--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heh. The posting activity (or at least MY posting > activity) on FFL comes in waves. You can't > say ANYTHING about changes based on one day's data.
While this is true, a one-day scan for the top six posters in my EXPERIMENT post shows that two of them reduced their percentage of total posts, one stayed at about the same percentage, and the other three increased their percentage of total posts. TOTAL POSTS** 10/1-13: 1960 *** 10/14: 125 -------------------------------------------- 1. authfriend - 263 / 13.4% *** 19 / 15.2% (up 1.8%) 2. sparaig - 244 / 12.4% *** 15 / 12.0% (down 0.4%) 3. shempmcgurk - 145 / 7.4% *** 15 / 12.0% (up 4.6%) 4. new.morning - 89 / 4.5% *** 10 / 8.0% (up 3.5%) 5. TurquoiseB - 136 / 6.9% *** 5 / 4.0% (down 2.8%) 6. Rick Archer - 110 / 5.6% *** 4 / 3.2% (down 2.4%) Although as you point out this doesn't say much about longer-term trends, I think the question I asked in my original post is still relevant, especially in its Buddhist sense: "Does knowledge of one's posting habits affect those habits." I don't know how the long-term statistics will turn out, but the one-day results could be inter- preted to mean that some people, learning that they post way too much, seem to be able to exercise some control over that trend. Others, shown the same thing, become even more out of control. Go figure... ** All searches done on Yahoo France, and thus on September 14th, Paris time. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
