I hadn't thought about it, actually. It might even be a phenomenon worth researching, although I suppose the hypothesis that it's been influenced mostly through ignorant hollywood movies and the 4chan "In Soviet Russia, x [verb] you" saying might be quite close to the truth.

The context and the very idea of your comment made me grin though

In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
EDD,

Smateri ety Amerikansi lubit Savetskayo systemu. Straney ludi, 20 let nazad ani nenavedili eyo.

Gratz on gaining Bronze, my fellow bunny-and-other-things-awesome-appreciator. Can't wait till you join the gold ranks (and knowing your quality submissions I won't be waiting long)!

I've got my (many) reasons for saying so, so:
you're a pretty cool guy Thanks for your contributions! (yes, yes I'm a selfish bastard, I mean all the votes)

Indeed, do be careful because if he's right behind you it's not really your rank you should be worried about. Trust me, I found out the HARD way.

>> ^siftbot:
User thinker247 is now ranked #87 and quickly gaining on you. Watch your back or you might lose your rank to thinker247.

Hey there! Could you please have a look at my http://www.videosift.com/video/Chemical-Party, specifically the comments? It can also include some dupe verification, if you feel like it, but the main thing is - how do I get it working again? And also, why doesn't it show up on the Sift Talk page?

ha ha ha ha, I wonder if that's true. could be for all I know, at least if one factors in the time I lurked. Thanks for the congrats, now, go get that Silver!

In reply to this comment by Kevlar:
Congrats, EDD! You've kept my hope alive for being the record-holder for longest time required to get to gold star status.

So what did this guy do, exactly? No videos sifted and no comments that I can identify as being against the rules. I'm confused.

In reply to this comment by Farhad2000:
I disagree with you Legacy, Putin is centralizing power under himself thus its a authoritarian regime. History proves that too much power concentrated in one singular person always leads to a collapse not a sprout of growth and progress. This is why Nazi Germany failed, why the USSR failed and why every despotic regime fails.

Furthermore it is not economic stability when a country is wholly dependent on its oil export revenue to sustain a military expansion that is slowly leading into a new cold war.

I'd really like to super-promote your comment right now.

Although to be fair, legacy had some valid claims - at least the idea that a civic society in Russia would eventually arise through strong consumer society is backed up by Dmitri Trenin's Getting Russia Right, which I am currently in the process of finishing translating.

Hope I'm not bothering too much by following up on old comments. If you're not bothered too much, what's your take on Russia nowadays - up or down? How likely we really lapse into a new cold war with all the recent bs going on?

Ha ha ha, LOVE your username

Welcome to the Sift, where men are boys, girls are men, and children are all FBI agents.

I think you really might enjoy this one:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Umi-Says-Mos-Def

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
>> Problem is that some people that that enforcing personal morality that doesn't steam from religion as ok, which is isn't.

HOLY SHIT, dude. I'll have whatever it is you're smoking, please.

Hey there! Just wanted to be that extra-somebody to say - don't go anywhere, lots and lots of people like you here!

Hope we'll see more of you in that 12 days' time...

Thank you so very much for appreciating Gotan Project and giving me that silvery vote for the 25th star point I also see your gold is just around the corner.. go get it!

Thanks so much for the clarification, and even more for the fact that you actually checked my reported "issue" as soon as you did! You're doing an awesome job, dude !

In reply to this comment by lucky760:
Sorry, but it appears perfectly in working order. I imagine perhaps you're believing it's wrong by looking at the displayed votes and views, but the correct calculation can be found by hovering your mouse over the "3 views" type text below a post's title. The hover text will display votes to unique views (which are views by unique members) and the calculated ratio.

In reply to this comment by EDD:
Rrrrrr. I hate necroposting but I also don't want to spam your profile, lucky. Here's hoping you'll see this:

I'm afraid something's wrong with the Unsifted listing order when I opt for best votes-to-views ratio. Here's a screenie:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/54992e6667562

I do hope it's easy to sort this out. By the way, listing for worst votes-to-views is also fairly incorrect, although not so glaringly obvious as for best ratio

S pobedoi!

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