I second Megan!
Not actually a proposal was it? Ah well, we'll always have Minearverse.
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
Stompy Emerita: ita, DXMachina
Daisy Jane - Aug 02, 2007 6:53:56 am PDT #698 of 6786
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2007 7:04:13 am PDT #699 of 6786
brillig
DebetEsse makes good points
wrod
-t - Aug 02, 2007 10:34:56 am PDT #700 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Some quick and dirty numbers:
During the 44 days (4/18/07-6/1/07) that the experimental threads were open, Natter had 7380 posts
During a previous 44 days (3/1/07-4/12/07 chosen to be easy to count) Natter had 7886 posts
During 4/18/06-6/1/06 Natter had 8258 posts
During 3/1/06-4/12/06 Natter had 10299 posts
Which tells me nothing conclusive, but they are numbers for those of you that want some.
DavidS - Aug 02, 2007 11:01:59 am PDT #701 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Natter had about 500 less posts during the Experimental run. A correlation but not a proven causation.
Natter had significantly greater volume in 2006 than 2007.
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 11:14:01 am PDT #702 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
We should also look at the same time period last year. This may be a summer slowdown as opposed to a multiple thread slow down. Also, we're talking about 300 posts in 44 days. That's 7-8 posts a day. Significant? I don't think so, especially since I would wager that there were more than 7-8 posts in the buckets (dear Liza, dear Liza . . .)
-t - Aug 02, 2007 11:37:43 am PDT #703 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The second two are from last year.
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 12:19:07 pm PDT #704 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
right, right. Perhaps if I actually looked at it instead of just seeing what I thought I saw.
-t - Aug 02, 2007 12:21:06 pm PDT #705 of 6786
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I did have a wrong date in there at first. I apologize for that.
Polter-Cow - Aug 02, 2007 12:27:45 pm PDT #706 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aha. So although the absolute number of posts was less this year, the summer drop was far smaller, despite the presence of those dastardly experimental threads.
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 1:01:04 pm PDT #707 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I did have a wrong date in there at first. I apologize for that.
aha! j'accuse!