Total Poster Statistics for 2017 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.% 1500 35565 3006978 23.7 12.27 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 12.27 836 11579 1380337 13.9 6.84 Pam the goose 2 19.11 817 16345 1588046 20.0 6.68 Rabbit 3 25.80 799 13880 1467766 17.4 6.54 Indy Jess John 4 32.34 785 9669 1415646 12.3 6.42 Bunny Hare 5 38.76 756 11023 1067577 14.6 6.19 Michaelangelo 6 44.94 705 12757 1148661 18.1 5.77 Bertie Doe 7 50.71 639 8417 714639 13.2 5.23 Peter T 8 55.94 508 8257 890840 16.3 4.16 Jeff Gaines 9 60.10 484 8995 724362 18.6 3.96 Tickettyߺº 10 64.06 460 9540 926983 20.7 3.76 Who, Me? 11 67.82 416 6731 492099 16.2 3.40 Herbie 12 71.22 300 5158 463594 17.2 2.45 Bill P 13 73.68 206 3612 347074 17.5 1.69 griffin 14 75.36 175 3113 316236 17.8 1.43 Oliver 15 76.80 143 1707 209304 11.9 1.17 frogman 16 77.97 140 2169 187958 15.5 1.15 Smokey 17 79.11 135 4457 371397 33.0 1.10 ned 18 80.22 132 2796 204904 21.2 1.08 Peter Hawkins 19 81.30 114 2714 241673 23.8 0.93 Peter Percival 20 82.23 110 1586 133920 14.4 0.90 Jenny Cass 21 83.13 109 2631 222424 24.1 0.89 Boggy 22 84.02 105 1069 173460 10.2 0.86 tane 23 84.88 103 2000 159549 19.4 0.84 r@y 24 85.72 95 1686 142524 17.7 0.78 AriesVal 25 86.50 95 2065 164941 21.7 0.78 Ray 25 87.28 93 1805 197167 19.4 0.76 Pete C 27 88.04 87 2148 171377 24.7 0.71 Gordon H 28 88.75 86 1868 184009 21.7 0.70 Webrex 29 89.45 86 980 133784 11.4 0.70 Splodge 29 90.16 82 1775 134374 21.6 0.67 charles 31 90.83 76 1653 132154 21.8 0.62 Ali 32 91.45 73 1463 150703 20.0 0.60 John Nice 33 92.05 71 1600 103218 22.5 0.58 Wally 34 92.63 61 954 97069 15.6 0.50 mac 35 93.13 55 837 131533 15.2 0.45 John the R-T 36 93.58 55 1588 116732 28.9 0.45 Old Codger 36 94.03 54 408 60477 7.6 0.44 uker 38 94.47 44 1179 85245 26.8 0.36 Bob Henson 39 94.83 36 1026 65484 28.5 0.29 James Wilkinson Sword 40 95.12 34 941 61258 27.7 0.28 Zed 41 95.40 34 884 71115 26.0 0.28 Wrinklie One 41 95.68 34 656 69716 19.3 0.28 Andy 41 95.96 33 846 64426 25.6 0.27 bert 44 96.23 30 4291 213027 143.0 0.25 Spammer 45 96.47 58 3113 281759 53.7 0.47 Only 29 posts 46 96.95 28 373 48916 13.3 0.23 Only 28 posts 47 97.18 25 383 38668 15.3 0.20 Only 25 posts 48 97.38 44 993 97614 22.6 0.36 Only 22 posts 49 97.74 21 557 45796 26.5 0.17 Only 21 posts 50 97.91 20 347 27741 17.4 0.16 Only 20 posts 51 98.08 57 1099 91454 19.3 0.47 Only 19 posts 52 98.54 18 549 39038 30.5 0.15 Only 18 posts 53 98.69 15 295 32343 19.7 0.12 Only 15 posts 54 98.81 14 461 38471 32.9 0.11 Only 14 posts 55 98.93 13 285 23365 21.9 0.11 Only 13 posts 56 99.03 12 321 23163 26.8 0.10 Only 12 posts 57 99.13 11 243 19383 22.1 0.09 Only 11 posts 58 99.22 9 157 18317 17.4 0.07 Only 9 posts 59 99.30 8 174 13877 21.8 0.07 Only 8 posts 60 99.36 21 585 41439 27.9 0.17 Only 7 posts 61 99.53 18 7708 131619 428.2 0.15 Only 6 posts 62 99.68 10 91 15677 9.1 0.08 Only 5 posts 63 99.76 4 71 7413 17.8 0.03 Only 4 posts 64 99.80 6 111 10861 18.5 0.05 Only 3 posts 65 99.84 10 168 19312 16.8 0.08 Only 2 posts 66 99.93 9 135 14669 15.0 0.07 Only 1 posts 67 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 239 Peter T 1 110 Jeff Gaines 2 100 Bunny Hare 3 99 Michaelangelo 4 90 Indy Jess John 5 79 Herbie 6 79 Pam the goose 6 79 Flyiñg Ñuñ 6 78 griffin 9 49 Tickettyߺº 10 40 Bill P 11 38 r@y 12 32 Wally 13 32 Ray 13 27 Spammer 15 24 Bertie Doe 16 23 frogman 17 22 Who, Me? 18 21 tane 19 19 Smokey 20 18 ned 21 18 Webrex 21 17 Splodge 23 16 Peter Percival 24 15 Ali 25 12 John Nice 26 10 Zed 27 8 Wrinklie One 28 7 Pete C 29 6 John the R-T 30 6 Peter Hawkins 30 6 uker 30 6 Jenny Cass 30 5 mac 34 5 Rabbit 34 4 Boggy 36 4 AriesVal 36 3 Oliver 38 3 Gordon H 38 2 Old Codger 40 2 Bob Henson 40 1 charles 42 1 bert 42 1 Andy 42 0 James Wilkinson Sword 45

'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 9 2 5 3 2 4 1 5 2 6 3 7 3 8 1 9 1 10+ 62

10 most verbose posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 143.0 Spammer 1 33.0 ned 2 28.9 Old Codger 3 28.5 James Wilkinson Sword 4 27.7 Zed 5 26.8 Bob Henson 6 26.0 Wrinklie One 7 25.6 bert 8 24.7 Gordon H 9 24.1 Boggy 10

Top 10 concise posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.6 uker 1 10.2 tane 2 11.4 Splodge 3 11.9 frogman 4 12.3 Bunny Hare 5 13.2 Peter T 6 13.9 Pam the goose 7 14.4 Jenny Cass 8 14.6 Michaelangelo 9 15.2 John the R-T 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

8 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
4	alt.drugs.pot.cultivation.no-spooks rec.pyrotechnics alt.drugs.antihistamines
3	alt.drugs.anticholinergics alt.drugs.2cb alt.drugs.pot.cultivation.no-spooks rec.pyrotechnics
3	free.uk.ntl.talk.outcasts
3	alt.drugs.2cb alt.drugs.dealers.playground.bert-hoff alt.drugs.pot.cultivation.no-spooks rec.pyrotechnics
2	alt.drugs.anticholinergics alt.drugs.2cb alt.drugs.pot.cultivation.no-spooks
1	alt.drugs.anticholinergics alt.drugs.2cb alt.drugs.dealers.playground.bert-hoff alt.drugs.pot.cultivation.no-spooks
1	alt.drugs.dealers.playground.bert-hoff alt.drugs.pot.cultivation.no-spooks rec.pyrotechnics alt.drugs.antihistamines
1	uk.people.parents.pregnancy uk.people.polyamorous uk.people.sf-fans

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