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Re: Lugnet's great signal to noise ratio
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Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:07:58 GMT
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"Jesse Long" <JesseL@hawaii.edu> writes:

I read 13 groups on Lugnet, and rarely download more than 40 articles in any
given day.  I routinely get 80-120 messages from RTL, mostly mindstorms,
flamewars, and off-topic computer-geekese.  Here on Lugnet I get so little
of that, it's great.  But a question: are the reduced number of posts due to
the separate news groups, or due to few people crossing over?  I notice very
little cross-posting.

IMO, the reduced number of posts is due to fewer people currently accessing,
compared to RTL.  Keep in mind that these groups have only really been running
publicly for 7 1/2 days, and that things will ramp up slowly.

Three to six months from now, I think we'll be seeing total traffic here
(across all groups) that is 2x to 10x the traffic that you see today in RTL,
because there's more "room to breathe" in each group and a much, much faster
response time (no propagation delays around the net).

--Todd



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(...) The lack of propagation delays is one reason why I think people will be more likely to post here once they show up. Right now it might take days for people to see my posts, and sometimes it almost seems like a waste of time, especially for the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)

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  Lugnet's great signal to noise ratio
 
I read 13 groups on Lugnet, and rarely download more than 40 articles in any given day. I routinely get 80-120 messages from RTL, mostly mindstorms, flamewars, and off-topic computer-geekese. Here on Lugnet I get so little of that, it's great. But a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)

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