Metafilter: 8.7 Wendell: 8.9 HA!
March 14, 2007 4:28 PM Subscribe
Does it suck? Or does it rock? No, this is NOT like Will It Float? or Will It Blend? It's a cute use of the Google API to search for how often your inquiry comes up as "x sucks" or "x rocks" or a small number of other similar phrases. MetaFilter rates 8.7 out of 10 (87% rocks, 13% sucks). A delightfully evil way to rate - and compare - various things.
And a few of MeFi's LEAST favorite people shows... We're not the only ones who feel that way.
posted by wendell at 4:34 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by wendell at 4:34 PM on March 14, 2007
Well, I guess niggers suck, black people are ok and afro-americans are awesome.
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:38 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:38 PM on March 14, 2007
sourwookie sucks.
try it again and see if it's different!
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:39 PM on March 14, 2007
try it again and see if it's different!
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:39 PM on March 14, 2007
The Curse of Costello or too cool to be on the generic radar?
posted by Listener at 4:41 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by Listener at 4:41 PM on March 14, 2007
I typed in the numbers 1-50. I'm assuming they're ages. The ages which rock!
30, 36, 21, 45, 48, 37, 19, 39, 20, 46
The ages which suck:
1, 3, 2, 40, 7, 24, 4, 17, 12, 9
posted by vacapinta at 4:45 PM on March 14, 2007
30, 36, 21, 45, 48, 37, 19, 39, 20, 46
The ages which suck:
1, 3, 2, 40, 7, 24, 4, 17, 12, 9
posted by vacapinta at 4:45 PM on March 14, 2007
I did the same for letters. Letters which rock:
B, E, K, M, S, J
Letters which suck:
I, Z, C, T, U, N
posted by vacapinta at 4:47 PM on March 14, 2007
B, E, K, M, S, J
Letters which suck:
I, Z, C, T, U, N
posted by vacapinta at 4:47 PM on March 14, 2007
From the MetaFilter Contribution Index, a few surprises...
posted by wendell at 4:48 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by wendell at 4:48 PM on March 14, 2007
Take that, Haughey!
It's worth noting that raw google searches for sucks and rocks return significantly different numbers—sucks gets about 48M hits, rocks about 93M. Implications of skewing that may or may not have much to do with true suckage vs. rockage: sucking might be under-represented across the board.
posted by cortex at 4:50 PM on March 14, 2007
It's worth noting that raw google searches for sucks and rocks return significantly different numbers—sucks gets about 48M hits, rocks about 93M. Implications of skewing that may or may not have much to do with true suckage vs. rockage: sucking might be under-represented across the board.
posted by cortex at 4:50 PM on March 14, 2007
Next Google tool: A cute little search interface to tell you how old the link you just found is. "Sucks vs Rocks is....from before cavemen invented fire."
posted by DU at 4:54 PM on March 14, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by DU at 4:54 PM on March 14, 2007 [1 favorite]
This just in: The Web hates tits, but loves boobies.
posted by murphy slaw at 4:55 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by murphy slaw at 4:55 PM on March 14, 2007
vacapinta, I think your number survey may have been skewed by the existence of the TV show titled "30 Rock".
posted by wendell at 5:00 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by wendell at 5:00 PM on March 14, 2007
NM, I am a dumas. I'm thinking of googlefight. This is way rocksier than the comparatively sucks googlefight. Googlefight sucks, does it suck rocks!
posted by DU at 5:06 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by DU at 5:06 PM on March 14, 2007
Ha ... I clicked "latest searches" and all I see is list of narcissists.
posted by itchylick at 5:19 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by itchylick at 5:19 PM on March 14, 2007
While Reps and Dems fight it out for super sux0r, geeks, as always, rule.
posted by ikahime at 5:23 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by ikahime at 5:23 PM on March 14, 2007
Actually, Nerds rate higher than Geeks, with Dorks close behind.
posted by wendell at 5:28 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by wendell at 5:28 PM on March 14, 2007
It's interesting to watch the latest searches go by, and see which links from this thread are currently being clicked.
posted by scottreynen at 5:28 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by scottreynen at 5:28 PM on March 14, 2007
i used to own this domain. someone grabbed it from me when it expired, before i could renew it.
therefore this site now sucks.
posted by quarter waters and a bag of chips at 5:33 PM on March 14, 2007
therefore this site now sucks.
posted by quarter waters and a bag of chips at 5:33 PM on March 14, 2007
Huh... some variations on a generally disliked individual.
posted by spiderskull at 5:37 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by spiderskull at 5:37 PM on March 14, 2007
Sex is only marginally better than poop or floor pie, and wombats are clearly superior to sex.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 5:41 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 5:41 PM on March 14, 2007
I may be cheating (and in possession of a childish mind)
posted by delmoi at 5:45 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by delmoi at 5:45 PM on March 14, 2007
"Flat Earth" rocks.... so much for the wisdom of the internet.
posted by sen0rjon3s at 5:46 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by sen0rjon3s at 5:46 PM on March 14, 2007
The Planets. Mars is unknown but mostly everyone likes Neptune.
posted by seanyboy at 5:47 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by seanyboy at 5:47 PM on March 14, 2007
therefore this site now sucks.
Sorry quarter waters and a bag of chips, but you appear to be mistaken. Seriously, that does suck, but the site is nonetheless fun.
Huh... some variations on a generally disliked individual.
That's actually more interesting than comparing different things, as it's a pretty good system for determining how people who like something refer to it vs. how people who dislike the same thing refer to it. For example.
Things that annoy me: non-ASCII characters are messed up when you try to create a link and there's no way to remove a search from a list, so if you mistype something and you want to pass a list on as a link, you have to start all over or search through the resulting link for the part to take out.
posted by scottreynen at 5:47 PM on March 14, 2007
Sorry quarter waters and a bag of chips, but you appear to be mistaken. Seriously, that does suck, but the site is nonetheless fun.
Huh... some variations on a generally disliked individual.
That's actually more interesting than comparing different things, as it's a pretty good system for determining how people who like something refer to it vs. how people who dislike the same thing refer to it. For example.
Things that annoy me: non-ASCII characters are messed up when you try to create a link and there's no way to remove a search from a list, so if you mistype something and you want to pass a list on as a link, you have to start all over or search through the resulting link for the part to take out.
posted by scottreynen at 5:47 PM on March 14, 2007
This just in: The Web hates tits, but loves boobies.
Maybe they just love to suck tits? (Seriously, I don't think this thing cares about the grammar, just the number of times the words appear together)
posted by delmoi at 5:48 PM on March 14, 2007
Maybe they just love to suck tits? (Seriously, I don't think this thing cares about the grammar, just the number of times the words appear together)
posted by delmoi at 5:48 PM on March 14, 2007
wendell, your name keeps flashing by in the 'latest searches' field.
I like to think it's because you are the metric standard against which all other things are measured.
This amuses me.
posted by quin at 5:50 PM on March 14, 2007
I like to think it's because you are the metric standard against which all other things are measured.
This amuses me.
posted by quin at 5:50 PM on March 14, 2007
It also appears that Your favourite band sucks.
I knew it.
posted by seanyboy at 5:55 PM on March 14, 2007
I knew it.
posted by seanyboy at 5:55 PM on March 14, 2007
Looks like it's either Duncan Hunter or Tom Tancredo for the republicans in 08.
They'll solve the oil crisis by making Ethanol from Mexicans and gays!
posted by delmoi at 5:55 PM on March 14, 2007 [1 favorite]
They'll solve the oil crisis by making Ethanol from Mexicans and gays!
posted by delmoi at 5:55 PM on March 14, 2007 [1 favorite]
The only thing I've found to rate higher than MetaFilter thus far are kittens. I think that makes sense.
posted by MarvinTheCat at 6:01 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by MarvinTheCat at 6:01 PM on March 14, 2007
The terms sex and Debian keep popping up in the latest searches. Friggin nerds.
posted by sveskemus at 6:03 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by sveskemus at 6:03 PM on March 14, 2007
wendell, your name keeps flashing by in the 'latest searches' field.
I like to think it's because you are the metric standard against which all other things are measured.
Well...
posted by wendell at 6:04 PM on March 14, 2007
I like to think it's because you are the metric standard against which all other things are measured.
Well...
posted by wendell at 6:04 PM on March 14, 2007
kittens and puppies in a dead heat; bunnies lag behind, but generic "baby animals" beats them all.
posted by wendell at 6:06 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by wendell at 6:06 PM on March 14, 2007
"jfuller sucks" - your search did not match any documents
"jfuller rocks" - http://www.pobox.com/jfuller/rocks/topazmt.html
score: 10
posted by jfuller at 6:13 PM on March 14, 2007
"jfuller rocks" - http://www.pobox.com/jfuller/rocks/topazmt.html
score: 10
posted by jfuller at 6:13 PM on March 14, 2007
Sourwookie is still a 10.0
I appear to be Citizen Premier-proof.
posted by sourwookie at 6:37 PM on March 14, 2007
I appear to be Citizen Premier-proof.
posted by sourwookie at 6:37 PM on March 14, 2007
WOW. THAT WAS FUN! (Oops. Forgot to switch to my "inside voice.")
posted by ColdChef at 7:04 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by ColdChef at 7:04 PM on March 14, 2007
If you click on "How does it work?" you'll see that this actually uses the Yahoo! API, not the Google API, which is pretty much dead (they stopped issuing new API keys in December, I believe). Google has a new AJAX search API, but its purpose and implementation are competely different; it's for putting simple Google-branded searches onto your site, with the ultimate purpose of driving more traffic to Google, and not for doing interesting stuff like this.
Google pretty much abandoned the Google API about three days after they released it. They never updated or enhanced it, and it eventually began to break in odd ways. Too bad. It had a lot of potential. Good to see Yahoo! is picking up the slack.
posted by staggernation at 7:13 PM on March 14, 2007
Google pretty much abandoned the Google API about three days after they released it. They never updated or enhanced it, and it eventually began to break in odd ways. Too bad. It had a lot of potential. Good to see Yahoo! is picking up the slack.
posted by staggernation at 7:13 PM on March 14, 2007
Just for the hell of it, I typed in "Michael Jackson" and it gave me a question mark in return. Everything else I typed in had a rating, but no rating for him. Hmmm.
posted by miss lynnster at 7:17 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by miss lynnster at 7:17 PM on March 14, 2007
Apparently, I'm as awesome as Verdandi and sourwookie.
posted by miss lynnster at 7:52 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by miss lynnster at 7:52 PM on March 14, 2007
Proof that science does, in fact, not suck. Thank you.
posted by rollbiz at 8:26 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by rollbiz at 8:26 PM on March 14, 2007
Also, proof that this shit don't work. (Will make sense to MA residents)
posted by rollbiz at 8:28 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by rollbiz at 8:28 PM on March 14, 2007
Gum disease rocks just a little bit more than President Bush.
posted by marxchivist at 8:33 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by marxchivist at 8:33 PM on March 14, 2007
Whether two posts up or right down here, Keillor loses.
posted by Superfrankenstein at 9:55 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by Superfrankenstein at 9:55 PM on March 14, 2007
it doesn't use Google's API... it uses Yahoo's.
from the "How Does It Work":
Yahoo's Search API is currently used for results, since Google's SOAP Search API is deprecated and only allows 1,000 queries per day. Way to go, Google!
posted by pruner at 9:56 PM on March 14, 2007
from the "How Does It Work":
Yahoo's Search API is currently used for results, since Google's SOAP Search API is deprecated and only allows 1,000 queries per day. Way to go, Google!
posted by pruner at 9:56 PM on March 14, 2007
tom cruise: 3.2
posted by ageispolis at 10:16 PM on March 14, 2007
posted by ageispolis at 10:16 PM on March 14, 2007
From the MetaFilter Contribution Index, a few surprises...
Apparently, I suck. That blows. I hereby dedicate myself to rocking the motherfucking house from here on in, dude.
After I have a nap.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:27 AM on March 15, 2007
Apparently, I suck. That blows. I hereby dedicate myself to rocking the motherfucking house from here on in, dude.
After I have a nap.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:27 AM on March 15, 2007
My apologies for giving Google credit that should have gone to Yahoo in the original post. To try to make it up, I'd like to say "Yahoo rocks, Google sucks" where the Yahoobot can see it and affect future searches.
And, just because it must really suck to get a 3.3 when so many other MeFites are 10.0, I'd like to say "stavrosthewonderchicken rocks".
posted by wendell at 12:45 PM on March 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
And, just because it must really suck to get a 3.3 when so many other MeFites are 10.0, I'd like to say "stavrosthewonderchicken rocks".
posted by wendell at 12:45 PM on March 15, 2007 [1 favorite]
It looks like PC's suck, but Macs suck more, Windows REALLY sucks, Unix is 3 times as good as windows, but Linux is even better, and BSD wipes them both off the map. However, the Internet is better than everything.
posted by tehloki at 3:05 PM on March 15, 2007
posted by tehloki at 3:05 PM on March 15, 2007
Wait, no, my name rocks harder than the internet. Awesome.
posted by tehloki at 3:06 PM on March 15, 2007
posted by tehloki at 3:06 PM on March 15, 2007
I'd like to say "stavrosthewonderchicken rocks".
Graciously said, kind sir.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:26 PM on March 15, 2007
Graciously said, kind sir.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:26 PM on March 15, 2007
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Anyway, comparing MeFi to 'the competition'...
posted by wendell at 4:31 PM on March 14, 2007