some random thoughts ...
1. it seems like we are dealing with an 90-10 or 80-20 type rules
here. not surprising really. i disagree that there is a method (or a
need) to bridge this gap. it appears normal and natural to me.
2. considering the relatively small window of data, one should only
consider the percentages and not the individual data points (i.e., if
you choose another 18.5 day period , you'll get similar percentages,
but different people). Note that there are very vocal people over the
past year who are obviously missing from your list solely because of the
time period chosen.
3. this does not take into account the "nature" of the messages
analyzed. many are merely informative and not necessarily opinion. i
imagine that the issues you are concerned about center mainly around
opinions. of course many messages mix both option and fact.
4. i think your conclusions are unsupported by the 'stats' you
present. you are also carrying out biased research: you have a
preconceived notion and you are looking for data to back it up. i
recommend a more "scientific" approach.
5. your data presents a very one-dimensional view of the situation.
you do not appear to be measuring how members of this group are
interacting with others outside of this forum (i.e., this mail list is
just one of many mechanisms that we employ; I routinely communicate
with many active videobloggers who are "on the list" but rarely or never
send emails.). An obvious point: a lot of folks here have vlogs and
use those as their *primary* means of communication.
markus
LeanBackVids.com wrote:
>Out of curiosity, I decided take a closer look at the use of this
>Yahoo Group. Here are the results...
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>The last 1,000 messages were analyzed from May 8, 2006 back to April
>20, 2006 (18.5 days)...
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>Only 152 unique users posted (7% of the total 2,179 members).
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>Here are the top 50 users by number of posts...
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>80 Michael Sullivan
>50 Devlon
>43 Charles Iliya Krempeaux
>39 David Meade
>36 Markus Sandy
>35 Deirdre Straughan
>34 Michael Verdi
>27 Andy Carvin
>27 Casey McKinnon
>24 robert a/k/a r
>23 Anne Walk
>21 Harold Johnson
>20 Josh Leo
>19 Joshua Kinberg
>18 Enric
>17 David Howell
>17 Jen Simmons
>17 Stephanie Bryant
>16 andrew michael baron
>15 Andreas Haugstrup
>13 B Yen
>13 Bill Streeter
>13 Susan
>12 Gena
>12 Heath
>11 jonny goldstein
>11 usadutch2001
>10 Ted Tagami
>9 Chuck Olsen
>9 Paul Knight
>9 Steve Garfield
>8 Jan
>8 LeanBackVids.com
>8 Mike Hudack
>8 WWWhatsup
>7 Josh Wolf
>7 Randolfe Wicker
>7 Richard (Show) Hall
>7 Stan Hirson, Sarah J...
>6 Adam Quirk
>6 Jay dedman
>6 Mike Moon
>6 missbhavens1969
>6 Nathan Freitas
>6 Ron Watson
>6 Ryan Ozawa
>6 xicastmedia
>5 greendesertpro
>5 Michael Meiser
>5 Monique Danielle
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>The point of all this? To validate my concerns...
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>It is my opinion that this group is very closed off from the rest of
>the video blogging world. Sure it is very tight-knit and friendly,
>but the group seems to have hovered around the 50-250 participating
>members since last year. There must be a way to bridge the gap
>between all the other vloggers.
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>Note: If you don't think the results are an accurate representation, I
>can analyze more data, but I believe that the trend will be the same.
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>-Matt
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