[Experimental] ⭐Bitcointalk BRDb score

[Vod]

Great progress with this update: I have finally integrated a shared database.

Awesome news!   It's like playing a single player game vs a MMORPG!

[fillippone]

However, I like your idea, but I don't know how I could do it because UserIDs are not divided by idlocalboard, so I have to find an alternative way to obtain a list divided by local board.

I have thought a lot about how to classify a user as "local" or not.
I would say you can look at his posts on all local boards. When you see a local board that is prevailing a lot over other boards, then you can classify such a user as "local".
For example, I post on local boards a lot, and on a lot of local boards, but you clearly see one local board has a lot more posts than others. Theny, I am a user of that local board.
Simple!

[*Ace*]

However, I like your idea, but I don't know how I could do it because UserIDs are not divided by idlocalboard, so I have to find an alternative way to obtain a list divided by local board.

I have thought a lot about how to classify a user as "local" or not.
I would say you can look at his posts on all local boards. When you see a local board that is prevailing a lot over other boards, then you can classify such a user as "local".
For example, I post on local boards a lot, and on a lot of local boards, but you clearly see one local board has a lot more posts than others. Theny, I am a user of that local board.
Simple!

That's a great idea, I'll get to work on it as soon as I have time.
Thank you very much for the advice. Actually, I hadn't thought of that. I had thought of using the bitlist overview to determine the local board to which it belongs, which in reality should already aggregate the posts by board, so it shouldn't be too difficult, but I need to work on it a little.

[fillippone]

Anyway, this extension has been active on my browser for a while, and I think it is working as intended, as it made me a little bit more aware of the user I am facing.
I think it is very useful addition!

[*Ace*]

Anyway, this extension has been active on my browser for a while, and I think it is working as intended, as it made me a little bit more aware of the user I am facing.
I think it is very useful addition!

Thanks for the appreciation, mate, but it's only fair to point out that without your idea, this experiment would never have got off the ground. In addition to the BRDb score, I think the most important data that the script shows us is the impact score. For me, that's the score that really tells us what kind of user we're talking to.

[dkbit98]

*Ace* was there any bug in BRDb score or database today?
I saw my trust score was reporting totally fake low value between 3 and 4, and I had to refresh and update all scripts to get the correct value.
I didnt save screenshot as proof, but I have no reason to lie about that, and simple browser refresh didn't work.

[*Ace*]

*Ace* was there any bug in BRDb score or database today?
I saw my trust score was reporting totally fake low value between 3 and 4, and I had to refresh and update all scripts to get the correct value.
I didnt save screenshot as proof, but I have no reason to lie about that, and simple browser refresh didn't work.

Of course I believe you, other users have already encountered this problem. Unfortunately, it could conflict with other scripts or extensions.
When it happens again, first take a screenshot. I need it to understand how to proceed in case of an issue.
Then there is no need to reset all the scripts. Just go to your profile and click on the rounded arrow.




I included it for this very reason, it resets the score.

[TypoTonic]

-snip- it fetches the user profile page and obtains the data it needs to examine.

What would happen if a user has "leet" as his post count? I just saw this easter egg while browsing the merit records thread. It only appears when a user reaches 1337 posts, so I'm curious to know if this would affect your tool. Maybe you can even use it as an additional label?

[fullfitlarry]

Hi Ace,

If you want some screenshot, here's mine:



Been seeing this a few times, however, now that I'm trying to replicate it, somewhat I can't reproduce the result. But from what I recall, I could have been idle for sometime, i.e. moving to another tab, or opening a new browser and then when I will go back to the original browser with my profile sitting, I will get this low fake value. But when I will click refresh, everything is back to it's correct value.

[*Ace*]

Sorry for not responding, but I've been very busy with this project and other activities.

I'm here to share some news and a very important update to the script, and more.
I've created a web page for user profiles.
The tool is scraping profiles to create a history.
I've added a graph showing the BRDb score over time, global rankings and localboard rankings.
The tool detects which local board you are on and flags it, for example, for me it is Italian.
It now also recognises banned users and reports them.

I will release the updated script code shortly.

Bitcointalk BRDb score 0.20.8

I am attaching some screenshots and, as always, I would appreciate your feedback.

If you want to see it in action, follow this link.
BRDb profile
Thank you very much, everyone.

[DYING_S0UL]

If you want to see it in action, follow this link.
BRDb profile
Thank you very much, everyone.

But I want to see mine. Yeah I could just go through the leaderboard page list, and try to find my profile, but to me that seems like too much work. And their was no username search feature either.
So would you be able to include the link to the each profiles, in the database manager, which will let users see their and others detailed activities?
Also you might wanna take a look at your code again! Because I am seeing some users with zero activity, which shouldn't be possible given their reputation. Scraping issue?

[*Ace*]

If you want to see it in action, follow this link.
BRDb profile
Thank you very much, everyone.

But I want to see mine. Yeah I could just go through the leaderboard page list, and try to find my profile, but to me that seems like too much work. And their was no username search feature either.
So would you be able to include the link to the each profiles, in the database manager, which will let users see their and others detailed activities?
Also you might wanna take a look at your code again! Because I am seeing some users with zero activity, which shouldn't be possible given their reputation. Scraping issue?

Hey mate, one thing at a time
It's not a scraping issue, the problem is in the old userscript that writes the data incorrectly in the database.
Update the script from here https://greasyfork.org/it/scripts/562627-bitcointalk-brdb-score
There you will also find the button that links to your profile. Alternatively, you can replace UserID in the address bar with your own.
The search button will be implemented as soon as possible. For now, I am focusing on data collection.
Which local notice board do you write on most? Because I saw that the script does not detect any local notice boards on your profile.

Your profile

[DYING_S0UL]

Hey mate, one thing at a time
It's not a scraping issue, the problem is in the old userscript that writes the data incorrectly in the database.
Update the script from here https://greasyfork.org/it/scripts/562627-bitcointalk-brdb-score
There you will also find the button that links to your profile. Alternatively, you can replace UserID in the address bar with your own.
The search button will be implemented as soon as possible. For now, I am focusing on data collection.
Which local notice board do you write on most? Because I saw that the script does not detect any local notice boards on your profile.

Your profile

Ok
Userscript is now updated to the latest version.
Nobody is in a hurry anyway, I just spotted some issues, and was merely suggesting a solution, nothing else.
I don't have a local board yet, theymos didn't gave us one, I and our local members use a local thread (not board) instead, from the Other languages/locations section. BTW, I'm not requesting it, but if u do add it, the ticker for my language will be "BAN", just letting you know just in case.

[*Ace*]

Hey mate, one thing at a time
It's not a scraping issue, the problem is in the old userscript that writes the data incorrectly in the database.
Update the script from here https://greasyfork.org/it/scripts/562627-bitcointalk-brdb-score
There you will also find the button that links to your profile. Alternatively, you can replace UserID in the address bar with your own.
The search button will be implemented as soon as possible. For now, I am focusing on data collection.
Which local notice board do you write on most? Because I saw that the script does not detect any local notice boards on your profile.

Your profile

Ok
Userscript is now updated to the latest version.
Nobody is in a hurry anyway, I just spotted some issues, and was merely suggesting a solution, nothing else.
I don't have a local board yet, theymos didn't gave us one, I and our local members use a local thread (not board) instead, from the Other languages/locations section. BTW, I'm not requesting it, but if u do add it, the ticker for my language will be "BAN", just letting you know just in case.

I know you're not in a hurry, mine was a joke in my Italian dialect. I have a lot of things in the pipeline, but I can't do everything in a short time, so for now I'm focusing on what takes me a long time. As soon as I have all the UserIDs, I can put up the search form.
From what I understand, there are more than 16k UserIDs, and the scraper has currently processed 9k.
Furthermore, as long as the old script is in use by other users, it will continue to save incorrect data to the database, so I think I will disable this setting.

I will also add the search for your unofficial bulletin board to the to-do list for the moment.

[Abelly]

However, I like your idea, but I don't know how I could do it because UserIDs are not divided by idlocalboard, so I have to find an alternative way to obtain a list divided by local board.

First the usernames of the users who are posting regularly can be collected by manually or through a script scanning the pages of that specific local board. Then, using the Show Posts option from their profile, it can be confirmed whether they are really active on that local board, or an idea about board-based activity can be obtained from Merit history or Trust feedback because many times users of the same local community give merit to each other. A more effective way can be to create a list of active users from the threads of that local board by setting a specific time period, which will exclude inactive or old accounts and make the list realistic. Again although it is not possible to filter directly with idlocalboard, collecting post based data and creating a board-based user list is an effective and realistic method.

[aipercoin]

I know you're not in a hurry, mine was a joke in my Italian dialect. I have a lot of things in the pipeline, but I can't do everything in a short time, so for now I'm focusing on what takes me a long time. As soon as I have all the UserIDs, I can put up the search form.
From what I understand, there are more than 16k UserIDs, and the scraper has currently processed 9k.
Furthermore, as long as the old script is in use by other users, it will continue to save incorrect data to the database, so I think I will disable this setting.

I will also add the search for your unofficial bulletin board to the to-do list for the moment.

Congratulations on the tool, which in my opinion is really very useful for understanding who you are dealing with. Unfortunately, I've noticed that many people write in a long-winded manner, but there's not much value in it. I'm certainly like that too, as I'm still learning.
The interesting thing in my opinion is the fact that you're doing it with AI, you said, i have to study this tool too.

[*Ace*]

Update!!

I have just released the new script code. Visually, nothing has changed, but the engine has been almost completely replaced. The script is now much faster and no longer makes requests to bitlist but uses the linked database. The worker will continue to scrape and use data from bitlist and the forum. I used LoyceV's lists to obtain the UserIDs of banned users.
The scraper will retrieve the information once a day, so the results will not be live.

Bitcointalk BRDb score 0.20.12
BRDb score Home page

Now I'll show you what's new on the web worker side.
I've added a home page with a search form to find the profile you want. When you type the first two letters of the username, a list of 10 suggestions will appear.



The profile page has been modified. Now, under your username, you will see the local board you belong to and a maximum of two badges for the other boards where you write most frequently. In addition, the last scrape performed and the next cycle with ETA will be displayed.



I have also added the Merit stats tab where you can see some personal statistics on Merits. The data is collected by bitlist but is not stored permanently on the database. It is cached for 24 hours. Only on the first click will you have to wait 5-10 seconds to get the data, then it will be instantaneous.



In addition to the global leaderboard, there will be a local board, but all other non-national boards will also be included. The Tab stats shows you the data in the database, not all of it, of course.

[DYING_S0UL]

@*Ace*, I would like to know how ranks are being calculated. In BPIP, your rank is #1395, and in BRDb it's #106.

I know I know, both are separate tools, designed differently, have unique algorithms/ranking formulas and etc, but if we were to, let's say, for example, choosing our favorite, or campaign managers are paying close attention to their ranks, which one do they choose? It's kind of confusing, since they are not close to each other. If they were like 100 and 110, I would have understood. Anyway, this is only a theoretical question, and I'm guessing I didn't make any sense of that (I'm bad at choosing words/explaining). 

[babo]

This latest update is beautiful, it seems like a real tool cool
one thing, when I look at it on very small screens I can't close it you should make it hook on top and not centered or something like that, because on very small screens I don't see the x and I can't close it

[*Ace*]

@*Ace*, I would like to know how ranks are being calculated. In BPIP, your rank is #1395, and in BRDb it's #106.

I know I know, both are separate tools, designed differently, have unique algorithms/ranking formulas and etc, but if we were to, let's say, for example, choosing our favorite, or campaign managers are paying close attention to their ranks, which one do they choose? It's kind of confusing, since they are not close to each other. If they were like 100 and 110, I would have understood. Anyway, this is only a theoretical question, and I'm guessing I didn't make any sense of that (I'm bad at choosing words/explaining). 

As you said, they are two completely different formulas, but they both calculate a user's reputation.
In general, bpip also uses Activity to determine reputation.
BRDb uses profile age, Merit and total posts, Merit and posts in the last 120 days, and reputation.
Reputation is calculated separately.
The result is then compressed into a score from 1 to 10.
Reputation is formed as follows:



As for the choice, I couldn't say; everyone is free to interpret the two formulas differently.