Speaking of..... I had some free time earlier tonight.
- Thread Domination Index: Which threads are dominated by a particular user?
- Poster Exposure Index: Similar to the TDI, but takes into account the popularity of the thread (by views and total number of replies). Threads which are extremely popular are weighted more favourably.
I believe that if users listed in the above charts disappeared, their absence would definitely be noted by followers of those threads. Of course this doesn't describe
general notability, only those posters who dominate the discussion in particular subcommunitys. It's also only applied on a single thread basis, so wouldn't include the combined influence of things like Kassatsu's weekly PSN threads.
The Poster Exposure Index isn't comparable between Gaming-Age and Off-Topic charts. Partly because I had to modify the weighting so that the humongous football thread didn't throw everything out, and partly because it's an abstract measure anyway.
(Yep, almost 40% of the entire cricket thread is Grug and tri_willy talking to each other.

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