Monthly Poster Statistics for October 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% = percentage 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.% 729 13575 1212350 18.6 13.31 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 13.31 522 10196 907258 19.5 9.53 Rabbit 2 22.83 354 7419 1021114 21.0 6.46 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 29.29 348 7334 570274 21.1 6.35 Pam the goose 4 35.65 254 11387 730752 44.8 4.64 Derek F 5 40.28 253 4004 436807 15.8 4.62 Bunny Hare 6 44.90 231 4878 506002 21.1 4.22 ~~seadancer~~ 7 49.11 229 6924 574481 30.2 4.18 Jackie 8 53.29 204 3302 380872 16.2 3.72 MCC 9 57.02 160 2830 268409 17.7 2.92 Foxy 10 59.94 150 2567 300070 17.1 2.74 AriesVal 11 62.68 134 2891 255472 21.6 2.45 Pingu 12 65.12 118 2644 210488 22.4 2.15 Ali 13 67.28 114 1711 213075 15.0 2.08 Goromoff 14 69.36 107 2322 183723 21.7 1.95 Tickettyߺº 15 71.31 107 2111 171425 19.7 1.95 Pete C 15 73.26 106 2260 168810 21.3 1.93 Splodge 17 75.20 100 2810 173297 28.1 1.83 Smokey 18 77.02 97 1850 158107 19.1 1.77 Bram 19 78.79 78 1103 148473 14.1 1.42 Peter T 20 80.22 64 695 91638 10.9 1.17 JoeH 21 81.38 54 1259 102297 23.3 0.99 r@y 22 82.37 54 1043 104888 19.3 0.99 Wrinklie One 22 83.35 49 883 91723 18.0 0.89 Bucko 24 84.25 43 742 74131 17.3 0.78 Frederick Williams 25 85.03 41 685 76121 16.7 0.75 Jeff Gaines 26 85.78 39 844 90593 21.6 0.71 John #8 27 86.49 36 520 55653 14.4 0.66 Troy's Human 28 87.15 35 719 53686 20.5 0.64 Anita 29 87.79 34 430 53487 12.6 0.62 §ireßird 30 88.41 33 1028 65474 31.2 0.60 ned 31 89.01 32 806 65576 25.2 0.58 Wally 32 89.60 32 669 56333 20.9 0.58 jackie green 32 90.18 32 525 44994 16.4 0.58 Bill P 32 90.76 31 508 68083 16.4 0.57 John the R-T 35 91.33 27 615 45053 22.8 0.49 Madge 36 91.82 26 507 46232 19.5 0.47 §håz 37 92.30 25 430 55433 17.2 0.46 Saxman 38 92.75 24 530 37103 22.1 0.44 Robin T Cox 39 93.19 24 340 36794 14.2 0.44 frogman 39 93.63 23 307 42908 13.3 0.42 sam 41 94.05 23 685 60949 29.8 0.42 May 41 94.47 18 115 25657 6.4 0.33 gruffydd 43 94.80 17 364 38446 21.4 0.31 Harold 44 95.11 14 183 18778 13.1 0.26 Lin 45 95.36 14 315 25096 22.5 0.26 Bernard Peek 45 95.62 14 504 34281 36.0 0.26 Bigbazza 45 95.88 13 231 24713 17.8 0.24 Old Grizzly 48 96.11 13 358 22304 27.5 0.24 Tyke 48 96.35 11 488 37482 44.4 0.20 JF 50 96.55 11 244 15868 22.2 0.20 Bernadette 50 96.75 10 107 12004 10.7 0.18 jamps 52 96.93 9 197 14079 21.9 0.16 NC 53 97.10 8 105 11763 13.1 0.15 Fudge 54 97.24 8 87 13811 10.9 0.15 uker 54 97.39 8 180 15661 22.5 0.15 Fergal 54 97.54 7 39 9699 5.6 0.13 Spammer 57 97.66 7 165 13029 23.6 0.13 Cerumen 57 97.79 7 98 14887 14.0 0.13 Pandamonium 57 97.92 7 106 12157 15.1 0.13 Bri 57 98.05 6 88 6955 14.7 0.11 Troll 61 98.16 6 166 15012 27.7 0.11 tony bennett 61 98.27 5 78 10490 15.6 0.09 Peter Parry 63 98.36 5 241 21139 48.2 0.09 Bryan Jones 63 98.45 5 81 10010 16.2 0.09 Weatherman 63 98.54 5 38 6346 7.6 0.09 elaich 63 98.63 5 148 12627 29.6 0.09 Evi 63 98.72 5 115 9140 23.0 0.09 Steve 63 98.81 4 106 8582 26.5 0.07 Banana 69 98.89 4 60 6565 15.0 0.07 andon 69 98.96 4 88 8738 22.0 0.07 John E 69 99.03 4 113 9804 28.3 0.07 David Love 69 99.11 4 59 5572 14.8 0.07 Parrotfish 69 99.18 4 71 8903 17.8 0.07 John Nice 69 99.25 4 90 6490 22.5 0.07 alan holmes 69 99.32 4 98 7109 24.5 0.07 Coats 69 99.40 3 33 3685 11.0 0.05 Alma 77 99.45 2 59 4699 29.5 0.04 jammyface 78 99.49 2 15 3293 7.5 0.04 SueG 78 99.53 2 56 3894 28.0 0.04 Geoff Hayward 78 99.56 2 45 4632 22.5 0.04 Dystopia 78 99.60 2 32 4171 16.0 0.04 Ascii Art 78 99.63 1 007 01234 7.0 0.02 wellnice 83 99.65 1 029 02057 29.0 0.02 Brian Gaff[X] 83 99.67 1 012 01467 12.0 0.02 Les 83 99.69 1 017 01227 17.0 0.02 umop ap!sdn 83 99.71 1 056 03186 56.0 0.02 Nor 83 99.73 1 014 03077 14.0 0.02 Gareth 83 99.74 1 031 02201 31.0 0.02 someone 83 99.76 1 005 01263 5.0 0.02 Angus 83 99.78 1 087 05929 87.0 0.02 Richchris 83 99.80 1 007 01330 7.0 0.02 David 83 99.82 1 026 02301 26.0 0.02 ~~Linda~~ 83 99.84 1 017 01430 17.0 0.02 Mike Cawood 83 99.85 1 241 13882 241.0 0.02 DaveHX[X] 83 99.87 1 009 01420 9.0 0.02 Jim Scott 83 99.89 1 019 01601 19.0 0.02 Nigel Brooks[X] 83 99.91 1 046 02533 46.0 0.02 Mrs G 83 99.93 1 026 02215 26.0 0.02 ian field[X] 83 99.95 1 082 04662 82.0 0.02 Bill 83 99.96 1 023 02434 23.0 0.02 Charles Ellson[X] 83 99.98 1 026 02354 26.0 0.02 Jerry Atric 83 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 104 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 37 Goromoff 2 27 MCC 3 22 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 18 Pam the goose 5 16 Bunny Hare 6 15 Derek F 7 14 Wally 8 12 Rabbit 9 11 Pingu 10 11 ~~seadancer~~ 10 11 AriesVal 10 11 Splodge 10 11 Pete C 10 9 r@y 15 9 Bucko 15 8 Wrinklie One 17 7 Tickettyߺº 18 7 Spammer 18 7 Peter T 18 7 sam 18 7 May 18 7 Foxy 18 6 Jeff Gaines 24 6 uker 24 5 Bigbazza 26 4 Troy's Human 27 4 Smokey 27 4 NC 27 4 Saxman 27 4 frogman 27 4 John #8 27 4 Harold 27 4 Madge 27 3 Anita 35 3 JF 35 3 ned 35 3 Robin T Cox 35 3 Bill P 35 2 Bram 40 2 gruffydd 40 2 Ali 40 2 §håz 40 2 Banana 40 2 Lin 40 2 jackie green 40 2 John the R-T 40 2 Evi 40 2 JoeH 40 1 wellnice 50 1 Fudge 50 1 Frederick Williams 50 1 §ireßird 50 1 Weatherman 50 1 Old Grizzly 50 1 Jackie 50 1 Jim Scott 50 1 SueG 50 1 Bill 50 1 Bri 50 1 Parrotfish 50 1 Dystopia 50 1 Tyke 50 1 Ascii Art 50 1 Coats 50 1 Steve 50 0 Brian Gaff[X] 67 0 Peter Parry 67 0 Les 67 0 umop ap!sdn 67 0 Troll 67 0 jamps 67 0 Nor 67 0 Gareth 67 0 Bryan Jones 67 0 someone 67 0 Angus 67 0 Richchris 67 0 elaich 67 0 andon 67 0 David 67 0 ~~Linda~~ 67 0 Bernard Peek 67 0 Mike Cawood 67 0 Cerumen 67 0 jammyface 67 0 DaveHX[X] 67 0 Pandamonium 67 0 Nigel Brooks[X] 67 0 Mrs G 67 0 John E 67 0 ian field[X] 67 0 David Love 67 0 Charles Ellson[X] 67 0 Geoff Hayward 67 0 tony bennett 67 0 John Nice 67 0 Jerry Atric 67 0 Alma 67 0 Fergal 67 0 alan holmes 67 0 Bernadette 67

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 20 2 5 3 1 4 8 5 6 6 2 7 4 8 3 9 1 10+ 52

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 44.8 Derek F 1 31.2 ned 2 30.2 Jackie 3 29.8 May 4 28.1 Smokey 5 25.2 Wally 6 23.3 r@y 7 22.8 Madge 8 22.4 Ali 9 22.1 Robin T Cox 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 6.4 gruffydd 1 10.9 JoeH 2 12.6 §ireßird 3 13.3 sam 4 14.1 Peter T 5 14.2 frogman 6 14.4 Troy's Human 7 15.0 Goromoff 8 15.8 Bunny Hare 9 16.2 MCC 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

Low lines/post may be because the posters have nothing to say, have dense text, or because they over snip

5 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
4	uk.people.consumers scot.general
1	alt.talk.bollocks alt.troll
1	uk.people.consumers
1	alt.punk
1	uk.local.kent

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