 1pheltzer 1pingviini 1pinkgumdrop 1gustheduckie 1shinwachou 1pm215 1pne 1porsupah 1powersh20works 1primroseburrows 1priscellie 1prom 1prowler323 1pumpkin_trina 1queen_jude 1queenjohn 1trempnvt 1queerbychoice 1queso 1rachigurl5 1rahaeli 1rar_ara 1raven_tuatha 1raventhon 1reality_fades 1redarius 1reddragdiva 1rejs 1remia 1rev69 1rhiannon333 1ringsnake 1riverheart 1roberticke 1romana03 1sa_ra_ra_ra 1elena 1saraphale 1scarlatti 1schanyl 1scimiotix 1sensational 1sensefille 1serenejournal 1serennau 1serizawa3000 1sevensickles 1several_bees 1sheridanwilde 1silversolitaire 1simont 1skx 1slightly_mad 1slowfox 1snarkbite 1sobrique 1sognatrice 1solcita 1solochild 1sparklielizard 1spiralingmoon 1spiritkayla 1squirmelia 1stardegenerate 1stephandra 1strangeanimal 1strictlytrue 1suppafly 1susanofstohelit 1swerved 1swottymcswot 1tabbi_cakes 1tabouli 1tacit 1telesilla 1terzian 1the_gardener 1thegreateze 1theswedishchef 1tigge03 1tinymich 1tkb 1tktiger 1tocomfortyou 1tunglov 1turquoise_dream 1twelfthofnever 1thaumaturge 1tydel 1uitlander 1varyar 1venivincere 1vintagefury 1viola_dreamwalk 1vlamidala 1wearejustducky 1weatherby 1pointedview 1winterbadger 1wuluf 1wwwwwwwwwwwwwww 1xandria 1xanfan 1xaoswolf 1xturtle 1yonmei 1Comments: upon extracting every mail received from lj_notify@livejournal.com, the file is nearly 1½ million lines long. Trying to get the PC to alphabetise the file resulted, as you might expect, in a fairly hairy lockup. Thus QBasic program one was to cut out all the lines of the file which didn't start with From:. I sorted this reduced file and wrote QBasic program two to count how many times each person appeared consecutively. The rest of it was just simple text editing. I'm sure it can be done as a one-liner in perl. You can have the programs if you like, but it's probably far more efficient for you to knock the programs up yourself.
This would be a fantastically geeky and moderately nifty thing to be able to do automatically, but it relies on people keeping all their mail sent from lj_notify@livejournal.com, which is not a safe assumption. Unless, of course, you can think of a better way to do it which will not involve killing the LJ database.
I could have produced position numbers as well, but you don't really need them. If you don't appear close enough to the top that it's not too much of a problem to count then, my Friend, please don't bother counting. :-)
People who have changed username, or who have two different journals, do get ever-so-faintly shafted by appearing twice. Sorry 'bout that, chief. It's slightly funnier when you change journal name, because it means your new journal name appears twice. (This is because I uploaded the old journal name in its proper place, only for LJ to convert it forward into your new name.)
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zorac and hermorrine being #3 and #4, within two comments of each other, on their first anniversary is just cool.No, I don't intend to repeat this at all frequently. There is no reason for you to try to appear higher on the list, but I can't stop you.
Yes, I probably should be doing something productive instead.
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