Total Poster Statistics for 2010 in ups.

Posters sorted … by posts made Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% 4822 102997 8869420 21.4 8.89 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 8.89 4807 97242 7802679 20.2 8.87 Rabbit 2 17.76 2808 62342 5265103 22.2 5.18 Gordon H 3 22.94 2765 56855 4276367 20.6 5.10 Michaelangelo 4 28.04 2371 36691 3251068 15.5 4.37 MCC 5 32.41 2191 48245 4781760 22.0 4.04 Derek F 6 36.45 2079 36909 3311886 17.8 3.83 Foxy 7 40.28 2004 33210 3982521 16.6 3.70 AriesVal 8 43.98 1907 34855 3077298 18.3 3.52 Pam the goose 9 47.50 1586 24055 2820289 15.2 2.92 Goromoff 10 50.42 1492 22264 2470720 14.9 2.75 Bunny Hare 11 53.17 1368 35657 2187768 26.1 2.52 Smokey 12 55.69 1066 13761 1648661 12.9 1.97 JoeH 13 57.66 1024 21632 2013051 21.1 1.89 Splodge 14 59.55 979 16569 1691170 16.9 1.81 Jeff Gaines 15 61.35 963 27245 2244333 28.3 1.78 JF 16 63.13 875 20159 1512710 23.0 1.61 Tickettyߺº 17 64.74 868 19726 1595183 22.7 1.60 Ali 18 66.35 754 25148 1735741 33.4 1.39 Bob Henson 19 67.74 751 20711 1684335 27.6 1.38 The Brownie 20 69.12 701 15056 1313965 21.5 1.29 Wally 21 70.41 661 10733 1138397 16.2 1.22 Frederick Williams 22 71.63 660 15325 1047281 23.2 1.22 Anita 23 72.85 624 12132 1257012 19.4 1.15 jackie green 24 74.00 611 11969 939535 19.6 1.13 Bram 25 75.13 574 11323 1099065 19.7 1.06 Wrinklie One 26 76.19 479 9801 860545 20.5 0.88 wtwjgc (Joe) 27 77.07 467 6857 806537 14.7 0.86 PeterT 28 77.93 457 8660 848284 18.9 0.84 ~~Linda~~ 29 78.77 425 6129 529399 14.4 0.78 Bill P 30 79.56 411 7384 719830 18.0 0.76 Troy's Human 31 80.31 392 6477 864205 16.5 0.72 John the R-T 32 81.04 356 7146 839410 20.1 0.66 Jackie 33 81.69 335 6326 535704 18.9 0.62 Mick the Merciless 34 82.31 334 8057 593821 24.1 0.62 Nick Spalding 35 82.93 328 5972 631166 18.2 0.60 John #8 36 83.53 326 7636 658890 23.4 0.60 Peter Grange 37 84.13 315 5895 497403 18.7 0.58 Old Grizzly 38 84.72 303 7904 530735 26.1 0.56 ned 39 85.27 301 4783 543350 15.9 0.56 gruffydd 40 85.83 295 5766 420056 19.5 0.54 Pete C 41 86.37 286 3318 444913 11.6 0.53 colin 42 86.90 285 7691 558398 27.0 0.53 r@y 43 87.43 274 5014 808029 18.3 0.51 Gareth 44 87.93 273 5974 517850 21.9 0.50 ÑórèèÑ 45 88.44 259 2954 352510 11.4 0.48 PetrolHead 46 88.91 244 3773 455853 15.5 0.45 ~~seadancer~~ 47 89.36 233 4048 356794 17.4 0.43 Parrotfish 48 89.79 202 1591 351174 7.9 0.37 griffin 49 90.16 200 3862 300007 19.3 0.37 Geoff Hayward 50 90.53 194 3752 314385 19.3 0.36 Linedancer 51 90.89 178 4657 346648 26.2 0.33 charles 52 91.22 163 3399 369139 20.9 0.30 UnsteadyKen 53 91.52 161 2078 223147 12.9 0.30 frogman 54 91.82 156 2377 241548 15.2 0.29 §ireßird 55 92.10 153 1856 300536 12.1 0.28 Saxman 56 92.39 138 3115 238408 22.6 0.25 Bernadette 57 92.64 135 3200 319786 23.7 0.25 John Nice 58 92.89 128 1071 190009 8.4 0.24 uker 59 93.13 127 2750 219737 21.7 0.23 §håz 60 93.36 119 2489 194979 20.9 0.22 Gander 61 93.58 113 1243 203308 11.0 0.21 Alma 62 93.79 107 2707 233255 25.3 0.20 GreySurfer 63 93.99 100 1303 134275 13.0 0.18 M í k e 64 94.17 99 1411 214424 14.3 0.18 Faolan 65 94.35 92 4185 245418 45.5 0.17 Bigbazza 66 94.52 88 1705 208783 19.4 0.16 Geordie 67 94.69 79 1673 136417 21.2 0.15 Oliver 68 94.83 77 2316 183804 30.1 0.14 Jerry[X] 69 94.97 75 1111 152755 14.8 0.14 Graham 70 95.11 74 1085 127942 14.7 0.14 Bri 71 95.25 68 1512 124156 22.2 0.13 Bernard Peek 72 95.37 65 1593 114372 24.5 0.12 ®óñ© 73 95.49 61 1683 96607 27.6 0.11 Tyke 74 95.61 59 1211 119388 20.5 0.11 Nor 75 95.71 57 1132 128920 19.9 0.11 Peter Parry 76 95.82 56 960 125712 17.1 0.10 Ascii Art 77 95.92 52 1066 113315 20.5 0.10 Harold 78 96.02 48 2421 160129 50.4 0.09 DAB sounds worse than FM[X] 79 96.11 48 826 89090 17.2 0.09 sam 79 96.20 46 592 55136 12.9 0.08 jamps 81 96.28 44 1033 79440 23.5 0.08 Ian 82 96.36 42 1561 109866 37.2 0.08 tony sayer[X] 83 96.44 37 881 80996 23.8 0.07 Jayne 84 96.51 36 776 77337 21.6 0.07 Harold 85 96.57 36 616 52990 17.1 0.07 Robin T Cox 85 96.64 36 772 72543 21.4 0.07 Trish 85 96.71 36 835 70413 23.2 0.07 officeworker 85 96.77 35 694 76767 19.8 0.06 Gil J 89 96.84 35 630 61453 18.0 0.06 Bucko 89 96.90 34 945 64331 27.8 0.06 Phil Kyle 91 96.96 34 976 70039 28.7 0.06 geoff[X] 91 97.03 33 779 62493 23.6 0.06 Mo 93 97.09 32 1106 92046 34.6 0.06 CJB 94 97.15 87 2411 184035 27.7 0.16 Only 29 posts 95 97.31 28 588 54620 21.0 0.05 Only 28 posts 96 97.36 27 684 58151 25.3 0.05 Only 27 posts 97 97.41 78 1870 152477 24.0 0.14 Only 26 posts 98 97.55 25 398 41625 15.9 0.05 Only 25 posts 99 97.60 48 1252 139220 26.1 0.09 Only 24 posts 100 97.69 46 2755 179328 59.9 0.08 Only 23 posts 101 97.77 44 750 90646 17.0 0.08 Only 22 posts 102 97.85 42 932 89838 22.2 0.08 Only 21 posts 103 97.93 40 498 107079 12.4 0.07 Only 20 posts 104 98.00 19 408 32198 21.5 0.04 Only 19 posts 105 98.04 34 783 68588 23.0 0.06 Only 17 posts 106 98.10 16 469 41376 29.3 0.03 Only 16 posts 107 98.13 45 1320 104658 29.3 0.08 Only 15 posts 108 98.21 42 710 73040 16.9 0.08 Only 14 posts 109 98.29 52 1056 99266 20.3 0.10 Only 13 posts 110 98.39 12 393 33713 32.8 0.02 Only 12 posts 111 98.41 44 1336 116928 30.4 0.08 Only 11 posts 112 98.49 30 769 75066 25.6 0.06 Only 10 posts 113 98.55 63 1385 121986 22.0 0.12 Only 9 posts 114 98.66 120 4125 316289 34.4 0.22 Only 8 posts 115 98.88 70 2289 196951 32.7 0.13 Only 7 posts 116 99.01 30 781 66316 26.0 0.06 Only 6 posts 117 99.07 65 1932 169784 29.7 0.12 Only 5 posts 118 99.19 64 1467 146574 22.9 0.12 Only 4 posts 119 99.31 102 3066 249420 30.1 0.19 Only 3 posts 120 99.49 120 3216 280327 26.8 0.22 Only 2 posts 121 99.72 154 3353 320583 21.8 0.28 Only 1 posts 122 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 534 Goromoff 1 349 MCC 2 250 Flyiñg Ñuñ 3 250 Pam the goose 3 248 Wally 5 198 Derek F 6 165 AriesVal 7 164 Foxy 8 162 Michaelangelo 9 150 Splodge 10 128 Wrinklie One 11 125 Smokey 12 108 Jeff Gaines 13 92 gruffydd 14 91 The Brownie 15 89 Bunny Hare 16 78 JF 17 72 Tickettyߺº 18 69 colin 19 66 PeterT 20 65 Rabbit 21 65 griffin 21 64 jackie green 23 57 Bill P 24 55 r@y 25 54 Bram 26 54 John #8 26 48 Troy's Human 28 48 Pete C 28 46 Gordon H 30 45 Old Grizzly 31 44 Frederick Williams 32 40 Linedancer 33 36 Parrotfish 34 35 Gareth 35 35 uker 35 29 Gander 37 27 wtwjgc (Joe) 38 27 Ali 38 26 ned 40 25 John the R-T 41 23 ÑórèèÑ 42 22 Bigbazza 43 21 Saxman 44 21 Alma 44 18 John Nice 46 18 Anita 46 18 ~~Linda~~ 46 18 sam 46 16 CJB 50 15 §ireßird 51 15 Bob Henson 51 14 Mick the Merciless 53 14 JoeH 53 13 Peter Grange 55 13 PetrolHead 55 12 Gil J 57 12 frogman 57 11 Jackie 59 11 Faolan 59 8 Bucko 61 8 Ian 61 8 Tyke 61 7 ~~seadancer~~ 64 7 Mo 64 7 Graham 64 6 Harold 67 5 §håz 68 5 Ascii Art 68 4 Geordie 70 4 Geoff Hayward 70 4 Nor 70 4 jamps 70 4 officeworker 70 3 Oliver 75 3 GreySurfer 75 3 Bri 75 3 Bernadette 75 2 M í k e 79 2 UnsteadyKen 79 1 Harold 81 1 ®óñ© 81 1 Trish 81 1 Phil Kyle 81 1 Bernard Peek 81 1 Nick Spalding 81 0 charles 87 0 Robin T Cox 87 0 DAB sounds worse than FM[X] 87 0 Jerry[X] 87 0 tony sayer[X] 87 0 geoff[X] 87 0 Peter Parry 87 0 Jayne 87

'Only n posts' totals all the posts from authors who only posted the specified number of post during the year.

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 154 2 60 3 34 4 16 5 13 6 5 7 10 8 15 9 7 10+ 135

10 most verbose posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 50.4 DAB sounds worse than FM[X] 1 45.5 Bigbazza 2 37.2 tony sayer[X] 3 34.6 CJB 4 33.4 Bob Henson 5 30.1 Jerry[X] 6 28.7 geoff[X] 7 28.3 JF 8 27.8 Phil Kyle 9 27.6 Tyke 10

Top 10 concise posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.9 griffin 1 8.4 uker 2 11.0 Alma 3 11.4 PetrolHead 4 11.6 colin 5 12.1 Saxman 6 12.9 jamps 7 12.9 frogman 8 12.9 JoeH 9 13.0 M í k e 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

48 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
393	uk.tech.broadcast
201	uk.tech.digital-tv uk.d-i-y
188	uk.local.surrey
62	uk.misc uk.local.surrey
61	uk.telecom.broadband
54	alt.usage.english
45	uk.misc
38	uk.telecom uk.telecom.mobile
36	uk.finance uk.legal
27	uk.finance
26	soc.retirement rec.travel.europe
24	uk.legal soc.retirement
17	uk.local.surrey uk.misc
16	uk.d-i-y
16	uk.d-i-y free.uk.diy.home
12	uk.tech.digital-tv
12	soc.retirement rec.travel.europe misc.consumers.frugal-living
10	uk.d-i-y uk.tech.digital-tv
9	uk.finance uk.legal soc.retirement
8	uk.legal uk.finance
8	uk.legal
7	uk.local.surrey uk.misc alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove
6	alt.politics.british rec.food.cooking uk.railway uk.legal
5	24hoursupport.helpdesk misc.consumers.frugal-living
5	alt.usage.english alt.religion.kibology alt.slack alt.conspiracy
3	alt.politics.british uk.railway uk.legal
3	soc.culture.usa soc.culture.europe
3	uk.telecom.broadband uk.food+drink.misc uk.legal rec.food.cooking
3	uk.finance soc.retirement
3	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4
3	alt.happy.valley
2	rec.scouting.issues
2	uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.food+drink.misc
2	alt.usenet.offline-reader.xananews
2	uk.media.tv.misc
2	rec.sport.football.college alt.fan.cecil-adams 24hoursupport.helpdesk uk.legal
2	uk.telecom
2	rec.travel.europe alt.activism.death-penalty
1	uk.local.glasgow
1	uk.local.surrey alt.dev.null
1	alt.pub.cafe-bob alt.happy.valley free.uk.ntl.talk.outcasts
1	uk.tech.broadcast alt.radio.digital
1	uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.food+drink.misc rec.food.cooking
1	uk.people.support.arthritis
1	uk.d-i-y 24hoursupport.helpdesk
1	rec.travel.europe
1	rec.food.cooking uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.food+drink.misc
1	news.groups

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