Noticed The Top Commentators Got Reset
written by John Chow on March 3rd, 2007
When I set the Top Commentators Plugin to reset every week, I wasn’t sure what day of the week it will reset on. Now I know – Saturday. I just noticed this now because comment spam king, Michael Kwan, wasn’t on the list. *Completely shocked* However, I’m sure he’ll power his way back on somehow.
This is the first day of the weekly reset and I see our number 1 commentator, Alex Becker, has 39 comments already. Considering it’s only 3PM and there’s still nine hours left in the day, that’s pretty amazing. For being the top commentator on day 1, Alex gets a link on this post.
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I’m finding that alot of people leave it on monthly and you’ll see 1000+ posts – weekly makes perfect sense.
I think it matters on how active your blog is. Leaving it on monthly(with an inactive blog makes it look more active), with an active blog, you don’t give others much change to make it. John made a great choice.
I have mine set to monthly because comments are not that active – other sites I own I do weekly because the level of traffic. To each site – its own settings and preference
I still have mine set to monthly!
I noticed that there are a lot more comments here now that John has changed the reset time to weekly.
John always makes great choices, May be Evil are googd at making choices
I agree. Depending on how one plays it, it can still make your blog looks pretty active. What do you know? John might have to make the reset daily sooner or later.
it looks like I’m on pace to reset it bi-annually . . . hahhaa . . it really does depend on the activity of the site!
Did it get reset again?!
BTW, it looks like Alex’s blog is down.
Man, I’ve having site issues too! I doubt it’s a WordPress 2.1.2 issue …
Saman=Irritated
@Saman,
Your blog is working on my end.
Thanks Stuart,
It’s been on and off all day. I keep getting this error:
500 Internal Server Error.
I can still access images and files, but nothing Wordpress related. I have tried downgrading to v2.1 – although 2.1.2 was live all day yesterday…
Just an update, mt site has been stable for about an hour. I know you were all very worried.
I noticed his site is down too
As for a 500, is an internal Server error, its a really generic error message that means something oops server side
Yeah, tell me about it! And the tech’s weren’t much help either
I didn’t notice any comments by Alex, so I’m thinking that those 39 comments are trackbacks NOT initiated by him. His blog is down (and has been down for some time). In my Google personalized homepage, it once read “Alex Becker’s blog”. It now reads “download fetish video”. It has been like that for a couple of weeks now.
Michael how can I make a track back to your blog?
Ajith, below any of Michael’s posts, there is a link entitled “Trackback this Post”. Have a look for it.
But, doesn’t it happen automatically when you link to the post?
Yes, near the bottom (just above the comment reply box), you’ll see a trackback link. I have it set up in Wordpress, though, to automatically send a trackback to any URL I link to.
That’s a crazy amount of comments for one day from one person. I think the title of top spammer is starting to become more appropriate and less of a joke.
Speaking of op spammer, Michael Kwan is on the top commentators list.
He didn’t waste any time! I only saw him a few hours ago at our weekly Pho fest.
I did not reset fully, this is my first comment of the day.
Yeah, it didn’t reset fully. While I have been reading and commenting here for the past little bit, I definitely have not put up 37 comments TODAY (as it reads now).
Nor have I added 60 today (maybe 50 – take that Steve
)
seriously Michael . .what’s your secret? do you have a modified IM program you’re using to comment so much? =)
Firefox tabbed browsing goes a long way.
Yeah where’s the love? I was at the top of the list for days!
I guys I’ll have to settle for all of the great linkbacks!
Top of the list? Get used to being at the bottom!!!
By the way: THOSE SMILIES ARE LAUGHING AT YOU!
I was a top comment whore until I vanished away for about a month.. now I can’t keep up the posting of the rest of you!
Seems like people are on a fight to be at the top commentators list too bad
Honestly, these Threaded Comments give the site a Board feeling. I think that’s why I get involved in every conversation…
Yea, you can see exactly who, where and when someone is speaking to you. Threaded style is best for blogs with ‘very’ active comments.
That was entertaining guys.. thanks!
Looks like it got a reset again
That’s more comments than I get on my blog in an entire week.
Good for you, Jason. I never got one.
you just got one . . . i really like the clean look of your site! can’t wait to see which wp plugins are going to work for your site
oops . that last comment was meant for Jason’s site . . . I just visited yours Aris and I think you should have a RSS feed for just your images!!! that would be great!
I like the look as well – especially that header image, very nice!
Thanks for the comment Gary. I just added the show top commentators plugin. You could be the first on the list if you make a comment on my site now.
If you guys installed the top commentator plug in, I’m sure more people would enjoy commenting.
It’s like a forum – people fight to be on top – except with the Top Commenter you are fighting for that link back
Very true, I know that I look for it on blogs now…
do you think smaller blogs should limit it to a Top 3 or Top 5 list to initiate the competitiveness?
I was wondering that same thing earlier but I think 5 is perfect – if you don’t have traffic – it’s 5 free link backs – build those up and then strive for more.
Not at all. I think having more will be beneficial because everyone will get a linkback.
I agree, a longer list will encourage more posters
I guess people like commenting here a lot because of the “reply to this comment” feature.
Definitely, with so many people replying to the threads, it is almost like talking in real-time.
Its becoming the John Chow Forums
This post alone has more comments than my site has had in months. But I have to agree that the Show Top Commentator plugin has increased the comments on my own site as well.
But I just cannot keep up with the commenting here and still have time to work and write content for my own site. I’ll just have to take advantage of the times John shares some community love and links to my site/post.
I agree, I’m spending a lot of time replying to posts on my site – but that is a good thing! I totally appreciate the feedback and all of the commentators!
You know, it seemed like the plugin was reset two or three days ago too…
Is it on a 7 day rolling schedule?
I don’t think it’s on a rolling schedule. He says it resets every week, but maybe John can verify this for us?
Its sposed to resest every week but I havent seen it drop down, the number of comments against the top commentors seemed to remain static
Well not quite, when it was monthly the number of comments was a lot higher, its just I had expected the number to zero at some point, suppose with the number of posts it doesnt stay at zero for long
You can specify Yearly, Monthly, Weekly or a specific daily interval: 2,3,4…
I have set to reset weekly and start everyone at zero. However, I am not sure which day of the week it resets at.
I haven’t been reset to 0 yet. Might only happen later tonight?
Nor have I.
I’ve never seen it say zero for any of the commentators, it always says 20 or more.
Why is Michael Kwan still in the top commentators area if he now writes for you?
That’s a good question! I would remove all authors from my Top Commentator’s list.
Does that make me more evil then the Root of All Evil?
Perks of the job??
Also, I suppose he comments in his own time as a reader rather than an author
Hello John,
I just wanted to stop by and say thank you for visiting my humble blog. Seeing your picture on my ‘Recent Readers’ roll was a pleasant surprise that inspired a brief post in tribute to your visit.
I hope I’m not making too big a thing over it, but I just wanted to let you know that it means a lot to a newbie when a prominent blogger visits their blog.
Thanks again. You’ll be seeing more of me around here!
Jose
I agree! It’s always nice to see regulars from John’s site on mine!
Yes, I was quite excited when I saw that John visited my blog a couple weeks ago.
John, the top commentators plugin uses the comments from the last seven days.
It never gets reset to zero now.
But shouldn’t it?
I think that’s what everyone thinks it should do based on the way the plugin describes it, but in reality it sounds like the plugin might just limit all comments from the last seven days instead of only for a specific month with the monthly setup.
Right, but on that reset day, there shouldn’t be any comments yet – right?
But I have yet to see it say anything less then 20 comments, maybe I’m just visiting it late…
I notice that it changes EVERY day. It doesn’t reset, it just fluctuates based on the last 7 days!
Ryan, I have to agree with you on that. The fluctuation varies from commentators to commentators, it seems. Oh wells..
I don’t think it’s all that big of a deal, and it might actually be better if it works out that way. This way people don’t spam for a day to get 50 comments and then just take the rest of the week off.
So it is a rolling count then???
Better jump on it!
Far out already to break into the comments list you have to of made 30 comments. You have a real good community here John.
Lets start the new set of commenters…
Personally I don’t know how someone can get to 60 comments in one day (current top commentor is at 60), and there is still an evening left in today!!
They don’t, I think there is an issue with the plugin – or we aren’t understanding how it works yet…
ahh…ok…that makes more sense….
Commitment and a desire to get onto the top posters list
Soon John will be able to create a forum for comments and just link to the blog posts
I set mine to monthly, and the top commentator barely reach 10 comments
It will, you just have to get your name out there!
Like Saman says, I think you will find your comments begin to increase. Before installing this plugin, I had the rare comment here and there.
Since installing the plugin, I am getting much more regular comments on each post. A big part of it is getting your name/blog out there to other people. You can do that by commenting on other people’s sites or contributing in some other way.
For instance, I won a contest here and John linked to me and then I helped John with a fix for the threaded comments and he linked to me again. Those links brought a good number of people to my site and some of them stick around and become regulars.
Crazy! I can’t believe there can be that many posts in such a short time.
It is akin to a very lively forum, the commentators here.
Everyone just wants to have a go!
Any body heared about the Z-List blog.. Check out that at Blogging to fame (there is a community i MBL) nice idea
Haven’t had heard of it. Would have a go at looking at that later.
that answers my question, wow right after i was proud to make the comment list i get reset on lol
Ooo yeah, i notice that as well because my comment in other peoples blog has disappeared…SO, it happens to other people as well…
Well John, I think you’ve still got something messed; this is the first comment I write in two days; it can’t have been reset correctly.
What about inbound links? Do you have a way to measure who has the most links to you? I would think that would be more important then who leaves the most comments.
Take Care,
Michael
Yeah, it’s Technorati!
And your stats, its also possible to refine a google search to see how many inbound links come from a site, thought its never that ‘clean’
As you say, Technorati is the best method
Top Commentators = We are all a big family!
The MyBlogLog pic’s definitely help with the communal feel of this site!
Haha yeah I got the pen last month! WOOHOO!!
Does it work?
Like I said … it updates everyday using the last 7 days of comments.
No worries.I want to be a good commentator, and IF i have good comments on JC blog I will reach the top again.I love to make comments and good comments
You should do an in depth post about the effects of your readers that make it to the top commentators section. It would be interesting to see what the traffic is like and how it impacts their click through rate, alexa, and technorati rankings, etc…
@James: A hi5 for that.Thats a different thought guess JC will surely think about it as he loves his readers
Nicely done! A little too much time spent commenting though on Alex’s part? lol
I’m in support of a daily reset. It’s crazy man.