Friday, July 22, 2016

Comments and likes for the fifth year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News


"Coming up, the most liked and commented on entries from last year" closed out yesterday's Space and sustainability news for the fifth year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News.  Since today is Flashback Friday on social media, it's another good day for a retrospective.

I already mentioned the most commented on entries from last year in Drink to candidates for the fifth year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News.
I begin with Drinks and drinking games for Donald Trump and the GOP debates published August 2, 2015.  It ended the year as the tenth most read entry of the fifth year of this blog with 973 page views and 12 comments, which made it the most commented on entry posted during the fifth year of this blog.  It was not, however, the entry that got the most comments during the blogging year just past.  That honor goes to Science fiction speaks to our current anxieties, which had 46 of its 54 comments posted during last year because of a battle with a gaggle of spammers.  That is a story for another entry...
Actually, I have already told that story in two installments, beginning with Record comments and 500,000 page views for September 2015 and other meta.
Thanks to a battle with several persistent spammers, Science fiction speaks to our current anxieties, posted August 3, 2014, is now the most commented on entry in the history of the blog with 52 comments, half of them deleted.  It started off with eight comments.  Thirty more were posted during September 2015, making this the most commented on entry this month.  Fourteen more came in October, so it will likely be the most commented on entry this month as well.
It continued in Record page views, comments, and 100th follower: Monthly meta for October 2015.
[L]ast month exceeded last month's 74 comments with 89, another new record...I'm  celebrating of the record month by sharing the entries with the most comments, most likes, and most page views, beginning with the post that got the most comments last month, "Science fiction speaks to our current anxieties."  Thanks to a battle with several persistent spammers, this post is now the most commented on entry in the history of the blog with 52 comments, half of them deleted.  Fourteen more came in October, beating out the next entry by eight.
This entry was also among the three that tied for most commented last year, again because of spammers.  As much as I detest spammers, sometimes they can be useful, although I had to resort to quoting Monty Python in response.

Follow over the jump for the entries that got the most pluses on Google+ and saves and likes on Pinterest.


The entry earning the most pluses last year was 'The Last Ship' returns and other summer TV fare from July 21, 2015 with 23 pluses on Google+.  Here what I wrote about it in Monthly Meta for June 2015.
Right now, I'm recogizing the most liked entry of the past month.  "'The Last Ship' returns and other summer TV fare" earned 22 pluses on Google Plus--all this with only 82 page views.  The post earned its "likes" though my sharing it in "The Last Ship" community on Google Plus, where the community members voted it up again and again.  That's one enthusiastic group of fans!  It's possible this may be the most "liked" entry on Google Plus in the history of the blog.
It still is, earning one more plus to keep it ahead of Penny Dreadful's Emmy nominations for music, posted July 17, 2015.  It ended the year with 22 pluses.  I'll recycle what I wrote in Monthly Meta for July 2015.
It was both the most "liked" entry on Google Plus last month with 17 plusses by the end of the month (18 now) and the ninth most read entry actually posted during July with 113 page views according to the raw counter.  It showed up on the default top 10 during the first week of August with 93 page views.  As I found out with 'The Last Ship' returns and other summer TV fare, nothing beats posting to an active Google Plus group with a rabid underserved fandom for getting "likes" and page views, especially "likes."
I'll close with the most saved and liked on Pinterest, Final 'Star Wars VII' trailer and reaction, which ended the year with 100 likes and 470 pins/saves.  I first noted its popularity with pinners in Best November ever and other monthly meta.BLOCKQUOTE>I begin with a new category, the most liked and shared on Pinterest.  That honor goes to "Final 'Star Wars VII' trailer and reaction" posted on October 25, 2015.  Over the past five weeks, it was liked 13 times and shared 88 times on Pinterest.  During that span, it earned 140 page views and received two comments.It repeated that feat in February 2016.
The most saved and liked entry on Pinterest during February was "Final 'Star Wars VII' trailer and reaction" posted on October 25, 2015.  Last month alone, 428 people saved the pin and 68 liked it for a total of 466 saves and 100 likes so far.
It repeated as most pinned in March 2016 with eight more saves and four more likes, some of which were after the end of the blogging year on March 20, 2016.  Still, it now has 104 likes and has been pinned 474 times over its history.  Not bad for my being on Pinterest only since April 2016.

I have only one more entry left, a look at how entries posted before March 21, 2014 2015 fared last year.  Stay tuned.

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