[ExI] META: Overposting

[Natasha Vita-More]

I'm not a strong supporter of statistics because often the person 
collecting them has an ulterior motive.  (A typical problem for 
ethnography as well.)

Regardless, Bryan's stats are reflective of list postings; but the 
stats are not accurately describing the overposting because 
overposting is based on daily postings, not overall postings for a 
period of time.  For example.  Spike could post 6 messages every day, 
while most list members only post 2 a day.  But Sam could post 12 in 
one day and no posts on other days.  Sam is the one who is 
overposting, not Spike.

The list rules are 8 posts maximum a day.  That might be too much in 
some instances where the topic is bland and the posts have low 
content, and too little when there is a hot topic with meaningful 
content in the posts.

Long and short, our dear John was the one overposting.

Natasha