---Interesting idea, but the fact that a few posters post disproportionate numbers of posts is an example of a typical power law associated with internet-type phenomena; and widespread in economics. Briefly, there are many types of distributions, foremost among the standard normal distribution, in which we can expect a very long "tail": i.e. the people down on the scale still contribute a significant number of entries. However, in internet (and other) power laws, a small number of contributors contribute MOST of the entries, and the "tail" trails off rather abruptly. Take, for example, automobile manufacturers during the 30's and into the 50's. The numbers of contributors declined, with most of the autos being manufactured by small numbers of Companies. At any rate, the "three poster" phenomenon is simply typical of types of distributions found in economics, in nature, and in the very structure of the internet. How many types of search engines do people use? 3 big ones. How many auto manufacturers manufacture 90% of the autos? About 5. At any rate, this is simply a type of natural phenomenon and the "three muskateers" can't help themselves. It's a typical power law distribution. > <at_man_and_brahman@> wrote: > > > > I do not remember specifically what > > I said. Apparently you do, so please > > remind me. > > Sorry, I don't remember specifically either. > But my response quoted a famous line from a movie > called "Reversal of Fortune," about the murderer > Klaus von Bulow, played by John Malkovich. > > At the end of a scene in von Bulow is talking to > his lawyer, as he's leaving, the lawyer says, > "You're a very strange man, Mr. von Bulow." And > von Bulow replies, chillingly, "You have no idea." > > So I suspect you said something about what a > strange person I was to make so many posts. > > I was making a funny, in other words. > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "at_man_and_brahman" > > > <at_man_and_brahman@> wrote: > > > > > > > > My experience with JS goes back even before > > > > AMT. She and I were members of a > > > > mailing list in the early '90s. She posted > > > > like a demon to that, too. I commented > > > > to her once that I was amazed at how > > > > she found the time to post so much, > > > > and she responded, "You have no idea." > > > > > > I'm flattered you remember that response, but it > > > looks like you've forgotten how you phrased your > > > comment. > > > > > > (John Malkovitch fans may have a clue as to what > > > it might have been like.) >
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