[Foundation-l] Analysis of lists statistics: community in decline

[Dan Rosenthal]

Just as a thought: quantity of posts on the two private lists I  
subscribe to are down. Both used to average 10+ posts a day. Both now  
average half or less of that.

Quantity of posts to unblock-en-L is down significantly. It's down to  
3 or 4 posts a day with some exceptions but rarely exceeding 10. I  
remember some days in the past it was upwards of 20 or 30.

Interestingly enough, my posting level on this list is also quite a  
bit down, though I still read every email, it's mainly due to the  
topic matter of the past 2 months or so not being my cup of tea the  
way it has been in prior months.

-Dan
On Oct 30, 2008, at 8:49 AM, Nathan wrote:

> This is perhaps simplistic and applies mostly to this particular  
> list, but
> volume has been actively discouraged in various ways over the last  
> year or
> more by complaints and discussions on ways to decrease volume. Most  
> often
> cited reason for complaining about posts was the quality of posts  
> made by
> high volume posters - many who complained about that phenomena also
> mentioned that they were unsubscribing, or no longer actively  
> reading the
> list as a result.
>
> The point is that not all declines result from decreased interest or  
> reflect
> a general decline in participation. As others have pointed out,  
> traffic
> moves between lists - and more and more often, from public to  
> private lists
> and other private forms of communication. One other interesting  
> tidbit,
> though, is that conversation on IRC channels in English seems to have
> declined significantly as well. No idea how you could find or parse
> statistics for that.
>
> Nathan
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