Who Wrote the Most Reviews at Epinions... and other Epinions Trivia
Oct 16 '01 (Updated Oct 19 '02)
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During the course of my membership here at Epinions, I often get emails from members asking questions about the site and its members. It's really an odd phenomenon, since I became a member in the summer of 2000 and did not start writing reviews in earnest until the later part of the year.
Nevertheless, I do get asked a lot of questions about Epinions trivia, so I thought it would be interesting to share some information with the community. Hopefully, some members who are a little longer in the tooth and who have more expert knowledge on some things here can help provide more information to these questions.
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Q) Who wrote the most Epinions at Epinions.
A) To the best of my knowledge, here are the top 19 writers at the site:
sweetcece - 958
charles - 877
kurt_h - 862
briankoller - 810
debi - 768
calwaone - 754
blackelve - 699
andrew_hicks - 688
hawgwyld - 647
ned1 - 644
phungus - 622
mangiotto - 619
caconti - 600
susangranger - 569
blackbear - 568
susidee34 - 532
mshawpyle - 521
kurt_messick - 519
forkids - 517
I do believe that psugrowler (130) had written quite a few more than are advertised on his profile page (close to 750), but many appear to have been removed.
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Q) Which Epinions member has the greatest number of Member Hits?
A) To the best of my knowledge, as of October 15, 2001, the members with the most "Member Hits" are:
ptiemann - 107,108
drlolipop - 87,028
robert_lafond - 82,002
blackbear - 77,000+
jo.com - 66,897
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Q) Who has the largest Web of Trust?
A) To the best of my knowledge, as of October 15, 2001, the members with the largest WOTs are:
ptiemann - 3,085
drlolipop - 1,557
401402 - 1,313
grouch - 1,313
i_culookn - 1,208
poseidon - 1,207
bonies7 - 1,158
netkat - 1,017
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Q) In terms of date joined, who has been at Epinions as a member the longest?
A) That's a tough question. Here are some that I could find:
nirav - Jun 25 '99
blythe - Jun 25 '99
david - Jun 25 '99
guha - Jun 25 '99
lou - Jun 25 '99
milind - Jun 25 '99
naval - Jun 25 '99
tom - Jun 25 '99
vinay - Jun 25 '99
ron - Jun 26 '99
sabrina - Jun 26 '99
saby - Jun 26 '99
jeph - Jun 26 '99
jonathan - Jun 26 '99
saby - Jun 26 '99
sean - Jun 28 '99
cathleen - Jul 06 '99
lynn - Jul 06 '99
michelle - Jul 06 '99
drn - Jul 08 '99
oren - Jul 08 '99
briankoller - Jul 09 '99
barry - Jul 10 '99
jrs - Jul 13 '99
spike - Jul 13 '99
awd - Jul 20 '99
andyman - Sep 29 '99 - Content Engineer for Epinions
dspeirs - Sep 29 '99
There are several more June and July 1999 members; I am just too lazy to search them out. The most active "old timer" seems to be Brian Koller (briankoller).
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Q) Are there any current or former Epinions employees who write at the site?
A) I know of only sixteen for sure, user names: nirav, ablukis, andyman, blythe, catherine_james, dspeirs, guha, jeph, jonathan, lou, mspeiser, naval, ron, sean, Tom and vinay. Many of the people that joined the site on June 25 and 26, 1999, were probably Epinions' insiders.
Updated Additions: andy, atotic, celmatic, dbepstein, ericgoldman, jesses, lee, roheblius, zzjulia (who is still an active writer).
(Thank you, amykhar, kminer, kristinafh, kurt_messick, and zzjulia for the info!)
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Q) Who Are the Funniest Writers at Epinions?
A) Depends upon one's point of humor. Some people I think are funny:
badkittym
brendametcalf
imokliel
kung_fu_chimp
lambolucifer
sordid-1
hard_to_please
But, then, I have a strange sense of humor.
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Corrections? Additional Trivia? Please add comments and I'll update this review as new information comes in.
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Member: Tom Carr
Location: Southern California
Reviews written: 1090
Trusted by: 689 members
About Me:
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