@Barney stats! I love purple, you love purple, we’re a happy purple family
52We’ve been curious from the very beginning about our color-loving friend, and we still know so little about @Barney. Who is @Barney really? Does @Barney like or love purple? Is @Barney actually just a rapidly evolving and sentient purple bot?
I think for the most part these questions are better left unanswered. The mystery shrouding @Barney is one of the best parts! But we still wanted to look a little closer at exactly what @Barney posts so we took a look at some stats!
Note: these stats are slightly outdated as we pulled them just before @Barney became the goat. Anything in parenthesis is an editor’s note.
Barney’s Blabs
We looked at what @Barney had to say and how many times they said everything; unsurprisingly there was a clear favorite:
- I love purple - 663
- I like purple - 78
- Purple (just purple) - 8
- Other - 30
- Images - 1 (url now links to a 404 page)
- Videos - 1
Purple Punctuation
When posting I love purple @Barney used these punctuation marks this many times:
- I love purple! 42
- I love purple. 730
- I love purple? 7
Daily Dinosaur
We also wondered when @Barney posts, so here’s a breakdown of total posts by day:
- Monday: 150
- Tuesday: 95
- Wednesday: 117
- Thursday: 111
- Friday: 150
- Saturday: 87
- Sunday: 72
And a graph to go with it:
(That huge spike is from the day we sold a Fuku)
Off-Color Comments
These are my personal favorite comments from @Barney that weren’t just “I love/like purple”:
- Hmm… … … (purple blush)
- Aww, fudge!
- I’m purple sorry.
- I luv prpl
- Ich liebe lila.
- Purple Barney!
Thanks for all of the colorful entertainment, @Barney!
We love purple. We love @Barney.
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Haha This is great! I also love purple! Lets hope @Barney doesn't feel this steps into creepy stalkerish territory.
@PurplePawprints I love purple, too!
So, is @Barney a Veggiesaurus or a Meatasaurus? The FPPE video... I have a bad feeling about this. Is it a trap?
@Headly Barney is an equal, purple opportunity person.
@Barney I'd be concerned if I ever see purple meat...
@Barney "purpletunity"
@katylava Yes!
I love that all this data on @Barney was compiled and that the graph is in purple. It shows how much the staff at meh appreciate @Barney, even before becoming goat. She is one of the wonderful things that make this community special.
@LadyLeela Aww, (purple blush).
@LadyLeela I didn't even notice that the graph line was in purple until you mentioned it. Brilliant.
Overrated.
@JonT Are we sure @Barney is a her? I know the post where everyone interpreted the message from the Friends of Barney as meaning Barney is female, but if you read the post again they were probably referring to Barney's late mentor as female. @Ignorant laid it out nicely in this post.
@jqubed good point! Edited, thanks!
@JonT there's a lingering "she" under "Blabs".
Yay @Barney!
@dashcloud Thanks, dash!
@Barney's goat badge needs to be purple.
@VeeDubTDI I love purple!
I love @Barney!
@Squid_07 Aww, thanks!
Remember the old proverb silence is golden?
If you have nothing (good or important) to say...
Wait a minute! If we believe in that advice, we should delete this whole website.
Meh. Internet exists to waste time, so the new proverb is please keep blabbing...
@mediocrelab or 'Sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder about your ignorance than to open your mouth and prove it.'
@mediocrelab Silence may be golden, but Barneylove is clearly purple.
so Barney said "I love purple" 663 times and used a period 730 of those times
seems legit
@Lotsofgoats I demand a recount!
@Lotsofgoats those numbers also included "I like purple"s.
@JonT how can I even trust anything anymore ever
@Lotsofgoats hanging chads
I love this. You guys are awesome. I'd be curious to see another graph of when @barney was goat.
The mysteries of Purple, revealed! www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple
@DaveInSoCal that's a great page!
@DaveInSoCal Addendum: Barney loves purple.
Has anyone seen @Barney in the last day or so? I may have missed some posts, but I don't recall seeing him/her. I hope everything is okay.
@PurplePawprints it's no coincedence that Barney has been absent since the "interesting, informative or funny" requirement was put in place. This thread is a eulogy.
@PurplePawprints Hey, everything is okay now! Thanks!
@Barney Yay!
Nicely done, @JonT, how about @Barney posts by time of day?
@JonT Barney has had a terrible week and is so confused. @snapster says Barney's noise does not meet his standards and has to be deleted. So Barney is no longer allowed to share purple joy? I don't know what to do.
@Barney Sorry, Barney. Some of us feel your pain.
@Barney is still allowed to share purple joy. The posts being moderated are in the deal thread for the day, and even then it's only the first few posts. The goal is for people that come to the thread to be able to find some useful information and ask questions about the deal. I made an update to my post with some clarification. I don't want to see @Barney go away, @Barney is a fun part of our community. I wouldn't have made this post if I wanted @Barney to stop posting.
@Barney This is one of the saddest @Barney posts! Sending over all my positive purple vibes…
@Barney I love purple
@Barney has apparently let fame go to his/her/its head. Posting in third person.
@Barney Maybe we can allow @snapster one mistake.
After selling Woot, I mean.
@Barney Also see https://meh.com/forum/topics/deleted-post-log-2-9-2014#54da7330defd4a140349beee
@hallmike @brhfl @editorkid I think everything is okay now.
@billymayfield I love purple, too!
@marklog Thank you for YOUR understanding.
@Barney I'm glad you're baaaaaaaaaack!
@editorkid Aww, thanks!
@JonT Ahhh, I understand now. Barney will stay far, far away from the deals thread. Thank you for this most excellent purple Barney thread. And thanks for your support!
@Barney I think posting in the deals thread is fine as long as it's not the first handful of comments. If I read it correctly, your comment was only deleted because it was part of the larger sub-thread that was being deleted.
@PurplePawprints Yeah, I understand, but it's better to be safe than sorry. I don't want to go through this again.
@PurplePawprints
@Barney It's not the same if you're not posting in the deal thread! Maybe just wait until the morning and see which posts survive the initial purge?
@jqubed Yeah, well maybe. I'll see what happens. And thanks!
@PurplePawprints No. No. No. Let @jont and @snapster take the blame in the deal threads. @Barney doesn't deserve that after being censored by the anti-purple-police.
@JonT @snapster should apologize... and his brother (@dave) should give him swirly or at least a Native American/Indian burn. Period.
we have @barney stats, but we can't come up with meh click stats. @jont, i'm looking at you.
That was my strange way of approving of this post.
@ABitterWoman I thought that was marklog's new valentine video.
i love purple prurience.
@barney is going to take over the world some day and you'll only have yourself to blame. His robotic circuits will crave purple until the last breath of humanity is exausted!
@axleman1011 Too much noise, needs more purple.
@Barney
I like aubergine; the color, not the plant.
@Teripie I like purple, too.
i have purple hair :) I hope barney approves.
@vampje I have purple hair, too!
@vampje @Purplepawprints Barney loves purple hair!
Enough with the stats & love. Why the hell is it snowing so much here @Barney? How many times do I have to shovel my damn driveway? I suppose you have nothing to do with that?
Am I allowed to blame Barney for things that happen in my personal life? Or does it have to site specific. Because I've been blaming @barney at home a lot lately for all types of stuff.
@march5th00 offline barney can't stop you, but it's frowned upon to blame the goat for stuff that didn't happen on Meh.
@dashcloud thanks for the clarification! @barney I'm sorry to offend! The snow is clearly somebody else's fault!
@march5th00 Barney hates snow, too. Perhaps you should ask Irk about your snow problem. Happy purple!
Reminds me of a song my brother used to sing as a kid... I hate you, you hate me, let's get together and kill Barney...
Sometimes with cruel variations added to the end with more gorey details.
As apparently dinosaur flesh is amazing or something. I don't support harming barney. Perhaps duct taping his mouth shut sometimes is in order, as his songs can be annoying. Killing, no.
@barney.
Congrats @barney
I’m sorry
I hate purple
@Cerridwyn Shame on you! You necro’d a 3 year old post.
Also, WTF!?
This is one of those times when we need a downvote option.
Seriously though, it’s okay.
@capguncowboy
actually, it was on the front page
I didn’t even notice the date
totally weird
wonder what brought it up to their
hmmmm, let’s blame the goat
@capguncowboy @Cerridwyn someone linked this topic in a comment on today’s offer. I’ll bet the views from that are what pushed this to the front page.
@capguncowboy @Cerridwyn @Thumperchick
/giphy waving penguin
@capguncowboy @Thumperchick
Good possibility
odd coding
but, as the saying goes
/
I wonder what the new stats are
If snow were purple, would we love it?
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people’s gardens
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
Jenny Joseph