On 2012-12-01 17:15, Dave Smith wrote: > On Dec 1, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Jima wrote: > >> To be fair, over the last 5+ years I've observed a number of LUGs >> experience a similar downturn in interest > > Indeed, I've seen the same downturn in all groups where I participate. I just > happened to use data from PLUG to illustrate the point (no offense intended > to PLUG members or leadership, both of which are top notch in my book). > >> What'd you use to generate the graph? > > This python script outputs the PLUG stats as CSV, which I pasted into Excel > for graphing. You'll need "requests", which is available via pip:
Thanks for that. Apparently archiving was broken for a few months, which skewed the graph pretty badly, but I had other data to fix it. http://jima.tk/201212/tclug-stats.png Based on that, I'd say the downturn happened earlier there, which suggests StackOverflow may not have played a major role on a broader scale. Sadly, I'd say Steve's assessment sounds pretty dead-on. Jima /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
