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Re: So few threads...
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 21 Jun 1999 21:32:08 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 17:30:51 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> > Some other discussion group averages:
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> > lugnet.off-topic.fun: ~ 8.0 messages / thread
> > lugnet.admin.general: ~ 6.1 messages / thread
> > lugnet.build: ~ 6.1 messages / thread
> > lugnet.cad: ~ 4.4 messages / thread
> > lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw: ~ 13.6 messages / thread
> > lugnet.publish: ~ 5.6 messages / thread
Cool statistics, Jeremy!
Say, how did you define "thread" there? Did you go by the existance of
"References:" headers? Or did you also count a new thread each time the
subject (minus the Re:) changed? How about when discussions migrate out
of a group?
> > I guess this shows that for the .debate and .org.ldraw groups, discussion
> > is pretty focused; while on .cad and .general, there's a wider variety of
> > conversations going on. ...Which is probably how it should be. :-,
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> I'd suggest the messages/thread ratio suggests just the opposite: in
> low-ratio groups, threads tend to stay on-topic, while in long-thread
> groups, the conversations wander every which-way.
I think it suggests both. :) The stuff in the .off-topic groups of course
have a way of wandering all over the map, but the discussions in .org.ldraw
have so far been super-focused to the group's purpose. The relatively low
message-to-thread ratio in .general may also be due to threads starting
there and migrating elsewhere...?
--Todd
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| (...) Actually, I got the number of threads just by counting the number of thread lines in my nntp client's "thread view". I'm assuming that Netscape Collabra defines the start of a thread as either a message which has no References: header, or a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'd suggest the messages/thread ratio suggests just the opposite: in low-ratio groups, threads tend to stay on-topic, while in long-thread groups, the conversations wander every which-way. Steve (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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