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04-30-13 11:27 AM
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I've recently noticed that my "average words per post" value doesn't seem to be what it should. Since this post will change it, let's work with a screenshot of my profile page as it appeared when I was writing this post:



As you can see, I was listed as having an average of 2936 words per post. Only one of my posts has more words than this supposed average, though, and with it being at only 3262 words, it should not be able to skew the average that far given that the vast majority of my posts contain less than 300 words, let alone nearly 3000. Before I made that post, my listed average was actually higher than any post I had ever made, but I didn't take a screenshot.

I don't have very many posts, so I took the time to calculate my average by hand using the word count given above each of my posts. I only got an average of 287, far less than what the value given by the board, so I suspect there's some sort of error in calculating the average.

Now, it did in fact, give a correct average of my average post exp per post, as 120376 divided by 41 is exactly 2936, but is post exp supposed to be the same thing as a total word count? If so, then why is my post exp an order of magnitude higher than my total word count? If not, then why not call it "average exp per post"?
I've recently noticed that my "average words per post" value doesn't seem to be what it should. Since this post will change it, let's work with a screenshot of my profile page as it appeared when I was writing this post:



As you can see, I was listed as having an average of 2936 words per post. Only one of my posts has more words than this supposed average, though, and with it being at only 3262 words, it should not be able to skew the average that far given that the vast majority of my posts contain less than 300 words, let alone nearly 3000. Before I made that post, my listed average was actually higher than any post I had ever made, but I didn't take a screenshot.

I don't have very many posts, so I took the time to calculate my average by hand using the word count given above each of my posts. I only got an average of 287, far less than what the value given by the board, so I suspect there's some sort of error in calculating the average.

Now, it did in fact, give a correct average of my average post exp per post, as 120376 divided by 41 is exactly 2936, but is post exp supposed to be the same thing as a total word count? If so, then why is my post exp an order of magnitude higher than my total word count? If not, then why not call it "average exp per post"?
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05-04-13 09:37 AM
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Strange. I can't imagine what would cause that. There has to be some glitch going on. Maybe the high word count is messing up the calculation. I can't imagine the formula would be so bad that large word counts would break it but you never know.
Strange. I can't imagine what would cause that. There has to be some glitch going on. Maybe the high word count is messing up the calculation. I can't imagine the formula would be so bad that large word counts would break it but you never know.
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05-04-13 10:00 AM
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Q : That is odd I wish I had that it would be cool to see that I post like that lol I don't know why but I like it lol.
Q : That is odd I wish I had that it would be cool to see that I post like that lol I don't know why but I like it lol.
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