Roll Call: Most active BTB community members so far in 2017

Over the last six months, 13 different front page writers combined to bring you 1,113 front page posts. That's an average of a little over six posts per day, every day, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays - even during the offseason.

But BTB is more than just the sum of the front page writers. Different people contribute in different ways to BTB. Many add comments, often on an almost daily basis. Some of you add FanShots or even FanPosts. And each day, each of us adds a little more to the community. So this is where we say thank YOU, you the reader, you the commenter, you the contributor.

Which is why today we break down some BTB stats from the first half of 2017 to honor the most prolific BTB members, both in terms of quantity and quality, and recognize them for their contributions.

Most Prolific Commenters

The BTB community commented 162,928 times under the front page posts, and added another 9,453 comments under the 500 Fanposts published by fellow BTB members. In total, that adds up to almost 1,000 comments per day. Here are the 60 most prolific commenters over the last six months:

In addition to quantity, we can also look at the quality of these comments. Like many other social media sites, BTB also has a way of "liking" posts or comments. In our little corner of the universe, the likes are called "recs", short for "recommendations", and BTB members can rec comments they particularly like. Four recs and your comment turns blue on BTB.

Here are the members who received the most recommendations for their comments over the last six months, with 100 comments needed to qualify for this ranking:

172,381 is a staggering amount of comments, but our moderation team slogged through each and every one of them, so here's a HUGE thank you for the moderation team for reading all of those comments, even the most absurd, ridiculous, and sometimes downright ignorant ones!

Trust me, without their moderation, BTB wouldn't be nearly as enjoyable as it is.

FanPosts

The table below lists the 16 top contributors in the FanPost section. The tables are sorted by number of FanPosts so far in 2016, by the number of recommendations (rec's) and by the number of comments generated by the FanPost and the ensuing discussion.

FanPosts are a key part of BTB, as they'll give you a much broader range of opinions than you'll get on the front page. But writing a FanPost - and a well-received one at that - is a lot of work, so if you see one you like, give it a rec'. And don't be stingy with those rec's.

120 different BTB-members made at least one of the tables above, but many, many more contributed to the blog so far this year. If you missed out on the lists above but still want to know where you rank in the grand scheme of BTB things, here's an Excel file with the data for all 1,964 commenters so far this year:

And if your name's not on any of the lists above, but you want to see your name up in the bright BTB lights at the end of the year, then simply post more stuff, more often!

Until then, thank you all for your great contributions.