24 votes

Who do you think is the most cited author on Tildes according to the tags?

Posted by Fal
Tags: ask.discussion, authors, casual, tildes, tags

One of the tags that I almost always remember to include in my posts here on Tildes is the author.authorname tags. I wonder which author is cited the most through the tagging system here on Tildes. I know that journalists in ~society show up a lot, but there are also quite a few repeat authors in ~games

14 comments

  1. [2]
    Jordan117
    Link
    I'm surprised there's not a way to browse the tag hierarchy. Seems like a missed opportunity to build that structure with no easy way to explore it.

    I'm surprised there's not a way to browse the tag hierarchy. Seems like a missed opportunity to build that structure with no easy way to explore it.

    14 votes
    1. moocow1452
      Link Parent
      It's the ~groupocentrists, man. They're working to keep the #tag anarchists down! /rabble

      It's the ~groupocentrists, man. They're working to keep the #tag anarchists down! /rabble

      8 votes
  2. [10]
    mycketforvirrad
    Link
    My initial guess would be The Guardian's Nordic correspondent, who I utilise liberally for my own content posting, author.miranda bryant with 71 posts.

    My initial guess would be The Guardian's Nordic correspondent, who I utilise liberally for my own content posting, author.miranda bryant with 71 posts.

    12 votes
    1. [6]
      cfabbro
      Link Parent
      You're probably right, but @Deimos can likely definitively answer this for us with a simple database query. (hint hint, pretty please ;)

      You're probably right, but @Deimos can likely definitively answer this for us with a simple database query.
      (hint hint, pretty please ;)

      7 votes
      1. [2]
        Deimos
        Link Parent
        The top 10 author. tags: tag count author.anthony_dalessandro 91 author.miranda_bryant 71 author.kyle_orland 59 author.jeff_foust 55 author.steven_vaughan_nichols 53 author.derek_muller 47...
        • Exemplary

        The top 10 author. tags:

        tag count
        author.anthony_dalessandro 91
        author.miranda_bryant 71
        author.kyle_orland 59
        author.jeff_foust 55
        author.steven_vaughan_nichols 53
        author.derek_muller 47
        author.sam_denby 47
        author.brian_krebs 46
        author.max_miller 44
        author.tom_warren 44

        And I'm not sure exactly what @Fal was hoping to see with a group breakdown, but here's the top author tag for each group where the count is at least 5:

        group tag count
        ~arts author.matt_sephton 5
        ~books author.alison_flood 15
        ~comics author.rich_johnston 9
        ~comp author.matt_sayar 6
        ~design author.feargus_osullivan 12
        ~engineering author.grady_hillhouse 29
        ~enviro author.damian_carrington 17
        ~finance author.patrick_mckenzie 27
        ~food author.max_miller 43
        ~games author.kyle_orland 56
        ~games.tabletop author.colin_mcgourty 15
        ~health author.beth_mole 16
        ~hobbies author.john_plant 12
        ~humanities author.abigail_thorne 8
        ~humanities.history author.bret_devereaux 16
        ~humanities.languages author.rob_watts 10
        ~lgbt author.erin_reed 14
        ~life author.maddy_savage 8
        ~movies author.anthony_dalessandro 90
        ~music author.mark_savage 14
        ~news author.hannah_ellis_petersen 7
        ~science author.derek_muller 21
        ~society author.maggie_haberman 15
        ~space author.jeff_foust 55
        ~sports.combat author.john_gunning 10
        ~sports.football author.nick_ames 10
        ~sports.hockey author.andrew_podnieks 8
        ~sports.motorsports author.andrew_benson 8
        ~tech author.steven_vaughan_nichols 43
        ~transport author.andrew_j_hawkins 20
        ~tv author.joe_otterson 25
        19 votes
        1. mycketforvirrad
          Link Parent
          This is great! Thanks for taking the time. I love this sort of trivial data.

          This is great! Thanks for taking the time. I love this sort of trivial data.

          8 votes
      2. [3]
        Fal
        Link Parent
        Perhaps a breakdown by group would be nice too pleasepleaseplease

        Perhaps a breakdown by group would be nice too
        pleasepleaseplease

        5 votes
        1. [2]
          mycketforvirrad
          Link Parent
          The man's gonna be doing a sixteen page PowerPoint presentation at this rate. 😜

          The man's gonna be doing a sixteen page PowerPoint presentation at this rate. 😜

          7 votes
          1. Fal
            Link Parent
            Slide 24: Breakdown of most-cited authors by 150 most active posters

            Slide 24: Breakdown of most-cited authors by 150 most active posters

            5 votes
    2. [3]
      mycketforvirrad
      Link Parent
      This really piqued my interest! But so far I've only found one other candidate whose search results even spill onto that second page of results. And that's author.kyle orland at Ars Technica with 59.

      This really piqued my interest! But so far I've only found one other candidate whose search results even spill onto that second page of results. And that's author.kyle orland at Ars Technica with 59.

      4 votes
      1. [2]
        Fal
        Link Parent
        Related question: what’s the most tagged source? My money is on source.youtube

        Related question: what’s the most tagged source? My money is on source.youtube

        3 votes
        1. mycketforvirrad
          Link Parent
          Definitely. It's my most posted source by quite some distance. And I post a lot...

          Definitely. It's my most posted source by quite some distance. And I post a lot...

          2 votes
  3. [2]
    cloud_loud
    Link
    The guy I post from Deadline, Anthony D'Alessandro, on ~movies has about 90 posts.

    The guy I post from Deadline, Anthony D'Alessandro, on ~movies has about 90 posts.

    8 votes
    1. mycketforvirrad
      Link Parent
      Forgot about that dude. I think we have a winner!

      Forgot about that dude. I think we have a winner!

      3 votes