P-List traffic

[Ya Sam]

Hmm, it turns out that I am one of the main culprits of the dense traffic in 
October, therefore I feel entitled to intercede for myself and for the 
runner-up Dave Monroe (I beat you Dave, ha ha). First of all, there was a 
lot of pure information, and much of it Pynchon-related that I hope I posted 
and the same refers to Dave. I hope some of this information is useful. 
Secondly, a fast and intense exchange of ideas is a good catalyst for making 
an important discovery, a kind of productive brainstorming, and the 
deciphering of the AtD seal is an obvious proof of that. I sincerely hope 
that not all of my posts were blather and unreadable rubbish, and if there 
were such, apologies. Just to defend my loquaciousness, I would say that 
P-list is one of very few places where I can discuss Pynchon in English.


>From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: P-List traffic
>Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:00:58 -0500
>
>I am not a fan of high traffic email lists.  Most of the time when the
>message traffic exceeds 30 messages a day it's mostly blather and
>unreadable.  Is it just my approaching old age crankiness, or has the
>p-list gotten out of hand?  Here's an analysis of message traffic in
>October:
>
>Total messages: 1878 (over 60 a day)
>
>Total number of people posting to the list: 102
>Total number of those posting once a week or less: 55
>Total number posting less than once a day: 87
>
>Number of posts by those who posted more than once a day:
>
>Keith McMullen      41
>Tore Rye Andersen   42
>mikebailey          43
>rich                43
>David Casseres      44
>Otto                44
>malignd             45
>Steven              62
>robinlandseadel     67
>Paul Mackin         73
>David Morris        78
>Carvill John        98
>pynchonoid         202
>Dave Monroe        217
>Ya Sam             226
>
>These 15 people accounted for 70 per cent of the traffic
>The top ten posters accounted for almost 60 per cent of the traffic
>
>Toby

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