OzBargain Zeitgeist 2016: Year in Review, Favourite Moments, Predictions for 2017?

neil on 10/04/2017 - 14:43
Last edited 10/04/2017 - 14:43

See OzBargain Zeitgeist 2016 : Top stores, deals and comments

We have compiled the stats for 2016.

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Things of interest:

Popular Forum Threads:

Comments:

  • 966,436 published comments in 2016, up from 860,545. 4.58m total.
  • Comment removal rate at ~1%, similar level for past few years. 36% of removals are requested by the commenter themselves.
  • Spackbace beat JV in comments (8,660) by 300. #3 commenter has 4,275 so Spackbace and JV are in a league of their own.

Posters:

  • 24.5% of all deals hit the front page.
  • Spackbace posted 659 deals , 205 made the front page. 31.1%
  • TRENT86 posted 615, 354 made the front page. 57.5%
  • tightarse posted 577, 573 made the front page. 99.3%!

Last year's predictions:

I guess it wouldn't be a stretch to predict that Amazon will drop out of the top 10.

Wrong, big time. They finished #2.

Front page vote requirement of 20 will be raised to 25. -tightarse

and

I predict the opposite - down to 15 votes - pointless martyr

TA correctly predicted a raise in front page requirements to 25 which was done in April.

I predict that Costco postings will increase due to the extra store openings this year around Australia.

CORRECT. Costco front page deals went from 15 to 24.

Dick smith will no longer be the no 1 store.

CORRECT. #20

My prediction is JV will start getting top comments.

CORRECT. 0.45 in 2015, 0.63 in 2016.

What are your predictions for 2017?

OzBargain Zeitgeist 2016 : Top stores, deals and comments

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  • scrimshaw on 10/04/2017 - 15:48
    +1

    My predictions for next year:

    The number (count) of Aldi specials will outnumber Coles specials on Ozbargain as they're opening about 25 new stores in NSW
    Number of Amazon.com (or .com.au) posts will double / triple

    The cashback rate on Aliexpress will decrease from it's current rate of 7 percent.
    eBay increases it's selling fees (again) as it struggles against Amazon AU

  • ronnknee on 10/04/2017 - 17:02
    +2

    My prediction for this year: Majority of OzBargainers will be browsing the website on their new Mac Pro.

  • spackbace on 10/04/2017 - 18:19
    +3

    Spackbace beat JV in comments (8,660) by 300. #3 commenter has 4,275 so Spackbace and JV are in a league of their own.

    Was a quiet year at work :/ lol

    • Clear on 10/04/2017 - 18:20
      +1

      Well you do sell cars 😋

    • Scrooge McDuck on 11/04/2017 - 12:20
      +1

      I predict that Spackbace and jv will receive pasty white Sunshine Allergy badges for posting more than 10,000 comments in 2017.

      • spackbace on 11/04/2017 - 12:32

        Lol nah nowhere near that amount this year

  • Diji1 on 10/04/2017 - 18:41
    +1

    I guess it wouldn't be a stretch to predict that Amazon will drop out of the top 10 go NUMBER 1 baby!

    As a result of Amazon getting ready to "arrive" here in 2018 many more items will be able to be shipped to AU this year. Gerry Harvey will unfortunately pass away after a valiant attempt to maintain prices 60% higher than they should be.

  • sss333 on 10/04/2017 - 19:21
    +1

    Edge to overtake Internet Explorer

  • kywst on 10/04/2017 - 20:07
    +1

    Prediction for 2017:

    Better security. The front door doesn't need a key. Shouldn't even be able to see the front door …

    If you don't get it you can contact me.

    • neil on 10/04/2017 - 20:49
      +2

      That's um..cryptic… Is that related to the retail industry or something on OzBargain?

      • kywst on 11/04/2017 - 16:45

        Something OzBargain lives on.

        • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2017 - 17:32

          explain like im 5?

        • kywst on 12/04/2017 - 19:17

          @Mr ClipIt: You're grounded for a week. No computer or technology also.

        • [Deactivated] on 13/04/2017 - 05:18

          @kywst: whaa?

        • kywst on 13/04/2017 - 18:03

          @Mr ClipIt: eli5'd

  • spackbace on 20/04/2017 - 22:18

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    I should be on the payroll ;) oh Scotty…!

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