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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2006ASDLC Netscan statistics - 90% fewer posts from same month last year!
I got these statistics from http://netscan.research.microsoft.com today about our newsgroup. I knew there had been a lot fewer posts lately, but I had no idea that it was a 90% reduction from last year! Wow! What happened to all of our old regulars? There are scads of them I can think of that used to post all the time that we haven't heard from in ages. alt.support.diet.low-carb This Year Last Year Messages 4419 43452 -90 % Replies 3863 / 40090 -90 %  SignaturePeter Fallen off the wagon? :: I got these statistics from http://netscan.research.microsoft.com :: today about our newsgroup. I knew there had been a lot fewer posts [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] :: :: Peter > > I got these statistics from http://netscan.research.microsoft.com [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Replies 3863 / 40090 -90 % A lot of them are probably doing what I do. Mostly lurking. ;-) There is only just so much to say, so a lot of the material starts repeating itself. SignaturePeace, Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson > A lot of them are probably doing what I do. > Mostly lurking. ;-) > > There is only just so much to say, so a lot of the material starts > repeating itself. > -- Also my sense is that there are more posts from zealots such as Crazy Chung, Mr. Grains for Brains and so on and these are rather off-putting > > A lot of them are probably doing what I do. > > Mostly lurking. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Also my sense is that there are more posts from zealots such as Crazy > Chung, Mr. Grains for Brains and so on and these are rather off-putting That's what killfiles are for...... SignaturePeace, Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson > That's what killfiles are for...... > -- > Peace, Om. I'm using Google to access this group and I don't know how to killfile in it, if indeed there is such an option > > That's what killfiles are for...... > > I'm using Google to access this group and I don't know how to killfile > in it, if indeed there is such an option UseNet is nearly worthless without fillfiles. As a result, Google in their infinite not-caring-ness, does not implement killfiles. For amusement - I've read and posted through Google for years. if they ever offered access for pay and it had killfiles, I'd be a paying customer in a shot. If they ever switched to pay for service and it had no fillfiles, I'd be someone else's paying customer in a shot. If you're put off by trolls, then it is time to switch to a real newreader that does have killfiles. I currently use Internet Explorer and it offers a newsreader under Tools -> Mail and News -> Read News. The tool it launches is very poor compared to good newsreaders but it does offer some filtering ability. You have to configure it to point at the news server of your ISP. That's one reason I started using Google. At the time I travelled for work and I never knew what ISP was local that week. > > I'm using Google to access this group and I don't know how to killfile > > in it, if indeed there is such an option [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > newreader that does have killfiles. I currently use Internet > Explorer Thanks for confirming what I suspected about Google. I have IE but every so often it refuses me access and this is one of those times and I'm too ignorant to fix it myself so I have to call in Rentanerd which is expensive - hence Google > Thanks for confirming what I suspected about Google. I have IE but > every so often it refuses me access and this is one of those times and > I'm too ignorant to fix it myself so I have to call in Rentanerd which > is expensive - hence Google Google is paid for by its banner ads. Hard to beat that price but price is not why I use it. At this point I use it because I used to have valid reasons about travel and I continue out of inertia. Yep. :-) -- Cheri OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote in message .. >A lot of them are probably doing what I do. >Mostly lurking. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >-- >Peace, Om. > > I got these statistics from http://netscan.research.microsoft.com [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > The number of helpful, on-topic posts has remained the same :-) SignatureSteve > > I got these statistics from http://netscan.research.microsoft.com [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > You are comparing the "Year To Date 2006" figures with the "TOTAL 2005" data, and you get a false reading of very hight drop in the postings. You will see this clearly if you read the subtitle over the results on the page where you got the results you posted above. I compared January 2005 with January 2006 and got: January 2005 postings 6840 January 2006 postings 1797 Decrease 74% February 2005 postings 5430 February 2006 postings 1917 Decrease 65% If the postings for Jan and Feb of 2005 totaled only 12,270 ... it would be extraordinary to believe that the postings for Mar 2005 would boot the then year to date total to 43,452.... It is a difficult page with which to work. The postings are indeed down dramatically, around 70% down. But nowhere as bad as 90% down. I recall your many, many gripes about bad or careless research and how worthless many researchers are...... :-) Jim Signature1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book 2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book 3) Don't Diet Without Supplemental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins book 4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other) > > I got these statistics from http://netscan.research.microsoft.com > > today about our newsgroup. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > The postings are indeed down dramatically, around 70% down. But nowhere > as bad as 90% down. Google groups has full archives of the groups it carries. From reading ASDLC there, I followed the "About this group" link and it gives the entire posting history of the group month by month since it was formed. (Available for any group even the ancient net.* heirarchy from the 1980s). Let see if a cut-n-paste survives the font change - Archive Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1998 552 862 1581 1810 4144 4274 4368 5662 6963 5287 4277 1999 10605 7632 7832 7391 7456 9658 13070 13830 12247 15279 12240 9597 2000 12537 10511 10667 9288 8863 9042 9554 7426 8620 9992 9381 9944 2001 11552 6875 8334 7040 8097 9729 9680 10395 7637 6727 9957 7115 2002 13744 10507 9566 9144 9625 8891 11990 11750 10490 12788 11465 10569 2003 16258 11080 9055 9515 12179 14554 17415 14048 12608 10459 9617 8297 2004 14176 13685 13762 11809 11855 11643 8377 7922 5572 5108 3848 4545 2005 6831 5406 4187 3577 3341 3711 4294 3843 2807 1839 1849 1644 2006 1774 1905 1255 (this last number of month to date) So the group appears to have been popular from January 1999 (I started Atkins 21 Jun 1999) and it started dropping in popularity in the summer of 2004. So it's not a 90% reduction from the peak popularity in 2004 but the decline in populatiry is significant. Low carbing has gone from the latest fad back to just one of the more popular dieting styles. > lately, but I had no idea that it was a 90% reduction from last year! An instance perhaps of the adage that "less is more"? SignatureBob http://www.kanyak.com |
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