2016 Worldbuilding Moderator Election

Tim B

10:01

1. HDE 226868: 142 (150 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 137 (143 up, -6 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 131 (139 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 86 (96 up, -10 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 78 (82 up, -4 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 71 (78 up, -7 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 63 (73 up, -10 down)
8. James: 49 (56 up, -7 down)
9. Monty Wild: 44 (51 up, -7 down)
10. Samuel: 35 (47 up, -12 down)
11. bilbo_pingouin: 28 (31 up, -3 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 26 (30 up, -4 down)
13. JDługosz: 10 (16 up, -6 down)
14. Aify: 6 (14 up, -8 down)
15. AndyD273: 3 (12 up, -9 down)

Things are definitely settling down

I'll be surprised if we see any more changes by the end of the primaries, although it could still happen.

overactor

10:45

bilbo and Samuel are not terribly far apart

Tim B

7 votes? that's substantial

overactor

the difference in voting colume between the two of them is remarkable though

@TimB it's quite a bit, but it could still happen

is what I'm saying

Tim B

yeah, some people really don't like something about Samuel's candidateship for some reason

overactor

It's also the only difference on this chart that really matters

Tim B

true fact

overactor

10:47

bilbo on the other hand has the lowest number of downvotes

Tim B

bilbo and daah were both ahead of Monty Wild for a while, then Monty pulled ahead yesterday

so I guess it's possible the same could happen for someone other than Monty today

overactor

@TimB I made a fun little addition to the votes calculator script:

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Tim B

. HDE 226868: 142 (150 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 136 (143 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 132 (140 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 86 (96 up, -10 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 78 (82 up, -4 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 71 (78 up, -7 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 63 (73 up, -10 down)
8. James: 49 (56 up, -7 down)
9. Monty Wild: 45 (52 up, -7 down)
10. Samuel: 35 (47 up, -12 down)
11. bilbo_pingouin: 28 (31 up, -3 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 26 (30 up, -4 down)
13. JDługosz: 10 (16 up, -6 down)
14. Aify: 6 (14 up, -8 down)
15. AndyD273: 3 (12 up, -9 down)

overactor

now it also makes a little ascii art graph in the console

Tim B

you can see votes have noticeably slowed down

overactor

10:50

@TimB when was that?

Tim B

the one I just posted is now

overactor

oh, that's newer

Tim B

so that's changes in last 50 minutes

overactor

Monica is catching up

Tim B

the gap between HDE to me and me to Monica has hovered around 5 for the past day, sometimes a bit more sometimes a bit less

overactor

10:53

HDE 226868: 150 up, -8 down:
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Tim B: 143 up, -7 down:
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Monica Cellio: 140 up, -8 down:
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Tim B

overall people are voting for us equally...so the gap has remained roughly constant with HDE keeping his slight lead

overactor

It's a little bit weird, you'd expect the gap to stay proportional to the total scores

Tim B

you should still have the numbers to the left so we can see where 10 is

overactor

good point

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1. HDE 226868: 150 up, -8 down:
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2. Tim B: 143 up, -7 down:
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3. Monica Cellio: 140 up, -8 down:
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Tim B

maybe a /2 on the scores as well to make the graph a bit smaller (if less accurate)

although it's still ok atm

overactor

10:59

I thought about setting a hard limit on width and then scaling to fit

but meh

The table without teh graph still gets printed as well

Tim B

11:56

HDE 226868: 150 up, -8 down:
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Tim B: 143 up, -7 down:
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Monica Cellio: 140 up, -8 down:
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Mourdos

I do feel a little sorry for fi12

Tim B

No change at the top few in the past hour

I feel sorry for Jim2B

decent candidate score, his statement was short but not terrible...and yet he's on 18/-18

overactor

12:12

@TimB I haven't voted on him because I don't have enough to go on

very short (but not terrible) statement

no questionnaire

Tim B

12:24

Yep, I think that's why everyone is doing the same. I upvoted him but only because I don't think he deserved to be negative, if he'd been +10 or more I'd probably not have upvoted for the exact reasons you give.

Mourdos

Failing to be active in meta is something that means you don't get to be a mod.

You need to be known.

And by active, I mean more than upvote/downvote.

Serban Tanasa

13:12

wow, bilbo_pingouin, DaahWhoosh and I have the lowest negative scores

downvotewise

Tim B

yep, you're clearly the uncontroversial candidates

Serban Tanasa

i don't understand who would downvote Monica, for instance.

AndreiROM

hi, folks

Serban Tanasa

hello Andrei

AndreiROM

someone who might want their more fav candidate to take the lead

Tim B

13:21

Samuels 48 to 12 is the most controversial

What Andrei said :)

AndreiROM

I was a little surprised at how poorly received Samuel's candidacy has been

but I guess he sort of is a fan of sarcastic comments/answers

some people probably didn't take too well to his style

Tim B

I don't remember seeing Samuel in chat much either?

AndreiROM

this is only my third or fourth time in chat myself, so i have no idea

Serban Tanasa

I'm just jealous of his "epic" badge

:)

overactor

1. HDE 226868: 145 (153 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 138 (145 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 134 (142 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 88 (98 up, -10 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 80 (84 up, -4 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 71 (79 up, -8 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 63 (74 up, -11 down)
8. James: 51 (58 up, -7 down)
9. Monty Wild: 47 (54 up, -7 down)
10. Samuel: 37 (49 up, -12 down)
11. bilbo_pingouin: 28 (32 up, -4 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 26 (31 up, -5 down)
13. JDługosz: 10 (17 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 5 (14 up, -9 down)
15. AndyD273: 2 (12 up, -10 down)

1. HDE 226868: 153 up, -8 down:
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2. Tim B: 145 up, -7 down:
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3. Monica Cellio: 142 up, -8 down:
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Samuel is making a run for it

bilbo, Daah, JD and Aify all gained a down vote

Tim B

13:29

Michael definitely deserves more recognition than he's getting. He spends a lot of time writing things like this:

7

A: Does anyone else find WB insanely aggressive re: holding/locking questions?

Like Samuel wrote, our site has a tendency to attract questions that are little more than random musings. More to the point, our site has a tendency to attract questions that are everything from nutcases to sheer madness, and not uncommonly, without any prior research having been done. Note the ...

Serban Tanasa

@TimB, whoa, when did you get 11 (!!!) gold badges

AndreiROM

I want gold badges :'(

they're shiny

@TimB LOLLLL ... I think the link you posted also gives us some great insight into Samuel's score

and I quote: "Nope, you're bonkers."

he's a pretty funny guy under the sarcasm, though

bilbo_pingouin

@overactor please stop saying that I don't have that many downvote ;-)

2

overactor

Gee, @bilbo_pingouin doesn't have very many upvotes so far, does he?

bilbo_pingouin

not sure that'll work though... ;-)

overactor

13:42

@bilbo_pingouin but it is true :^)

bilbo_pingouin

tbh, I am don't think most people voting now come around this chat... or any chat for that matter

Tim B

@SerbanTanasa I got 3 or 4 in the last few months I think, several famous questions

I got 2 on worldbuilding and 1 on Stack Overflow on the same week :D

Serban Tanasa

neat.

overactor

I suppose getting famous question is getting easier

on wb.SE

Serban Tanasa

i have none

overactor

13:44

@SerbanTanasa well, get on it!

Tim B

One of those questions spent over a week in HNQ

Serban Tanasa

[creates a bot army]

Tim B

and it did take about that long to rack up the 10k views

bilbo_pingouin

@SerbanTanasa golden badge or famous question?

Tim B

he has 7 golds

Serban Tanasa

13:45

@bilbo_pingouin famous q

7 is ok, 8 is better, but 11 seems out of reach

@TimB I have you beat in the bronze!! muhaha

overactor

7 is a nice number

Tim B

worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/badges/28/…

overactor

not as nice as 3 though

Tim B

Questions I asked over a year ago are starting to nudge over the 10k mark

you can see I got 2 in January for questions asked a long time ago

Serban Tanasa

@TimB, I have one around 9600, slowly edging up

Mourdos

13:47

oh wow, I'm user 9 :P

Serban Tanasa

and another one at 99 upvotes

has been gaining an upvote every few days or so

also slowly creeping my way up to socratic, although @HDE226868 might well beat me there

Tim B

I'm on 48 questions, Socratic is a LONG way away

bilbo_pingouin

14:14

from @Hohmannfan ^^^

DaaaahWhoosh

I'm pretty happy with 12th place

I like being the worst of the best, and right now I'm right on the edge

Mourdos

I see Samuel has the coveted 'last spot' bonus to his score, taking him past the 40 mark :P

bilbo_pingouin

@DaaaahWhoosh there is some step behind the two of us. Comparatively, it's one of the bigger steps... one between 3 and 4 and 12 and 13...

Mourdos

Oh, wait, last spot is an actual useful marker.

Nice.

Hohmannfan

Oh! I posted in the wrong chat

Mourdos

14:20

Doesn't matter, it's welcome everywhere.

DaaaahWhoosh

I think this chatroom is just as much about the election as the main one

Hohmannfan

Yeah... It is the same people talking about the same things

DaaaahWhoosh

pretty much... I just have two chats open now instead of one

Hohmannfan

If it continues to double every election, I will eventually run out of tabs

bilbo_pingouin

@DaaaahWhoosh only two? lucky you ;-)

Hohmannfan

14:23

I have The Pod Bay open too

Tim B

Is that so you can throw the pesky humans out through it?

Hohmannfan

I have no idea why the chat is named that, but that may be the reason

DaaaahWhoosh

@TimB Isn't the idea to just not open them?

pesky humans will go out on their own, you just don't have to let them back in

Tim B

well you open them to let them out in the first place

DaaaahWhoosh

ah, right

James

15:38

242 new messages...really...

Mourdos

16:25

It was wild

James

16:41

@Mourdos Ill take your word for it

Tim B

17:31

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2. Tim B: 149 up, -7 down:
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3. Monica Cellio: 146 up, -8 down:
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James

@TimB gracias

Tim B

It's generated by a script, I just run it all credit to @overactor for the script and @Hohmannfan for doing it by hand for the first day :)

James

I admit I am pretty pleasantly surprised by 8th place...

Tim B

well it's not over yet

anyhow home time o/

James

And I am really curious to see who down voted @MonicaCellio ...I mean the rest of sure, we get obnoxious from time to time, but she is always super nice.

bowlturner

17:37

@SerbanTanasa is an outlier in that he has almost half as many down votes as the next person in the top 10

James

...which is kind of obnoxious in a way :p so nevermind I get it.

bowlturner

:)

James

Yeah and whats the deal with Jim2B...he's got some haters lined up

Mourdos

So we elect the four at the bottom right?

:-)

Samuel

@Mourdos Yes.

@James I've got some haters too. I suppose it's better than apathy.

Mourdos

17:43

Its interesting, I know all the names of the top 12. The ones below? Never heard of before the elections

bowlturner

Jim2B has some pretty good answers

I was amazed (s)he was voted so poorly

James

As sarcastic as I can be...and as hard as it is to emote sarcasm in text I am surprised I don't have more frankly.

bowlturner

I can downvote you if it would make you feel any better.

Mourdos

xD

James

@bowlturner wisedonkey

bowlturner

17:50

Better wise than dumb! ;)

Serban Tanasa

Yeaj. Jim2B is always solid

love their answers

@bowlturner just wait until i deploy the bot herds during the election

bowlturner

Bring them on!

I'm going to lunch

Serban Tanasa

@bowlturner, but I think people mostly know me by my posts rather than mod activity

Monica Cellio

@James We all have downvotes, and the pro-tems all have several. Could be tactical voting, people who disagreed with some mod action we took, people who just want a change of scenery... who knows?

@bowlturner Jim2B hasn't answered the questionnaire and has almost no meta activity, and in his nomination he says he likes discussions and wants to keep questions open. That could explain the downvotes regardless of how good one's Q&A on main are.

@SerbanTanasa high-quality posts are the first thing I think of when I see your name, yes. Then I look further and see your other contributions.

@Mourdos "never heard of" can also explain downvotes; voters probably want to see a level of activity before electing someone.

All speculation, worth what you paid for it. :-)

Somebody said that Samuel isn't in chat much. Please note that Samual was away (out of town, away from computers) for several weeks recently and has just come back, so look farther back if overall chat participation is important to you.

Serban Tanasa

18:12

@MonicaCellio, [blushes]

@Samuel called me out earlier on a self-serving link in a recent question. I removed said offending link in the morning, thanks to your comment.

@Samuel, as Karma would have it, I got 2 upvotes on that q within 3 hours of removing the link

Samuel

@SerbanTanasa Just saying I noticed it. I've got no problem with linking previous answers.

@MonicaCellio The Internet has a short attention span, I was gone for six weeks and it was like I wasn't here daily for months before that.

The general chat is one of my pinned tabs.

Serban Tanasa

^ wait who is this person posting above

Samuel

I'm new here.

This is some kind of Magrathea SE, right?

Serban Tanasa

@Samuel, yeah, this section is mostly about planting fossils

Samuel

Crap, I'm looking for the Fjords section... But don't think I'm just a fanboy, I liked them before it was cool.

Jerenda

18:46

I was just reading through the candidate nominations for the primary when I read @Samuel's and realized that the questions got asked at some point.

Now I'm going to have to do tons of reading and probably change my votes. XD

Samuel

@Jerenda Yeah, when the primary opened. I might be the only one who updated my bid to link to it.

Jerenda

Maybe the link should be in the main question portion? I might not be the only one who didn't realize there was more information available.

Samuel

@Jerenda It is in there.

It's the last thing.

Jerenda

@Samuel

cough @Samuel OK, I see it now.

Monica Cellio

15 of the 19 candidates have answered the questionnaire. I'm impressed by how many did so in the first few hours. :-)

And yes, lots of reading there.

(I edited an index into the question to make individual candidates' answers easier to find, something I saw them do on an SO election with 30 candidates.)

Samuel

18:51

@Jerenda Easy to miss :)

@MonicaCellio Noticed that, it looks good.

Jerenda

@Samuel Agreed.

James

@Samuel this made me chuckle

Samuel

@James Slartibartfast totally sold out.

James

@Samuel Pardon me while I visit google.

oh...doy. I seriously need to read those books...

Samuel

@James You mean re-read?

Because yes, either way.

James

18:57

@Samuel /shame no...

I've never read them.

Ill just go withdraw from the election now.

Samuel

I'm not a laugh out loud when reading kind of person and those books made that happen.

Jerenda

It's not just you, @James! I've only read the first one! (Although I'm not a candidate for election...)

Serban Tanasa

@Samuel, agreed, only Saint Pratchett ranks higher on my list of recent Britons with a higher laugh-out-loud factor

Samuel

@SerbanTanasa Also excellent. Who couldn't like Rincewind?

Jerenda

19:17

@MonicaCellio, I was on the fence about voting for you, but I really liked your answers to the questions. You clearly have a lot of experience and know what you're talking about, while having the compassion that I want in a mod. :)

Monica Cellio

19:37

@Jerenda thank you.

Woo, questionnaires make a difference! Other candidates take note. :-)

Jerenda

@MonicaCellio You're welcome. They really do; I'm reading @ArtOfCode's right now. I didn't think his nomination statements were compelling either way, but I love his Q&A.

Monica Cellio

@Jerenda agreed; Art's answers are strong and solid.

Jerenda

I feel like he also gives more information than other candidates, helping me as a fairly inexperienced lurker to understand what he'd give as a mod.

Worldbuilding is the only SE community I truly love. I lurk far too much, but I love it and I want to try and help the community pick good mods. So, the more information the better for me. :)

Tim B

Good, that's the sort of person we wrote the Q&As for

Monica Cellio

Yeah, what Tim said. Lots of people won't read these answers, but for those who do, we want to supply enough information for you to have some idea what you'd be getting for your vote.

Jerenda

19:48

OK! Answers have been read, votes have been given, and my daughter seems to think she's more important than Worldbuilding. I'd better go validate her. XD

Tim B

:o

get her a worldbuilding account then she can vote too

Hohmannfan

My sock puppets are REAL people!

Monica Cellio

@Jerenda growing the next generation of worldbuilders is important too. (She is going to be a worldbuilder, right? :-) )

@Hohmannfan a whole universe in your sock drawer! Who'd'a thought?

Hohmannfan

@TimB Start with letting her build small continents, and progress from there

Samuel

We have five candidates who haven't even read the tour page. That is, no informed badge.

Hohmannfan

19:55

@MonicaCellio My sock drawer would be a good setting. Unexplored regions, mysterious things going on, and a rich biology.

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Samuel

Seems like a good badge to go into the moderator candidate score...

Hohmannfan

@Samuel I agree

Samuel

Most surprising is one of the current mods is on that list...

Serban Tanasa

@Hohmannfan, the only thing about my sock drawer are mysterious and unaccounted disappearances.

Hohmannfan

@SerbanTanasa You too? Perhaps they are all interconnected in some kind of L-space network?

Serban Tanasa

20:01

Socks are clearly sentient. For proof, just look at how many have accounts and are posting here on WB

Monica Cellio

@Hohmannfan and depending on how long they've been going: evolution, language, and opposable thumbs. Watch out!

Serban Tanasa

I am actually a sock account of @TimB

Hohmannfan

You too?

Serban Tanasa

Stripy sock with elephants

Monica Cellio

@Samuel uh oh (goes to look). When you help create the page, coming back to walk through it as a user might not seem obvious.

James

20:02

@TimB Fraud! I WANT A RECOUNT!

...oh wait

we haven't voted yet

Monica Cellio

Oh good; I already had it.

Samuel

@MonicaCellio Yeah, fair enough, it's not you or Tim.

James

now I am wondering if it is me...

brb

Hohmannfan

Scary thought: The sock population is outnumbering us with a factor of at least 2

Monica Cellio

@SerbanTanasa so now the truth can be told: does Tim wear toe-socks?

James

20:03

phew, not me

Serban Tanasa

@MonicaCellio, we quietly disposed of those. It was a grim duty, but had to be done.

Samuel

My guess is yes, but not rainbow toe socks.

James

@MonicaCellio I do. The regular kind make wearing toe shoes very uncomfortable

Monica Cellio

@James you wear socks with toe-shoes? For some reason I thought you didn't, but I have limited data.

James

@MonicaCellio You don't have to but you can...I find it keeps my feet drier and thus less blistery when I go on longer runs

Monica Cellio

20:05

That makes sense.

Obligatory:

I *do* hear that they're the most comfortable thing to wear on your feet since sliced bread.

Serban Tanasa

As an out-of-the-closet sock-puppet, I will say it's actually difficult to type without opposable toes.

James

I have that hanging at my desk

Hohmannfan

@MonicaCellio Is "limited data" on things like that available for mods?

Monica Cellio

@Hohmannfan I don't see an "apparel preferences" section on the mod-secret part of the user page. I meant that I only know two people who wear those shoes and neither of them wears socks. But neither of them is a runner, either.

Serban Tanasa

I used to wear the 5-fingered toes for running, but I finally caved in to the overwhelming social pressure.

I now have the regular, 6-fingered kind

Monica Cellio

20:08

6-fingered? Something you're not telling us?

James

He's a dwarf

from Eragon

they have 6 toes.

Does anyone else feel like we are completely violating Grace Note's second pinned chat item over there...its like its sitting over there watching me and judging me for tainting the election chat room.

Samuel

Well now I do.

Hohmannfan

@James @MonicaCellio @Samuel and @SerbanTanasa are all candidates, so I guess we are discussing some important election stuff

James

@Samuel Thank you for the laugh.

Samuel

What do you other candidates think about @James' feet?

Serban Tanasa

20:13

I am conversing with candidates. I want to see if they/I hug babies, kick puppies, etc

Samuel

Wait, I mean @SerbanTanasa's feet.

Serban Tanasa

Gotta know them as a person, with feelings and feet

James

I only kicked that baby one time and he totally had it coming.

Samuel

Is the sixth for vampire hanging?

Serban Tanasa

We only hang when we're sleepy

Samuel

20:14

@SerbanTanasa So... all of daytime?

Serban Tanasa

SPF 100 does wonders for the skintone

it's a garlic-induced skin light sensitivity disorder

Monica Cellio

@James I was on the verge of making a comment like "2016 WB Mod Election, where we discuss toe-socks, X, and Y", but hadn't yet looked at the transcript for suitable X and Y. :-)

Hohmannfan

vampire hangover?

Samuel

@MonicaCellio Toe shoes and uhhhh...

Y

Monica Cellio

...gold badges, and throwing people out of airlocks? Yeah, something like that.

Serban Tanasa

20:18

seems about right for WB

if only we can get some baloon whales

Hohmannfan

I found the loop hole in the note: "Welcome all! This room is intended as a place to converse with candidates, discuss moderator traits, etc. For general discussion related to Worldbuilding, go h..[...]" This is clearly not about worldbuilding, so then it is OK.

Samuel

What about balloons for whales? What can they use that will have a similar buoyancy as balloons for humans?

James

@MonicaCellio I would like to respectfully suggest baby kicking.

Tim B

HDE has had a good day, no chance I'm going to catch him now :(

Hohmannfan

I like the combination of "balloon-whales" and "reasoned-discussion"

Monica Cellio

20:24

@James now there's something to take out of context. :-)

Hohmannfan

Our tags at space exploration

bilbo_pingouin

poor obtuse alcoholic ducks, they are being discriminated against...

Serban Tanasa

that. is. hilarious.

Samuel

It's a star free-for-all in general chat. Click the star at the end of this message to see what's happening!

James

subtle lol

Samuel

20:34

No takers, huh?

Monica Cellio

@Samuel for science? :-)

bilbo_pingouin

no for personal gain. Isn't that what people look for in a political election? ;-)

Samuel

I'm going say yes to no one in particular.

James

I am about to start an important discussion in general chat.

Monica Cellio

@bilbo_pingouin shh... I was trying to give him a chance to claim the high road.

James

20:43

@MonicaCellio Do you have a flag...?

Monica Cellio

@James where, chat? Not at the moment. They come and go pretty quickly, usually. I ignore the ones in Russian. :-)

James

lol no...this

Do you have a flag? - Eddie Izzard

►

pun off of your use of 'claim'

Hohmannfan

Никто не игнорирует Россию!

Monica Cellio

@James oh. Will have to wait until I'm home, I'm afraid.

James

If you have never watched Eddie Izzard's stand up you should. The man is brilliant.

Monica Cellio

20:46

Sounds like fun.

James

This is my favorite full show.

Eddie Izzard Dress To Kill Full Show - Eddie Izzard Stand Up

►

Serban Tanasa

Dress to kill was great

I laughed out loud for the whole 2 hours when i first saw it

you gotta know some history to really appreciate it

...and French

James

@SerbanTanasa Yeah I think I had to watch it at least three times before I actually caught all the jokes.

I saw him live on Force Mejure

not quite as good a dtk but still quite funny.

Serban Tanasa

@James, I saw himi live in St. Petersburg, Russia. He did not cross-dress there for some reason

:)

James

@SerbanTanasa Shocker

Putin is a jack@$$

HDE 226868

21:26

@SerbanTanasa I dunno. It would be tough for me to beat you (I'm at ~61).

Hm, Monica's catching up to Tim, only two votes away.

bilbo_pingouin

@TimB, @overactor how do you run the js?

Samuel

In a console. For Chrome, hit F12 on the election page and select the console tab.

bilbo_pingouin

1. HDE 226868: 153 (161 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 142 (149 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 140 (148 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 93 (103 up, -10 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 86 (90 up, -4 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 73 (81 up, -8 down)
7. James: 53 (60 up, -7 down)
8. Monty Wild: 47 (54 up, -7 down)
9. Samuel: 36 (50 up, -14 down)
10. bilbo_pingouin: 33 (37 up, -4 down)
11. DaaaahWhoosh: 29 (34 up, -5 down)
12. JDługosz: 11 (18 up, -7 down)
13. Aify: 6 (16 up, -10 down)
14. AndyD273: 0 (12 up, -12 down)
15. Jim2B: -1 (18 up, -19 down)

@Samuel thanks, I found out in between :)

bowlturner

21:41

I've noticed Serban catches me during the day and falls behind at night (US)

Serban Tanasa

@bowlturner, I'm busy hunting at night

besides, this is just the primary, the main voting round patterns are bound to be very different.

bowlturner

@SerbanTanasa I'm just hoping to break 100, so I can have 1 post that breaks the 100 mark! ;)

bilbo_pingouin

@bowlturner interesting... does that mean there's a regional way to vote, or that you are more popular with some people...

bowlturner

It suggests to me Serban and I have different geographical regions pulling for us

Serban Tanasa

@bowlturner since I post at day, i expect that my post on main and chate get buried by others by night, so users in Asia and Europe don't see as much of me?

bilbo_pingouin

21:45

@bowlturner Serban's mention of Romanian origin?

bowlturner

@SerbanTanasa Don't know. I mostly post during the day as well.

Serban Tanasa

Europeans hate Romanians, they know we're all thieving gypsies

bilbo_pingouin

@SerbanTanasa I am in Europe ;-)

Serban Tanasa

@bowlturner And besides, you've pulled decisively ahead (8 votes)

bowlturner

@SerbanTanasa it fluctuates. It's been as high as 10 or 11 and as low as 5-6 and it looks like 7 right now

Serban Tanasa

21:50

@bowlturner I think i was ahead in the first 32 minutes!

bowlturner

But most of the negative voting seems to have stopped, or at least slowed down a lot

@SerbanTanasa the higher our scores the smaller the % of difference for that same 7-8 votes becomes.

Serban Tanasa

I'm at 4 negs, have been there for a while

bilbo_pingouin

@bowlturner well except for the less fortunate ones. They get a down vote as often as I get an upvote. Lucky for them, they don't have your rates... :)

Serban Tanasa

@bowlturner ouch 10 down

bowlturner

@SerbanTanasa yep I've been there for a while.

Why isn't Artofcode in the list?

Samuel

21:53

I'm still getting a few downvotes. I'm on the cusp, so I would guess anyone below me has incentive to downvote. Since downvotes can actually affect me.

bowlturner

@Samuel Yes you could still be knocked out

Samuel

Juuust hanging in there for now.

HDE 226868

That's going to be a close race. Only a 7 vote difference between Samuel, bilbo_pingouin and DaaaahWhoosh.

bilbo_pingouin

@bowlturner good catch. I might have screwed it by clicking on his score in the middle of the script

bowlturner

about 48 hours left?

@bilbo_pingouin ah, could be. I had to go check to see if he withdrew from the race

bilbo_pingouin

21:57

1. HDE 226868: 153 (161 up, -8 down)
2. Tim B: 142 (149 up, -7 down)
3. Monica Cellio: 140 (148 up, -8 down)
4. bowlturner: 93 (103 up, -10 down)
5. Serban Tanasa: 86 (90 up, -4 down)
6. Michael Kjörling: 73 (81 up, -8 down)
7. ArtOfCode: 67 (78 up, -11 down)
8. James: 53 (60 up, -7 down)
9. Monty Wild: 47 (54 up, -7 down)
10. Samuel: 36 (50 up, -14 down)
11. bilbo_pingouin: 33 (37 up, -4 down)
12. DaaaahWhoosh: 29 (34 up, -5 down)
13. JDługosz: 11 (18 up, -7 down)
14. Aify: 6 (16 up, -10 down)

without skipping AoC :)

Monica Cellio

That's my highest-scoring post anywhere on the site, but it doesn't confer badges. :-(

bowlturner

@MonicaCellio That is almost twice my highest scoring post. and mine is much smaller than yours

bilbo_pingouin

@Samuel I think the one who has the most to win (at the moment) would be me, and I haven't done it. But maybe some people did want to get some suspense for the end of the voting :)

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