You're actually not in the active/inactive check - you only joined in April, apparently - but even if you were, it's not a definitive judgement. AelinTheAmazing, for instance, last posted on April 17th... except that s/he has since posted yesterday. All I'm doing is approximating things.

hS

(PS: Note that I had four posts in the whole of January. 'Observing' is perfectly compatible with being on the Board. ~hS)

Because I think I could also contribute to the think tank. Just saying.

And I know that a bunch of people who posted only a couple of times on the Board are active on the IRC. I think we even have a Permission Giver who only posts on the IRC, though I may be mistaken.

So if anyone can come up with a way to quantify the people in the IRC, they're free to post their own graphs or data...

hS

I think newbies are a bit of a cycle - there's a, say, 80% high turnover rate, but the remaining 20% usually wind up hanging around for a few years, at least.

And since these are all 'Board stats... probably not. Which is fine - they're two facets of the community, with quite a few differences in the nature of the group formed.

I'm very glad that I stayed active too. The PPC is so much fun, and while I expected to be cranking out missions and just about only missions, I find that I want to explore this world a little more then I was expecting. If I had more time to write, I would get that bloody mission out of the way so I could get the interludes I am planning out of the way. I am writing a blackout story, but I need to get the first mission done first for it to make sense. Once I bring in Jumper though... Well, things are going to get interesting.

I love this community, and while I should probably spend more time on school work and less on the Board, I do have fun while being irresponsible. While I'm here, hs, I will be sure to get you those recordings this weekend.

I'm pretty glad I remained active too! But then again, I kind of grew up with the PPC, so it figures that when I finally ended up with the chance to join, I ended up being active. On the other hand, the sheer amount of my activity has been enabled by the fact that I'm on a gap year...I'm not entirely sure what will happen once I start university in September, but I'm guessing I'll unfortunately be around a little bit less. I'll still stick around, though; and if I leave, past history has shown that I'll be back, so that's something!

I'm amused by the fact that I'm in the top five for all four months, including the one I joined in, and so proud that I have Permission. Actually, let's take a short break for some gleeful and ecstatic jumping up and down to the cries of "I'm a PPCer! Aaaah!"

...ok, jumping over. For now.

(I probably really need to get a life). On the other hand...

This is my life now :)

... XD Ok, I couldn't help it. Anyone here ever read Dan Bergstein's 'Blogging Twilight'? It's hilarious, and in the...13th chapter, I think, he comments hilariously on this 'You are my life now' line. He says something about always signing his notes like that...and then gives a sample note about something like going out to buy tomatoes, and how the dishes in the washer are clean--and then he signs it, 'You are my life now' and his name. It's just--it's really hilarious. A bit less so out of context, but in context...tears of laughter.

I really do need to get started on that article-thing about how the PPC affects young writers, don't I? Sorry it's not going to be done quickly, hS.

(I can't even believe how long I've known about and been vaguely involved in the PPC for. I mean, it's been *years*. That's what all the jumping up and down is about: it's kind of like if your favorite childhood writer suddenly decides to co-write a book with you, or you get to join a band that's influenced the way you write your music, or something like that. It's just--it's pretty amazing. Does anyone else have a story like this? I'm curious...)

Here's to being in the top 5 posters for May as well! XD

~DF

... but I'd be interested to see how far you got.

If there was a first thing.

Which there isn't.

hS

... you would recognise three if there were any such graph. In theory you could know as many as six (and make a guess at a seventh), but there are three that I would expect multiple people to recognise. If there were anything to recognise.

I was actually surprised at how much some of the quieter people - like you - ended up posting... and on the flip side, how little people like Dann post to the Board. I was also quite baffled to find myself sitting in the Top Ten so often...

hS

PS: You're welcome.

I figure the monthly stuff and the updated top graphs shouldn't take too much time; the quarterly stuff obviously needs to be, er, every quarter.

(The stats page requires access to Nameless Admin tools; basically everything is in those graphs anyway. The monthly stuff is all from the Board itself, via Excel)

hS

I see no cryptic spoileriffic first graph, nope.

hS