Re: [ATM] In a gadda da vida

[Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@canit.se>]

> The reply ratio curve hints at a four year cycle, with
> depressions just before the US presidential elections.
>  The cycle is clearly evident in an autocorrelation.


Cute! So does this trend hold for non-American members? Does it
correlate with influenza or Enron (power outage) outbreaks?


> Currently there are around 350 messages a month.  This
> is 20 odd percent less than when the list began, and
> 1/8th that of the list?s highest activity.
>
> What to make of this.  I think the list needs to
> advertise.
>
> Anthony


I make of this that PC users are a lot more Internet-savvy these days,
they are checking the archives before posting, often finding what they
want. Further, many of us have homepages. People are googling for what
they want and finding our webpages rather than this list, or maybe they
are finding our older postings. I was just contacted today directly by
someone who might have posted questions to this list a few years ago.

Dominic-Luc Webb

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