From 807598dbd03b9dca3c3ac7d890fe0cb2f8a1bb9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Exon
- This is the number of times the user posted a reply to someone any time in the last month. + This is the number of times the user posted a reply to someone + else, on a thread the user did not start, any time in the last + month.
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@ Likes to replies are not necessarily a positive thing, but if the person you're replying to approves the reply, that's a very good sign. Of course it's also common in a debate for neither - side to like the other side's comments, but the debate still can - be valuable. + side to like the other side's comments without that indicating + an unhealthy interaction, so interpret this statistic cautiously.
@@ -103,10 +105,10 @@
A "reply - guy" is a common Internet phenomenon of people (disproportionately male) - posting unwanted comments on other (disproportionately female) - people's threads, derailing the - conversation. This score loosely approximates this phenomenon, + guy" is a common Internet phenomenon of people + (disproportionately male) posting unwanted comments on other + (disproportionately female) people's threads, derailing the + conversation. This score loosely quantifies this phenomenon, as the ratio betwen the number of replies and the sum of likes, respondee likes, and OP likes. This formula gives extra weight to particularly relevant likes: a reply to a top-level post that