From: thorongil@telenet.be.invalid
On Saturday 24 August 2013 20:23, Aragorn conveyed the following to
alt.os.linux.mandriva...
> On Saturday 24 August 2013 19:39, Robert Marshall conveyed the
> following to alt.os.linux.mandriva...
>
>> On Fri, Aug 23 2013, Aragorn wrote:
>>
>>> Cool, a spammer made it into the top-3... :-/
>>
>> Yes, I've been debating whether to stop these posts (which I
>> propagate) as they form most of the traffic in this increasingly
>> quiet group. Any strong opinions?
>
> Personally I have always liked these stats - I was already around back
> when Garry Knight first started posting them here - and I have also
> always regretted that not every newsgroup has them. I have already
> seen stats somewhat similar to these - but not as complete and not as
> well- formatted - in another group once, and I would welcome them in
> certain other high-traffic groups I'm subscribed to.
>
> On account of alt.os.linux.mandriva however, it would indeed appear
> that traffic here is getting fewer and fewer by the week. I believe
> this may be the result of two main factors, i.e. ...
>
> ° The creation of the Mageia distribution, along with its own
> dedicated newsgroup alt.os.linux.mageia, coupled to the success of
> both said distribution and said newsgroup, in comparison to this
> group here and the Mandriva distribution. Most of the Mageia
> adopters used to be Mandriva users - some still use both
> distributions - and as such, there has been quite a move of group
> regulars from this group to alt.os.linux.mageia. Apparently, most
> of them aren't even looking back anymore, which has left this
> group here somewhat devastated.
>
> ° The untimely departure of our friend Adam, who kept the
> "off-topic" thread going together with "Moe Trin" and a few other
> posters, such as "TJ" and Jim Beard.
>
> It is entirely up to you if you wish to stop compiling the stats for
> this newsgroup, of course, and if you do (but even if you don't) then
> I would like to thank you on behalf of the group - I think I can
> safely speak for them all in this event - for having bothered to
> support the stats for so many years after Garry left off. It is
> indeed a sad thing that this group, once so active, has whithered
> away, but it is therefore also a bid ludicrous to continue to post
^^^
"bit"
> stats when nobody is actually saying anything anymore and when even a
> spammer makes it into the Top 3.
> :-/
One possible solution would be to compile the stats for this group on a
monthly basis, rather than on a weekly basis. It would require some
modification of the scripts and of the cron entries, but it would
probably be better, in my humble opinion.
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= Aragorn =
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