I don't think all posts are created equal. For example, I'd be willing to bet that the number of votes a post receives is a strong function of the depth of the post in a thread. My guess is that Re^7: posts receive very few votes as compared with root nodes and Re: replies. If a monk has a tendency to post deep into a thread, that monk's XP/Posts number would be lower that a monk who tends not to dive deep.

It would be interesting to see the average Rep for posts as a function of depth for a given monk. Since this information is not available on the Saints in our book page, this would be more compute-intensive exercise (not to mention that the typical monk can not see another's Rep data).

In reply to Re: Ranking the Saints by XP Efficiency by toolic
in thread Ranking the Saints by XP Efficiency by 1nickt

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