ZooChat is 18 years old!

[TeaLovingDave]

All the numbers in that list are two years out I think.

Indeed - apart from anything else, there are individuals in that list who haven't been on the site for years, contrary to the "within the past six months" qualifier

 

[Simon Hampel]

1) There you go
2) I feel a tad embarrassed to hold this record. I believe that about half of these "new" avatars were simply me being OCD and trying to more center an already established avatar, as this is something I know I've done quite a bit.

Yes, that would increase the "change" count - every change you make like trying to centre an image, counts as a change.

 

[Simon Hampel]

If ZooChat is 18 years old, how is it possible that you've only been a member for 16 years?

Well spotted - there was a bug in my spreadsheet!

The list of users and the number of days is correct - but the calculation of years for everyone was actually from the 2019 data!

I've fixed the spreadsheet and updated the table - it now correctly shows 18 years for me and everyone else's year count has been fixed as well.

 

[Simon Hampel]

Indeed - apart from anything else, there are individuals in that list who haven't been on the site for years, contrary to the "within the past six months" qualifier

They only need to have logged in, not actually posted. Any time a user logs in, it updates the "last activity" record in the database.

See also table D18. Users who have lurked the longest - which shows people who have logged recently but not posted in a long time.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

They only need to have logged in, not actually posted. Any time a user logs in, it updates the "last activity" record in the database.

No, I know how it works - but in the initial version before you fixed it, there were several individuals whose last log-in was significantly longer ago than that, for instance @orbe (last log-in 12 July 2019) and @john regan (last log-in 19 Jul 2019), and whose inclusion is presumably because they *had* logged in within the last six months based on the 2019 data.

In total, the first version of the list includes 10 names no longer present on the second version.

 

[Simon Hampel]

No, I know how it works - but in the initial version before you fixed it, there were several individuals whose last log-in was significantly longer ago than that, for instance @orbe (last log-in 12 July 2019) and @john regan (last log-in 19 Jul 2019), and whose inclusion is presumably because they *had* logged in within the last six months based on the 2019 data.

In total, the first version of the list includes 10 names no longer present on the second version.

All of the names originally included in the 2021 stats were correct - the only thing incorrect was the number of years.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

All of the names originally included in the 2021 stats were correct - the only thing incorrect was the number of years.

Ah, I see where I was confused now - I was comparing the post @amur leopard quoted to your edited post, not realising he had quoted the original 2019 post and not your original 2021 post mea culpa!

 

[CMP]

D6. Users with the highest media upload rate

Only includes users who have been members for at least a year.

1. (9.6 uploads per day; 30,890 uploads in 3,234 days) - @vogelcommando
2. (6.6 uploads per day; 15,769 uploads in 2,382 days) - @KevinB
3. (5.9 uploads per day; 29,957 uploads in 5,070 days) - @snowleopard
4. (3.3 uploads per day; 6,239 uploads in 1,919 days) - @TinoPup
5. (3.1 uploads per day; 13,851 uploads in 4,526 days) - @geomorph
6. (2.8 uploads per day; 14,123 uploads in 5,120 days) - @Maguari
7. (2.5 uploads per day; 1,168 uploads in 472 days) - @Dhole dude
8. (2.4 uploads per day; 8,987 uploads in 3,778 days) - @Moebelle
9. (2.4 uploads per day; 6,403 uploads in 2,712 days) - @LaughingDove
10. (2.3 uploads per day; 1,244 uploads in 536 days) - @German Zoo World
11. (2.2 uploads per day; 5,237 uploads in 2,395 days) - @MagpieGoose
12. (2.2 uploads per day; 10,227 uploads in 4,746 days) - @Hix
13. (2.1 uploads per day; 957 uploads in 461 days) - @red river hog
14. (2.0 uploads per day; 810 uploads in 409 days) - @Nandito
15. (1.9 uploads per day; 6,369 uploads in 3,285 days) - @ThylacineAlive
16. (1.6 uploads per day; 2,546 uploads in 1,639 days) - @Sarus Crane
17. (1.5 uploads per day; 4,246 uploads in 2,911 days) - @WhistlingKite24
18. (1.4 uploads per day; 6,145 uploads in 4,451 days) - @gulogulogulo
19. (1.3 uploads per day; 1,747 uploads in 1,323 days) - @Terry Thomas
20. (1.3 uploads per day; 736 uploads in 559 days) - @David Matos Mendes
21. (1.3 uploads per day; 5,064 uploads in 3,888 days) - @Parrotsandrew
22. (1.3 uploads per day; 3,182 uploads in 2,472 days) - @FunkyGibbon
23. (1.3 uploads per day; 5,181 uploads in 4,088 days) - @KCZooFan
24. (1.3 uploads per day; 4,873 uploads in 3,879 days) - @nikola
25. (1.3 uploads per day; 6,086 uploads in 4,853 days) - @devilfish
26. (1.2 uploads per day; 6,235 uploads in 5,003 days) - @Baldur
27. (1.2 uploads per day; 1,446 uploads in 1,200 days) - @Elephantlover
28. (1.2 uploads per day; 948 uploads in 818 days) - @Jogy
29. (1.1 uploads per day; 1,199 uploads in 1,074 days) - @Daniel Sörensen
30. (1.1 uploads per day; 5,741 uploads in 5,241 days) - @Chlidonias
31. (1.1 uploads per day; 907 uploads in 829 days) - @Julio C Castro
32. (1.1 uploads per day; 4,997 uploads in 4,611 days) - @Blackduiker
33. (1.1 uploads per day; 4,619 uploads in 4,274 days) - @Giant Eland
34. (1.0 uploads per day; 4,779 uploads in 4,633 days) - @Arizona Docent
35. (1.0 uploads per day; 2,766 uploads in 2,710 days) - @ro6ca66
36. (1.0 uploads per day; 1,876 uploads in 1,883 days) - @pachyderm pro
37. (1.0 uploads per day; 4,955 uploads in 5,066 days) - @Ituri
38. (0.9 uploads per day; 883 uploads in 960 days) - @SivatheriumGuy
39. (0.9 uploads per day; 4,236 uploads in 4,640 days) - @jbnbsn99
40. (0.9 uploads per day; 413 uploads in 464 days) - @DaLilFishie
41. (0.9 uploads per day; 2,814 uploads in 3,183 days) - @Pleistohorse
42. (0.9 uploads per day; 1,401 uploads in 1,603 days) - @Najade
43. (0.9 uploads per day; 1,241 uploads in 1,451 days) - @Patrick87
44. (0.8 uploads per day; 474 uploads in 567 days) - @Gavial
45. (0.8 uploads per day; 2,290 uploads in 2,829 days) - @carlos55
46. (0.8 uploads per day; 3,699 uploads in 4,739 days) - @lintworm
47. (0.8 uploads per day; 2,888 uploads in 3,731 days) - @Milwaukee Man
48. (0.8 uploads per day; 319 uploads in 415 days) - @BerdNerd
49. (0.8 uploads per day; 445 uploads in 582 days) - @Bubalus
50. (0.7 uploads per day; 1,567 uploads in 2,169 days) - @jayjds2

D5. Users with the highest post rate

Only includes users who have been members for at least a year.

1. (5.0 posts per day; 26,219 posts in 5,241 days) - @Chlidonias
2. (5.0 posts per day; 16,159 posts in 3,234 days) - @vogelcommando
3. (4.8 posts per day; 7,170 posts in 1,492 days) - @birdsandbats
4. (4.2 posts per day; 1,698 posts in 400 days) - @CheeseChameleon2007
5. (3.6 posts per day; 3,469 posts in 968 days) - @amur leopard
6. (3.6 posts per day; 19,428 posts in 5,431 days) - @Pertinax
7. (3.6 posts per day; 14,863 posts in 4,173 days) - @TeaLovingDave
8. (3.0 posts per day; 9,968 posts in 3,285 days) - @ThylacineAlive
9. (3.0 posts per day; 1,364 posts in 461 days) - @red river hog
10. (2.8 posts per day; 6,699 posts in 2,417 days) - @Zoofan15
11. (2.7 posts per day; 1,088 posts in 401 days) - @Mr Gharial
12. (2.5 posts per day; 1,586 posts in 633 days) - @Jungle Man
13. (2.4 posts per day; 1,368 posts in 573 days) - @Westcoastperson
14. (2.3 posts per day; 1,077 posts in 469 days) - @Tetzoo Quizzer
15. (2.2 posts per day; 2,882 posts in 1,298 days) - @Great Argus
16. (2.2 posts per day; 3,244 posts in 1,507 days) - @ZooBinh
17. (2.0 posts per day; 919 posts in 459 days) - @JurassicMax
18. (1.9 posts per day; 11,092 posts in 5,745 days) - @Kifaru Bwana
19. (1.9 posts per day; 6,471 posts in 3,394 days) - @TZFan
20. (1.8 posts per day; 724 posts in 400 days) - @Mai Thai
21. (1.8 posts per day; 8,354 posts in 4,633 days) - @Arizona Docent
22. (1.8 posts per day; 1,415 posts in 791 days) - @MonkeyBat
23. (1.7 posts per day; 4,288 posts in 2,472 days) - @FunkyGibbon
24. (1.7 posts per day; 2,553 posts in 1,501 days) - @TheGerenuk
25. (1.6 posts per day; 1,937 posts in 1,176 days) - @Jambo
26. (1.6 posts per day; 758 posts in 472 days) - @Dhole dude
27. (1.6 posts per day; 1,754 posts in 1,095 days) - @Hipporex
28. (1.6 posts per day; 2,990 posts in 1,919 days) - @TinoPup
29. (1.5 posts per day; 634 posts in 415 days) - @MizzB
30. (1.5 posts per day; 740 posts in 493 days) - @TheZooMan10
31. (1.5 posts per day; 828 posts in 559 days) - @David Matos Mendes
32. (1.5 posts per day; 1,671 posts in 1,149 days) - @Neil chace
33. (1.4 posts per day; 713 posts in 505 days) - @Jarne
34. (1.4 posts per day; 6,339 posts in 4,499 days) - @Nisha
35. (1.4 posts per day; 714 posts in 511 days) - @Smaggledagle
36. (1.3 posts per day; 6,688 posts in 5,070 days) - @snowleopard
37. (1.3 posts per day; 1,544 posts in 1,179 days) - @OstrichMania
38. (1.3 posts per day; 707 posts in 542 days) - @grevy's zebra
39. (1.3 posts per day; 583 posts in 464 days) - @DaLilFishie
40. (1.3 posts per day; 512 posts in 409 days) - @Nandito
41. (1.2 posts per day; 2,686 posts in 2,169 days) - @jayjds2
42. (1.2 posts per day; 512 posts in 415 days) - @BerdNerd
43. (1.2 posts per day; 4,710 posts in 3,884 days) - @nanoboy
44. (1.2 posts per day; 472 posts in 391 days) - @CrashMegaraptor
45. (1.2 posts per day; 6,245 posts in 5,181 days) - @kiang
46. (1.2 posts per day; 2,208 posts in 1,883 days) - @pachyderm pro
47. (1.2 posts per day; 4,801 posts in 4,097 days) - @zooboy28
48. (1.1 posts per day; 4,060 posts in 3,538 days) - @pipaluk
49. (1.1 posts per day; 610 posts in 536 days) - @German Zoo World
50. (1.1 posts per day; 5,923 posts in 5,267 days) - @bongorob

Too bad, I missed the cutoff for a year by a mere 6 days

Anyways, happy birthday to ZooChat, and congratulations to the staff members for their hard work!

 

[amur leopard]

Ah, I see where I was confused now - I was comparing the post @amur leopard quoted to your edited post, not realising he had quoted the original 2019 post and not your original 2021 post mea culpa!

Oh, my bad, I appear to have caused this confusion.

 

[TinoPup]

A 1-2 for weary misanthropy.



Hooray for Wally!

I also love the randomness of the 'most-viewed' media items. Presumably some of these are linked to from elsewhere on the web, driving traffic in. No idea how that macaw aviary at Leopoldshafen would get that many views otherwise..!

I think this is the case. Zoochat photos come up a lot on google depending on what you search for...
"map of X zoo" is a big one, as is searching for rarer species (though there's probably not many of us searching google for those to begin with )

 

[TNT]

As someone who hasn't changed their profile picture in the 6.5 years I've been here, I just find it hilarious. Funny how one weird way the data is calculated led you to be first in this category by roughly twice the next person one has to wonder if @ThomasNotTom is the one who realistically deserves the title.

Admittedly, I have had a fair few profile pictures... I seem to remember you being not so impressed with one That said, like @Hipporex has stated, I have also had a fair few issues with getting certain photos centered and such

 

[birdsandbats]

So folks, what have been your favorite Hipporex and ThomasNotTom avatars? I said my favorite Hipporex avatar. Unlike many others, I thought the bathroom selfie and toilet bowl were hilarious and they were easily my favorite TNT avatars.

 

[Simon Hampel]

I think this is the case. Zoochat photos come up a lot on google depending on what you search for...
"map of X zoo" is a big one, as is searching for rarer species (though there's probably not many of us searching google for those to begin with )

Yes, the search term "whipsnade zoo map" is in the top 50 most searched for terms on Google which lead to clicks through to ZooChat.

Indeed, when I do a google image search on that term, a map on ZooChat comes up as the second result (although that's also likely because Google knows I visit the site a lot and so is more likely to recommend it in search results).



Ironically, the map in question is this one from 2008 Whipsnade Zoo Map - ZooChat

I hope people aren't relying on this as a current version of the map - because they might be disappointed or susprised!

 

[Simon Hampel]

So folks, what have been your favorite Hipporex and ThomasNotTom avatars? I said my favorite Hipporex avatar. Unlike many others, I thought the bathroom selfie and toilet bowl were hilarious and they were easily my favorite TNT avatars.

It's a pity I can't show historical version of avatars easily so we can look at how a user's avatar choice changes over time.

 

[Dhole dude]

Yes, the search term "whipsnade zoo map" is in the top 50 most searched for terms on Google which lead to clicks through to ZooChat.

Indeed, when I do a google image search on that term, a map on ZooChat comes up as the second result (although that's also likely because Google knows I visit the site a lot and so is more likely to recommend it in search results).

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Ironically, the map in question is this one from 2008 Whipsnade Zoo Map - ZooChat

I hope people aren't relying on this as a current version of the map - because they might be disappointed or susprised!

Ironically, this was how I discovered ZooChat .

 

[Simon Hampel]

Ah, I see where I was confused now - I was comparing the post @amur leopard quoted to your edited post, not realising he had quoted the original 2019 post and not your original 2021 post mea culpa!

Ahh - I had also missed that @amur leopard quoted the old post. I understand now!

Oh, my bad, I appear to have caused this confusion.

It's all good - now that we're on the same page, it all makes sense.

And you were correct in your original post - the spreadsheet I used to collate the data was copied from the 2019 anniversary stats.

I then pasted in the new data from the 2021 database query - which updated the username and number of days.

However, I failed to notice that the column showing the year had not updated - it was supposed to do a simple sum to calculate the number of years, but instead had the raw data from last year.

I must have had the database do the year calculation previously and forgot to adjust the speadsheet to do the calculation instead for the new version.

All good - it should work correctly in future.

 

[TNT]

@Simon Hampel do you happen to have any updates in regard to the new website please?

 

[Simon Hampel]

@Simon Hampel do you happen to have any updates in regard to the new website please?

Not really other than I'm almost done with the migration of the critical components for PropertyChat - which needs to be done before I can start work on ZooChat.

Probably 80-90% of the work I'm doing on PropertyChat is directly usable on ZooChat, so then it's just the remaining ZooChat-specific stuff I'll need to do.

I'm not going to put a date on when I expect to be done - but I'm really pushing hard to get PropertyChat done before the end of the year. Then ZooChat will be a short while after that.

I'm really starting to feel like I'm in the home stretch for PropertyChat now.