Monthly Poster Statistics for March 2009 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.% 592 11589 1004826 19.6 10.79 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 10.79 390 7692 614555 19.7 7.11 Pam the goose 2 17.90 376 6735 598891 17.9 6.85 Rabbit 3 24.75 299 4479 488211 15.0 5.45 Bunny Hare 4 30.20 240 3761 457999 15.7 4.37 MCC 5 34.57 206 4567 412232 22.2 3.75 Jackie 6 38.33 194 3046 309167 15.7 3.54 Foxy 7 41.86 167 3825 300471 22.9 3.04 Ali 8 44.91 158 3193 434945 20.2 2.88 wtwjgc (Joe) 9 47.79 154 2173 287569 14.1 2.81 AriesVal 10 50.59 135 2565 423906 19.0 2.46 Gareth 11 53.05 134 1478 189799 11.0 2.44 JoeH 12 55.49 121 3128 193633 25.9 2.21 Smokey 13 57.70 120 2857 207160 23.8 2.19 Splodge 14 59.89 116 2699 198509 23.3 2.11 Pingu 15 62.00 115 1713 215740 14.9 2.10 Goromoff 16 64.10 115 2109 202194 18.3 2.10 Mick the Merciless 16 66.19 109 2900 216808 26.6 1.99 Derek F 18 68.18 106 1882 149477 17.8 1.93 Pete C 19 70.11 93 2265 172841 24.4 1.69 Tickettyߺº 20 71.81 84 1979 146745 23.6 1.53 Noreen 21 73.34 73 2064 176254 28.3 1.33 The Brownie 22 74.67 72 1085 107280 15.1 1.31 Old Grizzly 23 75.98 70 1019 113546 14.6 1.28 §ireßird 24 77.26 68 751 101299 11.0 1.24 frogman 25 78.49 67 1540 137836 23.0 1.22 Wally 26 79.72 61 1094 109306 17.9 1.11 Frederick Williams 27 80.83 57 842 91545 14.8 1.04 Troy's Human 28 81.87 52 695 90836 13.4 0.95 PeterT 29 82.81 47 864 86279 18.4 0.86 ~~seadancer~~ 30 83.67 43 754 88124 17.5 0.78 John #8 31 84.45 39 768 66003 19.7 0.71 §håz 32 85.16 38 637 47519 16.8 0.69 Bram 33 85.86 38 1127 73288 29.7 0.69 ned 33 86.55 38 641 67371 16.9 0.69 Wrinklie One 33 87.24 37 340 47035 9.2 0.67 gruffydd 36 87.92 36 909 63543 25.3 0.66 jackie green 37 88.57 36 1222 77444 33.9 0.66 Bigbazza 37 89.23 32 941 89400 29.4 0.58 JF 39 89.81 31 507 68861 16.4 0.56 John the R-T 40 90.38 29 1510 89710 52.1 0.53 Trespasser 41 90.91 25 488 38057 19.5 0.46 Anita 42 91.36 24 826 56465 34.4 0.44 r@y 43 91.80 22 479 37053 21.8 0.40 Mike 44 92.20 22 321 42417 14.6 0.40 sam 44 92.60 22 710 78356 32.3 0.40 Westcountryman 44 93.00 21 421 38897 20.0 0.38 jammyface 47 93.38 21 332 35811 15.8 0.38 Bri 47 93.77 20 420 31584 21.0 0.36 Parrotfish 49 94.13 20 221 23825 11.1 0.36 Bill P 49 94.50 19 359 39416 18.9 0.35 Geordie 51 94.84 19 444 34923 23.4 0.35 Gander 51 95.19 15 229 19482 15.3 0.27 jamps 53 95.46 14 387 23353 27.6 0.26 Tyke 54 95.72 13 256 21207 19.7 0.24 Bernadette 55 95.95 12 201 15728 16.8 0.22 Jayne 56 96.17 12 110 21621 9.2 0.22 Saxman 56 96.39 12 242 25333 20.2 0.22 Harold 56 96.61 11 45 17170 4.1 0.20 uker 59 96.81 9 69 14947 7.7 0.16 Spammer 60 96.97 9 227 18177 25.2 0.16 MiniMeToo 60 97.14 9 211 14041 23.4 0.16 Geoff Hayward 60 97.30 9 281 24653 31.2 0.16 Jerry Atric 60 97.47 9 129 11583 14.3 0.16 Linedancer 60 97.63 8 176 15672 22.0 0.15 Jeff Gaines 65 97.78 8 181 14108 22.6 0.15 Alma 65 97.92 7 189 18240 27.0 0.13 Peter Parry 67 98.05 6 104 8293 17.3 0.11 Lin 68 98.16 6 98 7924 16.3 0.11 Robin T Cox 68 98.27 6 215 17476 35.8 0.11 Edward J Milan 68 98.38 6 101 10273 16.8 0.11 Bucko 68 98.49 6 79 8640 13.2 0.11 Steve 68 98.60 5 67 9640 13.4 0.09 elaich 73 98.69 4 57 7320 14.3 0.07 Weatherman 74 98.76 4 84 6853 21.0 0.07 Bernard Peek 74 98.83 4 54 8131 13.5 0.07 John Nice 74 98.91 3 75 5337 25.0 0.05 Alasdair 77 98.96 3 29 3805 9.7 0.05 Troll 77 99.02 3 65 5267 21.7 0.05 Nor 77 99.07 3 95 6799 31.7 0.05 Bioboffin 77 99.13 3 76 4744 25.3 0.05 Fergal 77 99.18 3 78 4743 26.0 0.05 alan holmes 77 99.23 2 26 3643 13.0 0.04 Ginge 83 99.27 2 51 3917 25.5 0.04 Les 83 99.31 2 30 3783 15.0 0.04 Mister Broadhurst[X] 83 99.34 2 116 7635 58.0 0.04 Jonno 83 99.38 2 25 4067 12.5 0.04 Graham 83 99.42 2 26 3003 13.0 0.04 Jimmy[X] 83 99.45 2 67 5353 33.5 0.04 zed 83 99.49 2 17 2505 8.5 0.04 $ir Vivor 83 99.53 2 29 3626 14.5 0.04 SueG 83 99.56 2 24 2413 12.0 0.04 Clive Sinclair 83 99.60 2 47 4957 23.5 0.04 Steve Terry[X] 83 99.64 1 066 04586 66.0 0.02 Lou Ravi[X] 94 99.65 1 029 02907 29.0 0.02 Sam Nelson[X] 94 99.67 1 013 01818 13.0 0.02 joe[X] 94 99.69 1 021 01856 21.0 0.02 Tarkus 94 99.71 1 039 02746 39.0 0.02 Zack 94 99.73 1 028 01935 28.0 0.02 someone 94 99.74 1 025 01936 25.0 0.02 Quantum of Sausage[X] 94 99.76 1 020 01467 20.0 0.02 nemo[X] 94 99.78 1 027 02220 27.0 0.02 ~~Linda~~ 94 99.80 1 013 01412 13.0 0.02 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 94 99.82 1 013 01660 13.0 0.02 Webrex 94 99.84 1 002 01340 2.0 0.02 nicker_boy 94 99.85 1 027 01589 27.0 0.02 Phxbrd[X] 94 99.87 1 012 01876 12.0 0.02 August West[X] 94 99.89 1 015 01364 15.0 0.02 Vaidd 94 99.91 1 014 01397 14.0 0.02 Mark 94 99.93 1 008 01810 8.0 0.02 Cherry Chapstick[X] 94 99.95 1 018 01588 18.0 0.02 Mo 94 99.96 1 016 01029 16.0 0.02 Coats 94 99.98 1 023 02134 23.0 0.02 s|b 94 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 86 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 43 Goromoff 2 35 MCC 3 34 Wally 4 20 Pam the goose 5 17 Pingu 6 17 wtwjgc (Joe) 6 17 Bunny Hare 6 15 Derek F 9 15 Pete C 9 14 The Brownie 11 11 Bigbazza 12 11 Splodge 12 11 Wrinklie One 12 10 Gareth 15 10 Rabbit 15 9 Old Grizzly 17 9 Spammer 17 9 John #8 17 8 PeterT 20 8 Tickettyߺº 20 8 frogman 20 8 sam 20 7 Troy's Human 24 6 gruffydd 25 6 Ali 25 6 AriesVal 25 5 ~~seadancer~~ 28 5 §ireßird 28 5 ned 28 5 Foxy 28 5 Mick the Merciless 28 4 Smokey 33 4 JoeH 33 3 Noreen 35 3 Frederick Williams 35 3 §håz 35 3 jackie green 35 3 Jackie 35 3 uker 35 3 r@y 35 2 Jeff Gaines 42 2 Trespasser 42 2 Saxman 42 2 Bri 42 2 Gander 42 2 Alma 42 2 Linedancer 42 1 Ginge 49 1 Bram 49 1 Anita 49 1 Alasdair 49 1 Troll 49 1 jamps 49 1 JF 49 1 John the R-T 49 1 Graham 49 1 Webrex 49 1 nicker_boy 49 1 $ir Vivor 49 1 Bucko 49 1 Parrotfish 49 1 Westcountryman 49 1 Tyke 49 1 Jerry Atric 49 1 Bill P 49 1 Coats 49 1 Steve 49 0 Peter Parry 69 0 Les 69 0 Lou Ravi[X] 69 0 Sam Nelson[X] 69 0 Nor 69 0 joe[X] 69 0 Geordie 69 0 Tarkus 69 0 Zack 69 0 Mister Broadhurst[X] 69 0 Lin 69 0 Weatherman 69 0 someone 69 0 Quantum of Sausage[X] 69 0 elaich 69 0 nemo[X] 69 0 Jayne 69 0 Jonno 69 0 ~~Linda~~ 69 0 Robin T Cox 69 0 Bernard Peek 69 0 Edward J Milan 69 0 Jimmy[X] 69 0 zed 69 0 jammyface 69 0 MiniMeToo 69 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 69 0 Bioboffin 69 0 Phxbrd[X] 69 0 August West[X] 69 0 SueG 69 0 Clive Sinclair 69 0 Mike 69 0 Geoff Hayward 69 0 Vaidd 69 0 Mark 69 0 Cherry Chapstick[X] 69 0 Harold 69 0 John Nice 69 0 Mo 69 0 Steve Terry[X] 69 0 Fergal 69 0 alan holmes 69 0 Bernadette 69 0 s|b 69

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 20 2 11 3 6 4 3 5 1 6 5 7 1 8 2 9 5 10+ 59

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 52.1 Trespasser 1 34.4 r@y 2 33.9 Bigbazza 3 32.3 Westcountryman 4 29.7 ned 5 29.4 JF 6 28.3 The Brownie 7 26.6 Derek F 8 25.9 Smokey 9 25.3 jackie green 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 9.2 gruffydd 1 11.0 JoeH 2 11.0 frogman 3 11.1 Bill P 4 13.4 PeterT 5 14.1 AriesVal 6 14.6 §ireßird 7 14.6 sam 8 14.8 Troy's Human 9 14.9 Goromoff 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
10	uk.misc
4	alt.sixtyplus alt.fifty-plus.friends
2	uk.legal rec.autos.sport.f1 uk.food+drink.misc uk.misc
2	rec.humor alt.humor alt.humor.puns
1	alt.sixtyplus

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