Monthly Poster Statistics for May 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.% 602 11897 1039177 19.8 11.30 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.30 510 9903 868138 19.4 9.57 Rabbit 2 20.87 366 7871 1050793 21.5 6.87 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 27.75 308 6120 527760 19.9 5.78 Michaelangelo 4 33.53 278 5466 436113 19.7 5.22 Pam the goose 5 38.75 264 4370 489832 16.6 4.96 MCC 6 43.70 238 3930 399581 16.5 4.47 Bunny Hare 7 48.17 207 4431 480888 21.4 3.89 Jackie 8 52.06 159 4893 357920 30.8 2.98 Derek F 9 55.04 145 2196 276357 15.1 2.72 AriesVal 10 57.76 140 1944 260953 13.9 2.63 Goromoff 11 60.39 140 2023 185274 14.4 2.63 Bill P 11 63.02 129 2749 229976 21.3 2.42 Ali 13 65.44 120 2426 384783 20.2 2.25 Gareth 14 67.69 111 2968 186575 26.7 2.08 Smokey 15 69.78 109 1286 164588 11.8 2.05 JoeH 16 71.82 89 1499 147659 16.8 1.67 Foxy 17 73.49 84 1863 172743 22.2 1.58 JF 18 75.07 75 1530 121913 20.4 1.41 Tickettyߺº 19 76.48 72 1578 150100 21.9 1.35 Splodge 20 77.83 67 783 109134 11.7 1.26 frogman 21 79.09 62 1406 102947 22.7 1.16 Anita 22 80.25 59 1233 105293 20.9 1.11 Mick the Merciless 23 81.36 57 1228 90021 21.5 1.07 Pete C 24 82.43 54 1057 73972 19.6 1.01 Bram 25 83.44 50 1108 97976 22.2 0.94 Noreen 26 84.38 50 924 106475 18.5 0.94 John #8 26 85.32 41 554 74347 13.5 0.77 PeterT 28 86.09 41 889 72643 21.7 0.77 jackie green 28 86.86 40 621 70870 15.5 0.75 §ireßird 30 87.61 37 539 78634 14.6 0.69 John the R-T 31 88.30 37 506 56639 13.7 0.69 M í k e 31 89.00 32 585 59936 18.3 0.60 Frederick Williams 33 89.60 32 841 57949 26.3 0.60 ned 33 90.20 31 535 57376 17.3 0.58 ~~Linda~~ 35 90.78 31 553 56779 17.8 0.58 Wrinklie One 35 91.36 30 544 58120 18.1 0.56 ~~seadancer~~ 37 91.93 29 479 49739 16.5 0.54 Troy's Human 38 92.47 29 761 67079 26.2 0.54 The Brownie 38 93.02 25 543 46586 21.7 0.47 Peter Grange 40 93.49 22 493 35490 22.4 0.41 Geoff Hayward 41 93.90 21 362 29037 17.2 0.39 Parrotfish 42 94.29 20 427 32912 21.4 0.38 Alma 43 94.67 19 383 34630 20.2 0.36 Wally 44 95.03 18 125 21981 6.9 0.34 gruffydd 45 95.36 17 439 34226 25.8 0.32 Old Grizzly 46 95.68 17 395 28528 23.2 0.32 Bernadette 46 96.00 16 405 29204 25.3 0.30 Fergal 48 96.30 13 234 20012 18.0 0.24 §håz 49 96.55 13 95 24410 7.3 0.24 Saxman 49 96.79 10 181 20928 18.1 0.19 Geordie 51 96.98 10 277 18924 27.7 0.19 Bigbazza 51 97.17 9 81 14422 9.0 0.17 Spammer 53 97.33 9 94 16418 10.4 0.17 uker 53 97.50 9 108 17842 12.0 0.17 Faolan 53 97.67 9 177 14135 19.7 0.17 Linedancer 53 97.84 8 105 17652 13.1 0.15 Graham 57 97.99 8 165 14319 20.6 0.15 Steve 57 98.14 7 159 16151 22.7 0.13 Harold 59 98.27 7 156 16524 22.3 0.13 John Nice 59 98.40 6 120 12780 20.0 0.11 Weatherman 61 98.52 6 76 10454 12.7 0.11 elaich 61 98.63 5 123 11159 24.6 0.09 John in Cornwall 63 98.72 5 65 6872 13.0 0.09 jamps 63 98.82 5 116 10308 23.2 0.09 jammyface 63 98.91 5 108 9192 21.6 0.09 DaveT 63 99.01 4 47 8029 11.8 0.08 Peter Parry 67 99.08 4 63 4842 15.8 0.08 Robin T Cox 67 99.16 4 128 8999 32.0 0.08 Bernard Peek 67 99.23 4 114 7474 28.5 0.08 Evi 67 99.31 3 68 5624 22.7 0.06 Pingu 71 99.36 3 52 4502 17.3 0.06 Gander 71 99.42 3 71 4347 23.7 0.06 Tyke 71 99.47 3 71 4702 23.7 0.06 Coats 71 99.53 2 57 4534 28.5 0.04 Gil J 75 99.57 2 124 7926 62.0 0.04 CJB 75 99.61 2 25 3496 12.5 0.04 Roady 75 99.64 2 38 4174 19.0 0.04 zed 75 99.68 2 39 4211 19.5 0.04 sam 75 99.72 1 015 01503 15.0 0.02 Les 80 99.74 1 014 01982 14.0 0.02 marika 80 99.76 1 006 01433 6.0 0.02 Sprockets 80 99.77 1 032 02149 32.0 0.02 Just Me 80 99.79 1 025 02219 25.0 0.02 Urho Mikkola 80 99.81 1 018 02275 18.0 0.02 Sir F A Rien[X] 80 99.83 1 010 01299 10.0 0.02 Jim Scott 80 99.85 1 012 01758 12.0 0.02 Morton[X] 80 99.87 1 010 01618 10.0 0.02 Bri 80 99.89 1 018 02141 18.0 0.02 Booette#1 80 99.91 1 009 01391 9.0 0.02 Bucko 80 99.92 1 036 02860 36.0 0.02 Jerry Atric 80 99.94 1 012 01965 12.0 0.02 Ascii Art 80 99.96 1 009 01260 9.0 0.02 alan holmes 80 99.98 1 009 01612 9.0 0.02 Rita B Flesh 80 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 73 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 43 Goromoff 2 37 MCC 3 22 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 19 Rabbit 5 18 Derek F 6 17 Pam the goose 7 15 Michaelangelo 8 13 Gareth 9 13 Bunny Hare 9 13 Bill P 9 10 Wally 12 10 AriesVal 12 9 Spammer 14 9 Splodge 14 8 John #8 16 7 Bigbazza 17 7 Pete C 17 6 PeterT 19 6 Jackie 19 6 Wrinklie One 19 5 Ali 22 5 Tickettyߺº 22 5 jackie green 22 5 Smokey 22 5 Foxy 22 5 Mick the Merciless 22 4 Troy's Human 28 4 Noreen 28 4 §ireßird 28 4 John the R-T 28 4 frogman 28 4 Parrotfish 28 3 ~~Linda~~ 34 3 Alma 34 2 Bram 36 2 gruffydd 36 2 John in Cornwall 36 2 Pingu 36 2 JF 36 2 Old Grizzly 36 2 The Brownie 36 2 Saxman 36 2 Geoff Hayward 36 2 Linedancer 36 2 Fergal 36 1 CJB 47 1 Frederick Williams 47 1 ~~seadancer~~ 47 1 Weatherman 47 1 ned 47 1 Graham 47 1 uker 47 1 Morton[X] 47 1 Harold 47 1 John Nice 47 1 Gander 47 1 Evi 47 1 JoeH 47 1 Rita B Flesh 47 0 Gil J 61 0 Peter Parry 61 0 Les 61 0 Anita 61 0 marika 61 0 jamps 61 0 §håz 61 0 Geordie 61 0 Sprockets 61 0 Roady 61 0 Just Me 61 0 elaich 61 0 Urho Mikkola 61 0 Robin T Cox 61 0 Sir F A Rien[X] 61 0 Bernard Peek 61 0 zed 61 0 jammyface 61 0 Peter Grange 61 0 Jim Scott 61 0 M í k e 61 0 Faolan 61 0 Bri 61 0 sam 61 0 Booette#1 61 0 Bucko 61 0 DaveT 61 0 Tyke 61 0 Jerry Atric 61 0 Ascii Art 61 0 alan holmes 61 0 Coats 61 0 Bernadette 61 0 Steve 61

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 15 2 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 4 10+ 52

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 30.8 Derek F 1 26.7 Smokey 2 26.3 ned 3 26.2 The Brownie 4 25.8 Old Grizzly 5 25.3 Fergal 6 23.2 Bernadette 7 22.7 Anita 8 22.4 Geoff Hayward 9 22.2 JF 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 6.9 gruffydd 1 11.7 frogman 2 11.8 JoeH 3 13.5 PeterT 4 13.7 M í k e 5 13.9 Goromoff 6 14.4 Bill P 7 14.6 John the R-T 8 15.1 AriesVal 9 15.5 §ireßird 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

2 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
1	rec.humor alt.humor alt.tasteless.jokes alt.humor.puns
1	rec.humor alt.humor alt.tasteless.jokes

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