The big commenters: December

Each month, plf515 does a diary on all Daily Kos users he can find that have made at least 1000 comments in the previous month. Right now, he's working on the full-year results for 2007, so he's let me play in his sandbox for the month of December.

For those who want to check your own results, just substitute your own username for mine in the URL to check your December comments and your 2007 comments. You can find the table over the jump. If you think I've omitted anyone who made more than 1000 comments in December, please let me know in comments below.

The table columns are user name, user ID, December comments, November comments, October comments, comments for the past three months (adding October, November, and December totals), and YTD is the total number of comments made in 2007.

       User                                Comments
Name              ID     December  November  October    3 mos      YTD

Salo            53,659    4,215     3,770     4,123    12,108    21,345
Geekesque       59,129    3,608     2,383     2,620     8,611    25,905
DemocraticLuntz  
                78,234    3,145     1,129     1,624     5,898    11,408
Trix             2,255    2,894     1,774       902     5,570    11,602
Bob Johnson        191    2,751     1,062     1,011     4,824     9,857
plf515          75,605    2,619       941       732     4,292    15,273
BoringDem       25,968    2,481     1,861     1,216     5,378     8,094
grannyhelen     32,971    2,433     1,160       856     4,449     4,869
TomP           107,928    2,365     1,237     1,024     4,626    17,209
andgarden       50,344    2,300     1,183     2,085     5,586    12,123
Universal      117,880    2,265       780       219     3,264     3,296
icebergslim    120,781    2,204     1,586     1,352     5,142     9,212
campskunk       31,269    2,120       381     1,320     3,821     5,843
Adam B           5,179    2,084     1,216       919     4,219    11,024
Inland          56,531    2,031     1,254     1,284     4,569    11,840
condoleaser     74,949    2,029       877     1,414     5,365    10,306
gooserock        7,281    1,959     1,299     1,129     4,387    16,630
kredwyn         30,305    1,958     1,681     1,324     4,963     9,845
SaneSoutherner 111,345    1,917     1,090         0     3,007     3,304
masslib         99,132    1,900     1,540     1,154     4,594     7,509
taylormattd      3,388    1,833     1,166     1,221     4,220    10,918
MBNYC           76,701    1,849     1,256       780     3,885     9,506
LaEscapee      126,027    1,698     1,238     1,337     4,273     4,860
pioneer111     104,482    1,691       919       999     3,609    10,421
Ellinorianne   131,442    1,677       935       460     3,072     3,456
Quicklund       83,576    1,674       237         0     1,911     3,589
vigilant meerkat
                67,340    1,600       750       659     3,009     8,960
nevadadem       10,945    1,526       491       348     2,365     4,058
NeuvoLiberal    54,442    1,514       992     1,711     4,217    12,468
blue vertigo    90,318    1,470       351       388     2,209     4,068
Daaaaave       108,620    1,469       721       174     2,364     2,575
Eternal Hope    17,872    1,449     1,167     1,027     3,643    10,179
kimoconnor     112,455    1,436       647       817     2,900     3,934
juliewolf       65,807    1,420       497        94     2,011     2,019
poblano        110,065    1,395       809         8     2,212     2,212
noweasels       63,850    1,355     1,701     1,835     4,891    13,244
kath25          96,029    1,350     1,077       957     3,384    13,160
atdnext         66,033    1,339     1,234       115     2,688     3,373
goldberry       42,723    1,297       683       668     2,648     5,659
Elise           47,731    1,293       678       787     2,758    14,888
RDemocrat      124,921    1,279       415       434     2,128     3,093
blue jersey mom
                57,829    1,274       463       557     2,294     5,682
Walt starr      16,114    1,269       427       376     2,072     5,091
KnowVox        114,710    1,265       397       249     1,911     4,822
Alegre          47,824    1,259     1,638     1,883     4,780    11,508
shpilk          15,850    1,238     1,167     1,524     3,929    14,742
nolalily         3,155    1,236       934       882     3,052     6,677
philgoblue       7,335    1,220       387       641     2,248     6,049
TrueBlueMajority
                 7,504    1,211       371       756     2,338     6,363
peace voter     22,482    1,194       403       662     2,259     8,022
ek hornbeck     49,281    1,193       861     1,272     3,326    14,652
VelvetElvis    110,693    1,192       307       348     1,847     4,122
FishOutofWater  94,755    1,176       535       360     2,071     7,312
anna shane      85,009    1,162       651       277     2,090     3,315
mistersite      35,076    1,157       426       385     1,968     3,045
snout           30,907    1,137       358       739     2,234     5,143
irishwitch      66,595    1,122     1,095     1,221     3,438     9,368
bumblebums      16,376    1,107       645       536     2,288     8,300
dkmich          38,067    1,103       879       413     2,395     6,201
alizard         37,344    1,079       546       542     2,167     8,214
funluvn1        74,317    1,076       405       523     2,004     5,648
turneresq       26,360    1,073       216        84     1,373     2,405
PhillyGal       14,420    1,070       616       523     2,209     6,600
Yoshimi          9,240    1,070     1,206     1,168     3,444    11,271
aaraujo         56,450    1,061       306       651     2,018     5,383
DHinMI             899    1,058     1,142     1,312     3,512     6,602
The Termite     36,068    1,057       573       365     1,995     5,059
Rolfyboy6        7,304    1,053       140        58     1,251     1,680
Owllwoman       96,034    1,051       730       670     2,451     6,998
musing85         6,921    1,048       383       461     1,892     5,562
dotster        112,772    1,047       679       611     2,337     4,957
MadAsHellMaddie
               104,676    1,036       708       555     2,299     4,014
ChapiNation386  77,366    1,004       416       542     1,962     4,140
casperr         32,408    1,000       538       668     2,206     5,750

Final notes: the December data reflects all comments made to diaries published in December, not all comments actually posted in December. Using the diaries is a far quicker and more consistent way of measuring, and likely omits as many comments actually made on December 1 as it does include those on January 1.

December data and YTD data was obtained on January 3 in the afternoon. Because of the overlapping indices used by Search, comments made in the 21 days leading up to January 3 can be indexed more than once. Search counts each of these duplicates, but will only ever display a single instance. (If you've ever wondered why when you ask for 30 per page in a search you sometimes only see 24, it's because of these overlaps—your search had six duplicate entries that weren't displayed in that particular group of 30.)

There was a noticeable increase—approximately 20%—between preliminary December figures I obtained on January 1 and a rerun with several additional names discovered in the subsequent two days. The need for consistent data is why I went with the January 3 numbers, even though they've been inflated—the inflation appears reasonably consistent. I rechecked a few users today, and their December results had increased once again.

Since we're outside the 21-day overlap window for October and November, the numbers for those months have been redone for people who had been on those lists. They'll be a bit lower than you remember from prior editions.