From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/4/2026 4:01 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:   
   > On 2/4/2026 2:11 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   >> Cryptoengineer  wrote or quoted:   
   >>> Is there any chance figuring out the number of posters that made those   
   >>> comments in each bucket? That's would be the number of 'active posters'   
   >>> in my opinion.   
   >>   
   >>    Yes.   
   >>   
   >> number of postings   
   >>        |       number of followups   
   >>        |       |       number of different From-names of   
   followups   
   >>        v       v       v      change of that number   
   of names   
   >> year  count   follow. unique change   
   >>   
   >> 2004  119265  116602  3471   
   >> 2005  112320  109625  3178   -8.44%   
   >> 2006  118100  114856  3649  +14.82%   
   >> 2007  118167  106506  3172  -13.07%   
   >> 2008   95188   92369  2322  -26.80%   
   >> 2009   95420   93208  1888  -18.69%   
   >> 2010   91185   89370  1475  -21.88%   
   >> 2011   81160   78803  1433   -2.85%   
   >> 2012   60961   59250   848  -40.82%  strong decline in 2012   
   >> 2013   46223   45074   673  -20.64%  and the following years   
   >> 2014   31743   30652   505  -24.96%   
   >> 2015   28629   27809   396  -21.58%   
   >> 2016   31216   30243   373   -5.81%   
   >> 2017   22512   21306   304  -18.50%   
   >> 2018   21340   20059   266  -12.50%   
   >> 2019   23217   21746   268   +0.75%   
   >> 2020   30471   28734   244   -8.96%   
   >> 2021   24211   22829   188  -22.95%   
   >> 2022   17209   15939   160  -14.89%   
   >> 2023   10868    9698   153   -4.38%   
   >> 2024    9369    8348   135  -11.76%   
   >> 2025    7322    6349   151  +11.85%   
   >> 2026     509     455    39            (so far til ~   
   January 29, 2026)   
   >>   
   >>    For example, for this year, 2026, the set counted was   
   >>    (in no particular order and without names appearing   
   >>    after approximately January 29 and without names that   
   >>    never wrote a followup):   
   >>   
   >> |{ 'Scott Dorsey', 'Ted Nolan ', 'Mark Jackson',   
   >> |  'Tony Nance', 'Don', 'The Doctor', 'BCFD 36',   
   >> |  'Dimensional Traveler', 'Thomas Koenig', 'James Nicoll',   
   >> |  'Charles Packer', 'Your Name', 'Gary R. Schmidt',   
   >> |  'Cryptoengineer', 'The True Melissa', 'Bobbie Sellers',   
   >> |  'Jay Morris', 'Titus G', 'Mark Shaw', 'John Savard',   
   >> |  'Stefan Ram', 'Scott Lurndal', 'Torbjorn Lindgren',   
   >> |  'Garrett Wollman', 'Alexander Schreiber', 'Mickmane',   
   >> |  'Lynn McGuire', 'Steve Coltrin', 'Robert Woodward',   
   >> |  'Christian Weisgerber', 's|b', 'Lee Gleason', 'Jerry Brown',   
   >> |  'Paul S Person', 'danny burstein', 'Peter Fairbrother',   
   >> |  'William Hyde', 'Lawrence D’Oliveiro', 'Ignatios Souvatzis' }   
   >>   
   >>    (should be 39).   
   >>   
   >>    One can observe that in 2006 there were fewer postings but more   
   >>    different poster names than in 2004!   
   >   
   >   
   > Thank you very much. I've been wondering about this for a while. So   
   > about a 95% decline in posters over 22 years.   
   >   
   > I feel like we're 6th century nomads, camping out in the ruins   
   > of the Roman Forum, overshadowed by wrecks of former glory.   
   > I've seen so many names vanish one by one.   
   >   
   > pt   
      
   Yes.  And Terry (Gutless) does not respond to my emails anymore.   
      
   Lynn   
      
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