PHP Coders 42% Nicer Than Ruby Coders, Java Coders The Meanest

Quick disclaimer: This is meant to be tongue in cheek 🙂

For the past six months I’ve been using my webapp Pluggio to grow my Twitter following based on the this strategy here.

A key component is to enter hashtags relating to the type of people I want as my followers.  Pluggio uses this data to make friend suggestions based on who Tweets those terms. I’ve been searching on hashtags like #css, #html, #php, #ruby, etc. because I want a tech following.

Pluggio has been keeping track of stats. It tells me who I followed and who was kind enough to follow me back (based on hashtag).

Using this data-set if we say that Apple Fanboys have a niceness factor of 100% (they followed back the most) then we can see that PHP coders are a whopping 42% nicer than Ruby coders. Horrible stingy Java coders are more than 50% meaner than Apple fan boys.

Hashtag I followed Followed back % Followed Back Niceness Factor
#apple 481 80 16.6% 100%
#api 568 89 15.7% 94%
#php 244 36 14.8% 89%
#html5 852 116 13.6% 82%
#firefox 2007 268 13.4% 80%
#css 463 60 13.0% 78%
#ror 382 49 12.8% 77%
#javascript 411 51 12.4% 75%
#android 1944 224 11.5% 69%
#perl 316 35 11.1% 67%
#rails 547 59 10.8% 65%
#stackoverflow 431 44 10.2% 61%
#cakephp 603 60 10.0% 60%
#ruby 509 50 9.8% 59%
#java 306 24 7.8% 47%

So, next time you’re in a bar and ask someone what they do.

If they reply “I’m a Java coder”.

Just remember, be wary.

Be verrrry wary.

Of course another way of looking at it is that Java & Ruby coders are just more discerning 😉

 



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Posted by on March 14, 2011 in Musings, Pluggio

Comments

  • Farid says:
    March 15, 2011 at 2:36 am

    This are some nice stats!!! Im a PHP coder haha! Greetings from Venezuela!!

  • thamiziniyan says:
    March 15, 2011 at 4:04 am

    //If they reply “I’m a Java coder”.

    Just remember, be wary.
    //
    🙂

  • Jan! says:
    March 15, 2011 at 8:06 am

    I acknowledge your tongue-in-cheekiness, but how do you get the 42% from this: “we can see that PHP coders are a whopping 42% nicer than Ruby coders”?

    #php 244 36 14.8% 89%
    #ruby 509 50 9.8% 59%

    I don’t see it; neither with 42 percent, nor with 42 percentage points.

  • Vladimir Jankovic says:
    March 15, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    What about Python coders ? We are nice too 🙂

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