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Usenet traffic analysis
Newsfroup: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Date: Tue Apr 17 14:18:03 2001 GMT

There are 644 archived messages from alt.fan.douglas-adams, dated from 1 Apr 2001 to now
Poster Analysis
There are 69 posters in alt.fan.douglas-adams.

Rank Number Percent Poster

1 77 11.96 Sid (sid@siddhartha.8m.com)

2 59 9.16 MEow (nikitta@wanadoo.spammustdie.dk)

3 43 6.68 iain (afda@imb.clara.net)

4 42 6.52 Roy Stark (fohat@capu.net)

5 39 6.06 Laura Shadbolt (laura@shadboltc.fsnet.co.uk)

6 38 5.90 Alex Watson (me@watson1999-69.frees.kill.the.spam.erve.co.uk)

7 29 4.50 m a t t (kofasuk@yahoo.co.uk)

8 29 4.50 Screwtape (st@ferd2.thristian.org)

9 28 4.35 Amy Kaczmarowski (akaczmar@bayou.uh.edu)

10 22 3.42 Grunthos the Flatulent (martin@dadadadum.com.nospamplease)

11 16 2.48 Bean; (zb@forty2.com.more.sodium.than.salt)

12 16 2.48 Arcum Dagsson (Arcum_Dagsson@hushmail.c.o.m)

13 13 2.02 Till Westermayer (till@tillwe.de)

14 13 2.02 Kenny Hutchings (kenny_hutchings@email.com)

15 11 1.71 Ell Jay (cotelj@sk.sympatico.ca)

16 10 1.55 Lloyd Gilbert (lwg@%dont_spam_me%.iname.com)

17 10 1.55 Figge (FredrikForsberg@email.com)

[52 posters with fewer than 10 posts each snipped]

Subject Analysis
59 unique subjects

Rank Number Percent Subject

1 108 16.77 Birthdays

2 48 7.45 Easter Holidays

3 44 6.83 Absolutely, ridiculously the stupidest question ever asked...

4 41 6.37 A nouncement.

5 32 4.97 douglasadams.com

6 31 4.81 The best writer...

7 28 4.35 Hercules

8 28 4.35 Two options

9 23 3.57 I'm back! Finally... (moved)

10 20 3.11 hiya

11 19 2.95 The HHGTTG albums from the 80's

12 17 2.64 FAQ

13 16 2.48 Computer problems

14 13 2.02 wheeela. this is vaguelly testlike

15 12 1.86 Has the much-vaunted "iain" gone missing agiain?

16 11 1.71 Earwig go again

17 10 1.55 Happy Birthday, iain!

18 10 1.55 Happy Birthday!

19 10 1.55 what music do froupies like?

20 10 1.55 Happy Easter!

[39 subjects with fewer than 10 posts each snipped]

Cross-posting: numeric analysis
Max number of newsfroups/article: 10
Average number of newsfroups/article: 1.10

Froup
Count Article
Count Percent

1 592 91.93

2 50 7.76

3 0 0.00

4 0 0.00

5 1 0.16

6 0 0.00

7 0 0.00

8 0 0.00

9 0 0.00

10 1 0.16

Cross-posting: cross-posted newsfroup analysis
Newsfroups crossposted from alt.fan.douglas-adams, by frequency of posting, of 644 articles:

Number Percent Newsfroup

41 6.37 uk.rec.sheds

[12 newsfroups with fewer than 10 posts each snipped]

Rank	Number	Percent	Poster
1	77	11.96	Sid (sid@siddhartha.8m.com)
2	59	9.16	MEow (nikitta@wanadoo.spammustdie.dk)
3	43	6.68	iain (afda@imb.clara.net)
4	42	6.52	Roy Stark (fohat@capu.net)
5	39	6.06	Laura Shadbolt (laura@shadboltc.fsnet.co.uk)
6	38	5.90	Alex Watson (me@watson1999-69.frees.kill.the.spam.erve.co.uk)
7	29	4.50	m a t t (kofasuk@yahoo.co.uk)
8	29	4.50	Screwtape (st@ferd2.thristian.org)
9	28	4.35	Amy Kaczmarowski (akaczmar@bayou.uh.edu)
10	22	3.42	Grunthos the Flatulent (martin@dadadadum.com.nospamplease)
11	16	2.48	Bean; (zb@forty2.com.more.sodium.than.salt)
12	16	2.48	Arcum Dagsson (Arcum_Dagsson@hushmail.c.o.m)
13	13	2.02	Till Westermayer (till@tillwe.de)
14	13	2.02	Kenny Hutchings (kenny_hutchings@email.com)
15	11	1.71	Ell Jay (cotelj@sk.sympatico.ca)
16	10	1.55	Lloyd Gilbert (lwg@%dont_spam_me%.iname.com)
17	10	1.55	Figge (FredrikForsberg@email.com)
[52 posters with fewer than 10 posts each snipped]

Froup Count	Article Count	Percent
1	592	91.93
2	50	7.76
3	0	0.00
4	0	0.00
5	1	0.16
6	0	0.00
7	0	0.00
8	0	0.00
9	0	0.00
10	1	0.16

Number	Percent	Newsfroup
41	6.37	uk.rec.sheds
[12 newsfroups with fewer than 10 posts each snipped]