2021: The Year in Review

2021's Top Users

Most Time Reading

User Hours Read
@Mister44
880
@zfirphdn
869
@the_borderer
833
@subextraordinaire
831
@Mindysan33
795
@Brainspore
725
@NukeML
719
@FGD135
690
@RickMycroft
690
@ClutchLinkey
644

Most Topics

User Topics
@Carla_Sinclair
1.04k
@thomdunn
734
@garethb2
378
@mr_raccoon
184
@Rusty_Blazenhoff
149
@Clive_T
129
@AndreaJames
126
@xeni
119
@MissCellania
89
@anon33932455
48

Most Replies

User Replies
@Mindysan33
9.38k
@Papasan
7.02k
@FGD135
6.38k
@Brainspore
4.8k
@knoxblox
4.68k
@Melizmatic
4.51k
@RickMycroft
4.46k
@milliefink
4.3k
@ClutchLinkey
4.16k
@KathyPartdeux
4.09k

Most Replied to

User Replies
@Mindysan33
5.33k
@Brainspore
4.16k
@Papasan
3.36k
@milliefink
2.85k
@gracchus
2.69k
@KathyPartdeux
2.59k
@ClutchLinkey
2.47k
@Melizmatic
2.45k
@Mister44
2.32k
@Akimbo_NOT
2.25k

Most Likes Given

User Likes
@DukeTrout
73.7k
@ChuckV
73.4k
@subextraordinaire
66.8k
@gracchus
63.6k
@MerelyGifted
48.4k
@Mindysan33
48.3k
@ClutchLinkey
41.7k
@knoxblox
41.4k
@docosc
39.2k
@Melizmatic
38.1k

Most Likes Received

User Likes
@Mindysan33
102k
@Papasan
79.3k
@Brainspore
69.6k
@Melizmatic
62.8k
@gracchus
53.7k
@milliefink
53.1k
@KathyPartdeux
47.7k
@knoxblox
43.2k
@docosc
42.9k
@ClutchLinkey
41.9k

Most Visits

User Days Visited
@Logolepsy
365
@mr_raccoon
365
@jerwin
365
@Doctor_Faustus
365
@Immutable_Mike
365
@FSogol
365
@andy
365
@zfirphdn
365
@chenille
365
@bluehenbear
365

Daily Visits

Days Visited Users
365 35
364 15
363 11
362 5
361 2
360 7
359 6
358 3
357 6
356 3

Users Granted the Empathetic Badge

@girard @stephen_schenck @theophrastus @MrWoods @cstatman @SqualusAcanthias @apenzott @gabe_oakes @GiantRobotPilot @McGreens @smut_clyde @anon52120741 @Logolepsy @cheem @vermes82
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Top #boing Topics

Most Read

User Topic Hours Read
LISTEN: In taped Trump phone call, he pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate election, ‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’ 178
Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty of killing two unarmed people 167
Discover the hilariously epic failure of a crypto-fueled libertarian cruise 151
What's with men who eat like little boys? 138
Watch: Prosecutor explains why teen shooter's parents are being charged 93

Most Liked

User Topic Likes
My Life on the Road: Losing it 32
How I've dealt with a lifetime of chronic pain 25
First stamp designed by Alaskan indigenous artist, showing Raven stealing the sun 25
Jen Psaki can barely stifle laughter after her witty answer to a dumb Kevin McCarthy question 24
Jen Psaki turns the table on Fox's Peter Doocy by asking him a few 'gotcha' questions of her own 23

Most Replies

User Topic Replies
Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty of killing two unarmed people 264
Discover the hilariously epic failure of a crypto-fueled libertarian cruise 262
LISTEN: In taped Trump phone call, he pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate election, ‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’ 212
The strange psychological phenomenon that explains why people hate cyclists 190
What's with men who eat like little boys? 187

Most Popular

User Topic Score
My Life on the Road: Losing it 37
Jen Psaki turns the table on Fox's Peter Doocy by asking him a few 'gotcha' questions of her own 34
Jen Psaki can barely stifle laughter after her witty answer to a dumb Kevin McCarthy question 33
CEO gets the last laugh after Fox News called him a "lunatic" for paying all employees $70K 33
Jen Psaki cuts through the BS of a Newsmax "people say" question by pinning reporter down for a source 33

Top #general Topics

Most Read

User Topic Hours Read
Are all Republicans neo-Nazis? 54
Cryptocurrency (and related fuckery) 49
Halloween 2021! 45
The Facepalm 44
'Motors' 44

Most Liked

User Topic Likes
Show off your workshop! 44
So long, and thanks for all the fish! 36
Dinner, with a side of misogyny 26
The value of gifs in modern discourse - an exploration 24
They Work. New CDC guidelines 23

Most Replies

User Topic Replies
Happy Mutants food topic 1.86k
Good (Encouraging) Stuff 1.82k
Dead Celebrity 898
Spaaaaace 743
Fuck Today (Part 1) 660

Most Popular

User Topic Score
Show off your workshop! 41
So long, and thanks for all the fish! 37
Dinner, with a side of misogyny 33
The value of gifs in modern discourse - an exploration 31
Are all Republicans neo-Nazis? 30

Most Bookmarked

User Topic Bookmarks
Good (Encouraging) Stuff 9
Happy Mutants food topic 6

Top #wrath Topics

Most Read

User Topic Hours Read
Attempted Coup in the United States: Tracking Investigations and Fallout 897
UK Political Thread, part the second 116
Fuck Elon Musk 114
World Politics 103
Myanmar: Ongoing Updates 64

Most Liked

User Topic Likes
Fuck Elon Musk 36
Rush Limbaugh, dead 32
"Democrat Party/Platform" (conservative epithet) vs. "Democratic Party/Platform" (Party Usage) 31
Intersectionality: Additive Versus Nuanced 30
The value of Wikileaks 29

Most Replies

User Topic Replies
Attempted Coup in the United States: Tracking Investigations and Fallout 2.27k
The Gallery of Just Plain Assholes 1.83k
Black Lives Matter. Still 1.22k
A thread of our own- misogyny 1.19k
Heather Cox Richardson 825

Most Popular

User Topic Score
Fuck Elon Musk 40
"Democrat Party/Platform" (conservative epithet) vs. "Democratic Party/Platform" (Party Usage) 35
Intersectionality: Additive Versus Nuanced 35
The value of Wikileaks 33
Workers rights and unions 33

Most Bookmarked

User Topic Bookmarks
Attempted Coup in the United States: Tracking Investigations and Fallout 9
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Top #links Topics

Most Read

User Topic Hours Read
Who else wants to be a Chia farmer? 16
Canadian lobbyists attack Netflix children's film for 'anti-oil propaganda' 5

Most Liked

User Topic Likes
Iowa School Board Candidate Wants to out LGBTQ kids 14

Most Replies

User Topic Replies
Who else wants to be a Chia farmer? 49
Canadian lobbyists attack Netflix children's film for 'anti-oil propaganda' 19
Public service announcements for happy mutants! 13
Cricut goes full crapgadget 13
Inside the ‘Tartarian Empire,’ the QAnon of Architecture 13

Most Popular

User Topic Score
Iowa School Board Candidate Wants to out LGBTQ kids 26
Who else wants to be a Chia farmer? 22
Zoe bee: PragerU's TERRIFYING parenting advice 21
Canadian lobbyists attack Netflix children's film for 'anti-oil propaganda' 20
Inside the ‘Tartarian Empire,’ the QAnon of Architecture 20

Top #craft Topics

Most Liked

User Topic Likes
Repairing makes me a rebel 24

Most Replies

User Topic Replies
Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on? 346
2D Art, Images, Doodles, Sketches, Paintings, Diagrams, What-Have-Yous 17

Most Popular

User Topic Score
Repairing makes me a rebel 20

So, clearly, we need to rename the BBS to Professor Mindysan’s lecture hall :slight_smile:

35 Likes

Does this mean I’m getting a good start on defending my “Most Likes” title for 2022?

Thank you for everything you do, @orenwolf. You really make this place work.

21 Likes

The professor needs a new badge at the very least.

23 Likes

She already has her own in fact!

https://bbs.boingboing.net/badges/118/the-professor-is-in

24 Likes

After 2021, Mindy doesn’t get a new badge!?

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Honestly… :wink:

23 Likes

keep-talking

19 Likes

I don’t know if I should be proud or ashamed. :rofl:

13 Likes

Also – on a pure #meta level – please do let us know if you think of any ways we can make The Year in Review plugin more useful or interesting! (feel free to “reply as new topic” to this post) :hugs:

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It would be great if the reports had drill throughs to get more from the leaderboards than the top N shown here.

14 Likes

I got the most likes? That seems weird…

Wait What Reaction GIF

26 Likes

I just had to…

14 Likes

I spent 10% of the year reading da BoingBoings? Good heavens!

In fairness, if I’m loading firmware at work I do have time to be a little idle, and so out comes the phone!

17 Likes

So well-liked! Willie Loman would definitely approve!!

Obviously we love you Mindy. Our favorite non-mean girl! :grin:

22 Likes

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But it should be you!!!

Could be worse… you could have spent that time planning the downfall of american democracy! I’d say it’s time well-spent!

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But I love all y’all!

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