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  1. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Administrator Staff Member 20+ year member

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    E22. Most used tags
    1. (760 uses) - zoo
    2. (369 uses) - carnivore
    3. (355 uses) - exhibit
    4. (328 uses) - bird
    5. (256 uses) - elephant
    6. (251 uses) - enclosure
    7. (244 uses) - aquarium
    8. (226 uses) - ungulate
    9. (213 uses) - paignton
    10. (195 uses) - conservation
    11. (191 uses) - felid
    12. (188 uses) - planet zoo
    13. (178 uses) - chester
    14. (176 uses) - antelope
    15. (168 uses) - aviary
    16. (168 uses) - bovid
    17. (153 uses) - bear
    18. (149 uses) - tiger
    19. (148 uses) - indoor tropical exotic
    20. (146 uses) - canada
    21. (136 uses) - lion
    22. (128 uses) - reptile house
    23. (123 uses) - florida
    24. (114 uses) - rhino
    25. (113 uses) - fish
    26. (111 uses) - giraffe
    27. (110 uses) - vintage
    28. (108 uses) - small cats
    29. (106 uses) - europe
    30. (106 uses) - antwerp
    31. (106 uses) - bornean orangutan
    32. (105 uses) - monkey
    33. (104 uses) - news
    34. (103 uses) - species list
    35. (102 uses) - fantasy zoo
    36. (100 uses) - gorilla
    37. (100 uses) - ontario
    38. (99 uses) - utah
    39. (98 uses) - hogle zoo
    40. (97 uses) - wildlife
    41. (96 uses) - reptile
    42. (94 uses) - park
    43. (93 uses) - belgium
    44. (90 uses) - snake
    45. (89 uses) - san diego zoo
    46. (85 uses) - berlin zoo
    47. (85 uses) - animals
    48. (84 uses) - antwerpen
    49. (84 uses) - birds
    50. (82 uses) - zebra

    I always scratch my head at people tagging content "zoo" on a site called ZooChat :rolleyes: :p
     
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    But now nobody will ever know why it had so many likes. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
     
  3. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    This one has been my doing to some extent... I've been tagging every species list I find with this if it's untagged, hoping that it makes them easier to find in search functions. No idea if it actually works or not. But that would be why I'm ranked 9th for tag usage on threads presumably :p
     
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  4. MRJ

    MRJ Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Reading all that was like reading some weird Academy Award report.
     
  5. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Administrator Staff Member 20+ year member

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    Yeah, I should probably remove that one from the list because the content is no longer visible (image was hosted on a 3rd party site and is no longer available)
     
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    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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  7. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    A 1-2 for weary misanthropy. :D

    Hooray for Wally!

    I also love the randomness of the 'most-viewed' media items. Presumably some of these are linked to from elsewhere on the web, driving traffic in. No idea how that macaw aviary at Leopoldshafen would get that many views otherwise..!
     
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  8. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    @Hipporex Did you change your avatar back to your original one shortly after this was posted?
     
  9. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Can you see it on the Wayback Machine?
     
  10. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I've got to keep my record going... :p
     
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  11. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Considering you have 30 more changes than the second-place holder (ThomasNotTom) I think you're in no danger of losing it. But as long as you're changing it can I request the hippo-headed dinosaur again? That made me laugh every time I saw it.
     
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  12. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    1) There you go :)
    2) I feel a tad embarrassed to hold this record. I believe that about half of these "new" avatars were simply me being OCD and trying to more center an already established avatar, as this is something I know I've done quite a bit.
     
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    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thank you! :p
     
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  14. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    As someone who hasn't changed their profile picture in the 6.5 years I've been here, I just find it hilarious. Funny how one weird way the data is calculated led you to be first in this category by roughly twice the next person :p one has to wonder if @ThomasNotTom is the one who realistically deserves the title.
     
  15. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Yeah if we factored out the times I've adjusted already established avatars, as well as the times I returned to older avatars, I do believe TNT would have the title or at least the number difference margin would be much, much smaller.
     
  16. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    If ZooChat is 18 years old, how is it possible that you've only been a member for 16 years?
     
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    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I think that's a typo. cause you can see the date of Sim joining is 2003 Oct 18, and 6575/360=18
     
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  18. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    All the numbers in that list are two years out I think.
     
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  19. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    It could be worse. You could be taking photos of yourself in the bathroom to use as your avatar...
     
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  20. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Yes, probably copied and pasted from the above post in the 16th anniversary thread.
     
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