More Sports Blog Geekery: Top Deadspin Commenters, 2007

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Jason Jason posted 12/28/2007 from ballhype.com [flag]

On Wednesday, Rob Iracane unveiled his picks for Deadspin commenters of the year, and Camp Tiger Claw came out on top. Regular comments section readers are well aware that CTC brings the funny, but was he really the #1 commenter for 2007?

To find out, I printed out each post from 2007, divided them up among 5 monkeys, and had them count up all of the +1's, +2's, +10's, and other variations that commenters have awarded each other—you know, in lieu of comment voting. (See footnote for a few caveats.) Before we get to the final tally, here are a few other nuggets we were able to extract:

As you can see from the chart below, Camp Tiger Claw was in fact the top commenter by this measure, with a comfortable lead over Tuffy at #2. The rest of the top 10 follow, with some of their highest-rated contributions for your reading pleasure.

CommenterDapsExamples
Camp Tiger Claw81Romo's athletic roots
Everywhere you look, everywhere you go
Tuffy63The Karate Kid: 14 years away
Hartman was awesome
Weed Against Speed61How the mighty have fallen
Van Peezy's other handle
UkraineNotWeak47What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?
The juice is loose
Lady Andrea29Vigo the Carpathian = Fred Thompson
Ewwww
Phony Gwynn25Those bears can ball
Can't we all just get along?
Stev D25IT WAS JUST THAT ONE COLUMN
Ha—I bench 520!
Gourmet Spud24Charlie Hustlin'
Rocket needs rest
ArkansasFred23La Liga race watch
Define combat, sir
Rob Iracane23Tomorrow night, Paul O'Neill has to catch a fly ball in his hat
Do as I say, not as I do

 

Notes:

  • All plusses were counted equally: +1, +2, +1000, whatever.
  • We only included plusses that were attached to @username replies, which seem to show up sometime in February.
  • Only the first page of comments per post was parsed--any points awarded after #100 weren't factored in.
  • Total plusses tracked: 1,860.

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Comments (8)

  • suss suss
    +3

    My reputation as being funny. Ruined by math. RUINED!!! 

    Posted 12/28/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • Tbone42 Tbone42
    +3

    First it was the maps and now this.

    Once again, head exploded.

    Posted 12/28/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • nickunderhill nickunderhill
    +1
    Wow, you really care this much?  Is it that important?  I know being the best commenter on Deadspin is a life changing event and all, but wow.
    Posted 3/31/2008 [reply] [flag]

Links (3)

That's It; We're Officially Out Of End Of Year Lists [Intense Insanity]
Published 12/28/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... You've always wondered -- maybe -- about those Deadspin comment "+1" points; has anyone ever compiled those things? Well, obviously not ... who has the time for that ... holy crap! ...

High Five
Published 12/28/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
A quick look around the interweb while dodging snowflakes Jim Leyritz is in a bit of trouble. [ FanHouse ] Zook then threw up all over the place five seconds later. [ Deadspin ] The Fukudome comes complete with a cannon and movable arms for realistic fighting action. [ Home Run Derby ] You shouldn't take Ufford seriously. Seriously. [ With Leather ] Jason Gurney has waaaaay too much time on his hands, but since he did the work, he's rewarded with the link. [ Ballhype ]

We Are (Mostly) Made of Stars [Comment Ombudsman]
Published 3/31/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... a few months ago, but that was only because I forgot to collect the best comments over the previous two weeks and I thought it would be a good gag at the time. Little did I know that it would lead to that Ballhype guy tabulating the +1's. In retrospect, that's a very fair way of determining the best of the best because we can all contribute. ...