Who Wrote the Most Reviews at Epinions... and other Epinions Trivia Oct 16 '01 (Updated Oct 19 '02)    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet The Bottom Line Some things that you may not know about Epinions.... This information is periodically updated at: http://www.epinions.com/user-4-1-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------- 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). -------------------------------------------------- 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!) -------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------- Corrections? Additional Trivia? Please add comments and I'll update this review as new information comes in.

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