Monthly Poster Statistics for April 2008 in ups.

These statistics are based on posts supplied to me by ntl's servers.
Some posts may have been missed.

Author spammers represents all the spammers posting to the group.
[X] indicates posters who only contributed to cross-posted threads, almost certainly regulars in the one of other groups x-posted to.

Trolls - sef-explanatory.

* Lpp = Lines per post; % = percentage of total posts due to this author; cum% = percantage of total posts due to all authors above and including this author*

Posters sorted … by posts made Posts Lines bytes Lpp* % * Author Rank Cum.% Posts Lines bytes Lpp* % * Author Rank Cum.% 933 14594 1528949 15.6 10.50 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 10.50 616 11248 1064698 18.3 6.93 Rabbit 2 17.43 606 11433 1258437 18.9 6.82 ~~seadancer~~ 3 24.25 577 13169 1995263 22.8 6.49 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 30.74 528 10388 912198 19.7 5.94 Pam the goose 5 36.68 461 10620 904482 23.0 5.19 Baldrick 6 41.87 346 5752 650089 16.6 3.89 Bunny Hare 7 45.76 274 7504 566874 27.4 3.08 Michaelangelo 8 48.84 264 4551 436249 17.2 2.97 MCC 9 51.81 235 5540 461589 23.6 2.64 Bernadette 10 54.46 233 5471 443163 23.5 2.62 Tickettyߺº 11 57.08 187 3346 333483 17.9 2.10 Foxy 12 59.18 184 2879 326226 15.6 2.07 Rosie Bumbleroot 13 61.25 183 3021 387361 16.5 2.06 John the R-T 14 63.31 179 2084 265069 11.6 2.01 JoeH 15 65.32 175 3739 301376 21.4 1.97 Madge 16 67.29 157 3513 270128 22.4 1.77 Splodge 17 69.06 151 2964 279113 19.6 1.70 Ali 18 70.76 145 2556 296660 17.6 1.63 Goromoff 19 72.39 136 3320 253160 24.4 1.53 Noreen 20 73.92 127 1924 257432 15.1 1.43 Peter T 21 75.35 118 2398 186189 20.3 1.33 Bram 22 76.68 110 2382 232080 21.7 1.24 Wally 23 77.91 108 2152 178950 19.9 1.22 Pete C 24 79.13 104 1986 324292 19.1 1.17 Gareth 25 80.30 100 2078 176626 20.8 1.13 Jayne 26 81.42 99 2373 179402 24.0 1.11 Pingu 27 82.54 99 2039 173639 20.6 1.11 NC 27 83.65 89 2419 157153 27.2 1.00 Smokey 29 84.65 79 1181 131309 14.9 0.89 Troy's Human 30 85.54 79 1295 152642 16.4 0.89 Jeff Gaines 30 86.43 79 1675 166244 21.2 0.89 Wrinklie One 30 87.32 73 1195 135937 16.4 0.82 ~~Linda~~ 33 88.14 70 1203 104780 17.2 0.79 Parrotfish 34 88.93 69 1549 154529 22.4 0.78 jackie green 35 89.71 63 1550 125375 24.6 0.71 r@y 36 90.41 62 1370 122966 22.1 0.70 §håz 37 91.11 57 1255 135766 22.0 0.64 John #8 38 91.75 50 1009 78185 20.2 0.56 Anita 39 92.32 46 509 73953 11.1 0.52 §ireßird 40 92.83 42 769 86035 18.3 0.47 Pandamonium 41 93.31 37 617 104975 16.7 0.42 frogman 42 93.72 34 773 65235 22.7 0.38 Robin T Cox 43 94.10 29 480 58240 16.6 0.33 biggeordie 44 94.43 26 878 76537 33.8 0.29 JF 45 94.72 25 288 56407 11.5 0.28 Graham 46 95.00 25 1076 74465 43.0 0.28 Bigbazza 46 95.29 24 319 32233 13.3 0.27 Bill P 48 95.56 23 932 66970 40.5 0.26 Spammer 49 95.81 23 269 29661 11.7 0.26 $ir Vivor 49 96.07 23 1225 62662 53.3 0.26 Derek F 49 96.33 23 371 32799 16.1 0.26 Oldrose 49 96.59 22 422 40423 19.2 0.25 Gander 53 96.84 17 310 35404 18.2 0.19 Jerry Atric 54 97.03 16 366 33269 22.9 0.18 Alasdair 55 97.21 15 321 28009 21.4 0.17 Jackie 56 97.38 14 218 21293 15.6 0.16 Alma 57 97.54 12 218 19571 18.2 0.14 Frederick Williams 58 97.67 12 161 23699 13.4 0.14 uker 58 97.81 12 199 22831 16.6 0.14 Bri 58 97.94 12 150 24886 12.5 0.14 Saxman 58 98.08 11 280 20972 25.5 0.12 ned 62 98.20 10 235 15692 23.5 0.11 Tyke 63 98.31 10 123 18308 12.3 0.11 Ascii Art 63 98.42 9 129 12095 14.3 0.10 jamps 65 98.53 7 252 18072 36.0 0.08 someone 66 98.60 7 208 14385 29.7 0.08 Geoff Hayward 66 98.68 7 171 17332 24.4 0.08 Harold 66 98.76 7 175 13096 25.0 0.08 Coats 66 98.84 6 131 14384 21.8 0.07 Gil J 70 98.91 5 273 20807 54.6 0.06 Mothy 71 98.96 5 107 9643 21.4 0.06 John E 71 99.02 5 26 7304 5.2 0.06 Bucko 71 99.08 5 88 7114 17.6 0.06 GreySwan 71 99.13 5 194 13591 38.8 0.06 alan holmes 71 99.19 4 69 6921 17.3 0.05 Troll 76 99.23 4 140 12775 35.0 0.05 Bryan Jones 76 99.28 4 63 7678 15.8 0.05 Weatherman 76 99.32 4 118 9394 29.5 0.05 jammyface 76 99.37 4 74 8770 18.5 0.05 Webrex 76 99.41 4 98 10045 24.5 0.05 Jim Scott 76 99.46 4 118 11454 29.5 0.05 David Love 76 99.50 3 48 5485 16.0 0.03 Banana 83 99.54 3 79 5257 26.3 0.03 cigarman 83 99.57 3 37 4361 12.3 0.03 John D 83 99.61 3 27 6227 9.0 0.03 Faolan 83 99.64 3 97 6753 32.3 0.03 David C 83 99.67 2 33 3849 16.5 0.02 Les 88 99.70 2 33 3727 16.5 0.02 cyrano 88 99.72 2 33 3089 16.5 0.02 Toyboy 88 99.74 2 37 4263 18.5 0.02 Ponder 88 99.76 2 80 6179 40.0 0.02 Peaches 88 99.79 2 78 5337 39.0 0.02 John Nice 88 99.81 2 62 5073 31.0 0.02 Linedancer 88 99.83 2 74 6038 37.0 0.02 PlusNet Support Team 88 99.85 1 010 02010 10.0 0.01 Peter Parry 96 99.86 1 090 05346 90.0 0.01 **p radcliff3 96 99.88 1 011 01472 11.0 0.01 Hawkeye23 96 99.89 1 018 01879 18.0 0.01 Steve[X] 96 99.90 1 035 02405 35.0 0.01 Madasever 96 99.91 1 032 02663 32.0 0.01 Edward J Milan 96 99.92 1 021 02447 21.0 0.01 Baron Stroud 96 99.93 1 013 01402 13.0 0.01 GIZMO 96 99.94 1 023 02061 23.0 0.01 HPV VACCINE STUDY 96 99.95 1 021 01981 21.0 0.01 FieryFeenix 96 99.97 1 019 02203 19.0 0.01 tony bennett 96 99.98 1 033 02880 33.0 0.01 Rusty 96 99.99 1 008 01299 8.0 0.01 John 96 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 93 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 46 Wally 2 37 Goromoff 3 33 MCC 4 32 Pam the goose 5 31 Baldrick 6 25 Splodge 7 23 ~~seadancer~~ 8 21 Spammer 9 19 Rosie Bumbleroot 10 15 wtwjgc (Joe) 11 14 Tickettyߺº 12 14 NC 12 13 Peter T 14 12 Michaelangelo 15 12 Parrotfish 15 11 Troy's Human 17 9 Gareth 18 9 Bunny Hare 18 8 Jeff Gaines 20 8 r@y 20 8 Foxy 20 7 John #8 23 7 Pete C 23 7 Madge 23 7 Wrinklie One 23 6 Bram 27 6 Pingu 27 6 John the R-T 27 5 Jayne 30 5 frogman 30 5 Bernadette 30 4 §håz 33 4 Jackie 33 4 Robin T Cox 33 4 Bigbazza 33 4 Pandamonium 33 4 $ir Vivor 33 4 Gander 33 4 Bill P 33 4 JoeH 33 3 Anita 42 3 Alasdair 42 3 Noreen 42 3 jackie green 42 3 Rabbit 42 2 jamps 47 2 JF 47 2 Banana 47 2 Alma 47 2 biggeordie 47 2 Ascii Art 47 1 Les 53 1 Troll 53 1 Ali 53 1 Hawkeye23 53 1 someone 53 1 ~~Linda~~ 53 1 Graham 53 1 Webrex 53 1 Smokey 53 1 David Love 53 1 Bri 53 1 Saxman 53 1 Oldrose 53 1 HPV VACCINE STUDY 53 1 Bucko 53 1 GreySwan 53 1 Jerry Atric 53 1 David C 53 1 Rusty 53 1 Coats 53 1 John 53 0 Gil J 74 0 Peter Parry 74 0 Mothy 74 0 Frederick Williams 74 0 **p radcliff3 74 0 §ireßird 74 0 Bryan Jones 74 0 cigarman 74 0 Weatherman 74 0 ned 74 0 Steve[X] 74 0 cyrano 74 0 Toyboy 74 0 Madasever 74 0 Ponder 74 0 Edward J Milan 74 0 jammyface 74 0 Peaches 74 0 uker 74 0 Jim Scott 74 0 John D 74 0 Baron Stroud 74 0 Faolan 74 0 John E 74 0 Derek F 74 0 GIZMO 74 0 Geoff Hayward 74 0 FieryFeenix 74 0 tony bennett 74 0 Harold 74 0 John Nice 74 0 Tyke 74 0 Linedancer 74 0 PlusNet Support Team 74 0 alan holmes 74

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 13 2 8 3 5 4 7 5 5 6 1 7 4 8 0 9 1 10+ 64

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 53.3 Derek F 1 43.0 Bigbazza 2 40.5 Spammer 3 33.8 JF 4 27.4 Michaelangelo 5 27.2 Smokey 6 24.6 r@y 7 24.4 Noreen 8 24.0 Pingu 9 23.6 Bernadette 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 11.1 §ireßird 1 11.5 Graham 2 11.6 JoeH 3 11.7 $ir Vivor 4 13.3 Bill P 5 14.9 Troy's Human 6 15.1 Peter T 7 15.6 Flyiñg Ñuñ 8 15.6 Rosie Bumbleroot 9 16.1 Oldrose 10

High lines/post may be because the posters have something to say, have used blank lines for legibility, or because they don't snip

1 CrossPost Targets

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Crossposting (with follow-ups set) is the preferred method of making announcements relevant to more than one group.

Unfortunately it is also a prefered mothod for spammers and trolls