ekrout's Journal: The Most Beloved Slashdot Members

Rank | Real name | Occupation | /. nickname | # fans
1) Rob Malda - Slashdot founder - "CmdrTaco" - 975
2) Wil Wheaton - Actor/Activist - "CleverNickName" - 784
3) John Carmack - Programmer, id Software - "John Carmack" - 606
4) Eric Krout - Bucknell engineering major - "ekrout" - 538
5) Bruce Perens - Writer - "Bruce Perens" - 516
6) Josh Marotti - J2EE consultant - "FortKnox" - 381
7) Jeff Bates - Slashdot co-founder - "hemos" - 318

Please notify me of any corrections. Updates: Added Wil Wheaton per AC comment; Added Bruce Perens; Added John Carmack; Moved Eric Krout up one spot to #4 after overtaking Bruce Perens

As it stands, I'm more than halfway there toward gaining more fans than Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. That would be a neat accomplishment and one that I'd be very proud of.

If I can come through (I was on sabatical for a week), I think it would only be proper for Rob to give me some leadership position here at Slashdot. Perhaps I could serve as a liaison between the members and the editors/coders to ensure that Slashdot continues to develop and "scale" with its increasing membership and database size.

Thanks for reading. I truly love you all and enjoy the time I spend here at Slashdot. If I can help any of you with anything (even non-Slashdot related), please let me know. I'm always there for friends (and fans ;-D).

hahaha

[sulli]

Nice idea. But I only approve of adding you as an editor if we also get sllort and Profane Motherfucker.

heh, cool

[daoine]

and 'ray bucknell and all that stuff.

d (bcse '97)

The Slashdot Who's Who

[AntiFreeze]

Who's Who on Slashdot [shacknet.nu]. Nice little list of some big names.

Re:The Slashdot Who's Who

[turg]

Alan Cox has 198 -- does that qualify for the list?

UID

[singularity]

I am actually proud to say that I have a lower Slashdot UID than all but one of the people on that list.

Please elucidate!

[Safety Cap]

How did you compile those numbers? Hopefully not by hand...

Re:Please elucidate!

[Safety Cap]

That's pretty slick. How long can it run before one's IP address gets BANNED, tho?

The CowboyNeal standard

[turg]

I think that having more fans than CowboyNeal (the most-discussed person on /.) should be the standard for making it on to this list.

Using the script posted above, we find that CowboyNeal has 215 fans. SlashChick has 232 fans -- so another benefit of this method is that the list now also recognizes the female /. user with the most fans.