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Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 16:25:53 GMT
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Steve:

[...]

Can you do any analysis in terms of messages-per-thread?  That might
indicate content-depth, and the level of community.

Few or many messages per thread?

- few messages per thread could mean
    - quick correct answers
    - nobody cares to discuss anything
- many messages per thread could mean
    - flame wars
    - long detailed discussions

What about some kind of "inflamability measure" of the
posts?

Play well,

Jacob

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Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
 
(...) Good points. It can be argued that massive flame-war threads *are* indicative of the level of community. If only because people care enough to get into long-winded pointless debates. (...) Not sure about this, except to look for posts with (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
 
(...) [snipped way-cool graph] Very interesting. I hadn't thought of "draining" in terms of number of messages, I was thinking in terms of signal-to-noise. Which is a bit harder to graph. But the anecdotal evidence seems to suggest LUGNET is having (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)

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