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i think everyone’s gotten used to coadie scraping the collection and putting up stats.

i’m willing to count tho. i’ll do fics over 10k

Go go coalie!

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Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for taking 10k+!

burnt out coadie who will only do the data scrape for next year's app thanks your incredible data gathering!

<3 rest up, coadie.

now that you have 3 years worth of data, i wonder if you could do any interesting* stats or metrics.

* i can't think of any so i can't suggest anything, sorry lol

i suspect so, once i do the big 2021 scrape so that i have per-fic datapoints! i did that set of stats images earlier this year, but with more time series-y data you could see things like how the basic statistics have moved over the years re: mean/median/etc and draw things like a histograms of buckets of wordcounts (1000-2000, 2000-5000, 5000-10,000, 10,000+ etc) over time and other things i'm sure more stats-y people than me can dream up!

NC

This sounds MAGICAL. I look forward to seeing the results, whenever they happen.

Oh yes, someone did a wordcount bucket list by hand earlier, and I was picturing several histograms that could come from it!

I also love the idea of tracking people over time (from the lists) and seeing if there is a solid core of prolific and/or longfic people, or if it is much more transient.

Another cool one would be to see if the prolific authors and prolific fandoms overlap or are ships passing in the night. Do the prolific authors make a few certain fandoms prolific, or are they all over the map? (I think someone mentioned that one person wrote, like, all 6 fics in one fandom, or something like that? Is that an anomaly, or do prolific writers tend to cluster?)

I have no idea if maddness numbers or NYR numbers could be factored in somehow without just so much more work/time on your part.

Percentages and pie charts are also always fun.

The scraper I use can be pointed at any collection, so it's not too much work at all.

jk i thought of stuff

1. how many prolific authors write in new fandoms or stick to fandoms they know across the years
2. how many prolific authors write for new people or stick to recips they know across the years
3. if longfic authors are more likely to receive longfic gifts themselves
4. the size of fandoms that attract prolific/longfic authors (would there be no fic if they didn't treat or do fandoms already having fic written receive treats more)

Adding on to #2, since coadie knows who the recips are, how many people get treats every year vs. first treats (in a while) could be fun too. I'd be interested in knowing how many people got at least 2 fics. "Of the 2020 works, 390 were at least the second fic to users who hadn't received more than one gift in 2019 or 2018."

1) I tend to offer/write at least a few new fandoms for the assignment fic, and stick to fandoms I either I know really well, or are in my wheelhouse for treats. If I don't immediately have an idea looking at the prompts, I move on. This often results in long fic.
2) Personally, I look through the list of requests by fandom. I don't tend to look by recip. Though I do check if I've treated that person before in a past year (and response). And for that matter if they've randomly come across my fic and commented as a general indication of whether they're going to like what they get treated.
3) Sometimes. But I do get treated most years, and I have been treated by people I have treated, which is by no means coal.
4) For me, it's not the size. It's the familiarity, or comfort with the new to yuletide "fandom".

1. I tend to write in new fandoms almost every time, though two of my Yuletide 2020 fandoms I'd written first for ToT 2020.
2. I mix between new people and people I know. The prompt, whether they comment on gifts, and how needy they are are more important than knowing them in namespace.
3. I've written 2-3 longfics over the years, but never received one.
4. Size of fandom doesn't matter. It's the length of the idea the prompt sparks.

Take care of yourself, Coadie! Anything we can do to help just let us know!

I'm a baby Coadie in training, but I'm afraid my offering to help with actual coding would be more of a hindrance

Just 2020 and chocobox things! I REALLY want to just get over my "augh this code quality is shite" and release the app code PROPERLY this year so fingers crossed I will be back to harvest your skills...

o7

Out of curiosity, what language did you use for the app?

everything is in javascript, baby, the gateway drug of the coding world.

Ooh, I am taking that class this semester!

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I could probably scrape (any) collection for stats, unlocked works only, if someone really wanted them now, but you're probably safer waiting for coadie to get rested!

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