[comp.sys.amiga] Too many articles in comp.sys.amiga :-)

jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith) (12/05/88)

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Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME (NOV 88)
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Date: 1 Dec 88 11:52:43 GMT
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TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY TRAFFIC VOLUME

       +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
       |     +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
       |     |     +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
       |     |     |      +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
       |     |     |      |     +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
       |     |     |      |     |      +-- Crossposting percentage
       |     |     |      |     |      |    +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/reader
       |     |     |      |     |      |    |       +-- Share: % of newsreaders
       |     |     |      |     |      |    |       |   who read this group.
       V     V     V      V     V      V    V       V
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  7 18000  1233   87%  1087 2202.6     2%  0.20    5.0%  rec.arts.startrek
 10 18000  1197   96%  1190 2039.1     5%  0.20    4.8%  comp.sys.amiga
 11 27000  1819   97%  1237 2029.9    14%  0.13    7.3%  comp.sys.mac
 16 41000  2759   96%  1009 1583.6    10%  0.07   11.1%  comp.sys.ibm.pc
                            ^^^^^^ 
Sometimes I dread reading news.  :-) There are always so many articles in
comp.sys.amiga and it takes so long to read.  :-) How can I get any work done
when there is so much to read.  :-)  My wife is going to kill me!

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