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The only thing 'Following' does is generate a custom news feed with posts and activity of those people you follow.

https://forums.macrumors.com/account/news-feed

When you hover the cursor over your username in the top right, you'll see 'Your News Feed' as a link.
Well I mostly access threads through the auto subscribe when I post, and the three sub threads I'm most active in.
 
The strange thing about followers (and indeed, those followed) is that sometimes, they disappear. (Gone fishing, etc)

Therefore, while a given number of individuals may be said to follow you, sometimes, there is a bit of a discrepancy between those who really follow you, and those whom the system says follow you but are - for a variety of reasons, most to do with vacations, gone fishing and other euphemisms - in actual fact doing nothing of the sort, ad they are no longer active on the forum.

This can also be the case for those whom you follow; the numbers the system offers when you check, and the numbers that you may actually follow, can differ, sometimes by more than you think.
 
I see following and followers as the equivalent of other forums friend list. Some of them you may not know very well and so it's a matter of getting to know them - others you might have had long relationships with onlne.

Many of the people I follow or who follow me I've developed outside friendships with. I have email's and phone numbers and there are other places I communicate with some of them.
 
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I see following and followers as the equivalent of other forums friend list. Some of them you may not know very well and so it's a matter of getting to know them - others you might have had long relationships with onlne.

Many of the people I follow or who follow me I've developed outside friendships with. I have email's and phone numbers and there are other places I communicate with some of them.
I've met 5 MR members in the real world. All very nice people.
 
I've met 5 MR members in the real world. All very nice people.
There's an MR friend I know in Kentucky who had another MR friend passing through. They got together at a restaurant and took pics which they posted here.

The MR friend passing through sent me an iPhone 4 for my son later on and I have my PowerMac G5 Quad courtesy of the MR friend that lives in Kentucky. So it was nice to see the both of them, even though I've never been in Kentucky in my life.

I'm friends with a MR member I met that used to live in Tempe, AZ. Was able to give him a 3GS when he needed a phone.
 
Can mad jew be stopped?

This is a historical benchmark achievement, measured against the once-prolific @mad jew. The projection isn't made in every round of post statistics. It was done in July 2017, but not in January 2018.

2018-07-14 EDIT NOTES:
  • Corrected an error in calculating days between dates. This barely altered the "crossover date" of members at the top of the list. The effect was larger on members farther down the list.
  • Corrected another error where some members with low post rates were marked as inactive. Correcting this means that the bottom of the list is well past "in the year 4545".
  • Revised the Remarks section to match the corrections.

Date When Top 50 Members Will Surpass 32,194 Posts

Projected using prior 6-month's post-rate.

Code:
2018-Aug-05 for Scepticalscribe
2019-Aug-12 for Relentless Power
2019-Nov-07 for Apple fanboy
2021-Mar-04 for Weaselboy
2022-Jul-29 for Newtons Apple
2023-Dec-27 for jav6454
2024-Dec-03 for eyoungren
2026-Aug-05 for MacDawg
2028-Jan-30 for Rogifan
2035-May-13 for AidenShaw
2041-Apr-03 for IJ Reilly
2045-Jun-04 for kdarling
2046-Jan-21 for SandboxGeneral
2047-Sep-07 for MacNut
2058-Sep-08 for alphaod
2059-Jan-27 for Nermal
2075-Aug-04 for ucfgrad93
2089-Sep-25 for Intell
2099-Jan-28 for dukebound85
2128-Feb-21 for Peace
2190-May-23 for rdowns
2190-Aug-17 for Eidorian
2199-Apr-10 for balamw
2278-Jul-17 for Abstract
2929-Feb-05 for DoFoT9
3569-Apr-24 for samcraig
4066-Dec-27 for bartelby
4632-May-05 for Blue Velvet

In this round, only Scepticalscribe is even close to a "passing zone". Everyone else is at least a year away, or 2 additional rounds of these statistics.

Member @samcraig made only 5 countable posts in 6 months, so at that rate, he'd have to pass along his account to 60th 61st-generation descendants, assuming 25 years as a generation. Also, from the 1969 Zager and Evans pop song:

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today

After correcting the earlier errors, the only date reminiscent of that song is 2929, when @DoFoT9 is projected to surpass @mad jew.

In the year 2929
We'll all raise a glass for DoFoT9,
And celebrate that notable day
Unless moisture sensors get in the way
For anyone who's wondering, I won't be giving up statistics for song-writing any time soon.
 
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Can mad jew be stopped?

This is a historical benchmark achievement, measured against the once-prolific @mad jew. The projection isn't made in every round of post statistics. It was done in January 2018, but in July 2017.


Date When Top 50 Members Will Surpass 32,194 Posts

Projected using prior 6-month's post-rate.

Code:
2018-Aug-04 for Scepticalscribe
2019-Aug-03 for Relentless Power
2019-Oct-28 for Apple fanboy
2021-Feb-10 for Weaselboy
2022-Jun-27 for Newtons Apple
2023-Nov-13 for jav6454
2024-Oct-12 for eyoungren
2026-May-31 for MacDawg
2027-Nov-13 for Rogifan
2034-Dec-28 for AidenShaw
2040-Oct-02 for IJ Reilly
2044-Oct-30 for kdarling
2045-Jun-12 for SandboxGeneral
2047-Jan-15 for MacNut
2057-Oct-19 for alphaod
2058-Mar-06 for Nermal
2074-Apr-30 for ucfgrad93
2088-Feb-28 for Intell
2097-Apr-18 for dukebound85
2125-Sep-19 for Peace
2186-Aug-05 for rdowns
2186-Oct-28 for Eidorian
2188-Jul-07 for WildCowboy
2195-Apr-12 for balamw
2272-Oct-17 for Abstract
3535-Jan-16 for samcraig

In this round, only Scepticalscribe is even close to a "passing zone". The projection from 6 months ago was for Scepticalscribe to surpass mad jew in September 2018. Looks like she's exceeding that.

Everyone else is at least a year away, or 2 additional rounds of these statistics. That's more than enough time for the projections to go awry.

Member @samcraig made only 5 countable posts in 6 months, so at that rate, he'd have to pass along his account to 60th-generation descendants, assuming 25 years as a generation. Also, from the 1969 Zager and Evans pop song:

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today

With any luck, I should have all the statistics fully automated before then, even if I have to upload myself into a bot.


As always, fascinating stuff, @chown33, and many thanks for taking the time and trouble to put it together.

At the end of this month, I'll have been a member of this forum for a decade, (an eternity in online terms and something I could never have envisaged when I first joined), yet my path never crossed that of @mad jew.
 
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At the nd of this month, I'll have been a member of this forum for a decade, (an eternity in online terms and something I could never have envisaged when I first joined), yet my path never crossed that of @mad jew.
I've been a member of the Quark forums since 2001. (Note, it says 2004, but there was a one year gap where they closed the forums down).

http://web.archive.org/web/20010331092432/http://www.quark.com/cgi-bin/WebX

A lot of the people I know in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Canada are from that forum. Many of them lifelong friends.
 
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Can mad jew be stopped?

This is a historical benchmark achievement, measured against the once-prolific @mad jew. The projection isn't made in every round of post statistics. It was done in January 2018, but in July 2017.


Date When Top 50 Members Will Surpass 32,194 Posts

Projected using prior 6-month's post-rate.

Code:
2018-Aug-04 for Scepticalscribe
2019-Aug-03 for Relentless Power
2019-Oct-28 for Apple fanboy
2021-Feb-10 for Weaselboy
2022-Jun-27 for Newtons Apple
2023-Nov-13 for jav6454
2024-Oct-12 for eyoungren
2026-May-31 for MacDawg
2027-Nov-13 for Rogifan
2034-Dec-28 for AidenShaw
2040-Oct-02 for IJ Reilly
2044-Oct-30 for kdarling
2045-Jun-12 for SandboxGeneral
2047-Jan-15 for MacNut
2057-Oct-19 for alphaod
2058-Mar-06 for Nermal
2074-Apr-30 for ucfgrad93
2088-Feb-28 for Intell
2097-Apr-18 for dukebound85
2125-Sep-19 for Peace
2186-Aug-05 for rdowns
2186-Oct-28 for Eidorian
2188-Jul-07 for WildCowboy
2195-Apr-12 for balamw
2272-Oct-17 for Abstract
3535-Jan-16 for samcraig

In this round, only Scepticalscribe is even close to a "passing zone". The projection from 6 months ago was for Scepticalscribe to surpass mad jew in September 2018. Looks like she's exceeding that.

Everyone else is at least a year away, or 2 additional rounds of these statistics. That's more than enough time for the projections to go awry.

Member @samcraig made only 5 countable posts in 6 months, so at that rate, he'd have to pass along his account to 60th-generation descendants, assuming 25 years as a generation. Also, from the 1969 Zager and Evans pop song:

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today

With any luck, I should have all the statistics fully automated before then, even if I have to upload myself into a bot.
October 2019? I should live that long!

Tell me. By the time @samcraig's descendent surpass @mad jew will the new Mac mini have been released?
 
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At the nd of this month, I'll have been a member of this forum for a decade, (an eternity in online terms and something I could never have envisaged when I first joined), yet my path never crossed that of @mad jew.
@mad jew made 163 posts since I joined, and yet, I don't recall ever posting in any of the same threads. Of course, I wasn't as active at first, having only posted maybe 30-50 times up until September 5, 2008, the date of his last post. It's hard to believe it's been 10 years!
 
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At the end of this month, I'll have been a member of this forum for a decade, (an eternity in online terms and something I could never have envisaged when I first joined), yet my path never crossed that of @mad jew.
If you click on the @mad jew link, you'll see the last time he was active was 9 years and 43 weeks ago, which is only a few weeks different than when you joined.

I was visiting and reading the site for some time, before I joined and made my first post. I saw his posts occasionally, but I mostly hung out in the programming forums.

Those were the days my friend,
We thought they'd never end,
We'd sing and laugh forever and a day,
We'd live the life we choose,
We'd fight and never lose,
For we were young and sure to have our way.​
 
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@mad jew made 163 posts since I joined, and yet, I don't recall ever posting in any of the same threads. Of course, I wasn't as active at first, having only posted maybe 30-50 times up until September 5, 2008, the date of his last post. It's hard to believe it's been 10 years!

If you click on the @mad jew link, you'll see the last time he was active was 9 years and 43 weeks ago, which is only a few weeks different than when you joined.

I was visiting and reading the site for some time, before I joined and made my first post. I saw his posts occasionally, but I mostly hung out in the programming forums.

Those were the days my friend,
We thought they'd never end,
We'd sing and laugh forever and a day,
We'd live the life we choose,
We'd fight and never lose,
For we were young and sure to have our way.​

Fascinating; I never thought when I joined the forum (to ask questions about an Apple MBP computer I had just bought - my first) that I would still be here, a decade later.

And, while I did see references to @mad jew, the idea that I would have anything to do with any of the venerable posters who seemed to have been here forever would have seemed ludicrous.

Well, that decade flew by.
 
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Many of you won't recognize some forum members in Table 1 (first post in thread) because they are no longer active. This table, Table 4, is limited to members who posted in the last 6 months, so you're more likely to recognize the names. However, even a single post will cause a member to be considered active, so some may still be unfamiliar unless you've been around for a while.


Table 4: Currently Active Top 50 Posters

Measurements taken 03 July 2018 by chown33.

Code:
                        Cur     6-Mo
Rank  Active Top 50     Posts   Posts
----  ----------------  ------  ------
  1   maflynn            58447    2107
  2   GGJstudios         44029      86
  3   C DM               43686    2256
  4   GoCubsGo           35736       5
  5   Doctor Q           34856     392
  6   Scepticalscribe    31570    3455
  7   Eidorian           29068       9
  8   rdowns             27338      14
  9   Weaselboy          26743    1012
 10   Abstract           24323      15
 11   Apple fanboy       23429    3222
 12   SandboxGeneral     23409     158
 13   Relentless Power   21935    4589
 14   Blue Velvet        21645       2
 15   alphaod            21490     132
 16   MacNut             20476     199
 17   bartelby           19793       3
 18   MacDawg            19200     796
 19   eyoungren          19163    1006
 20   Peace              19141      59
 21   balamw             19062      36
 22   Intell             18826      93
 23   Nermal             18440     168
 24   Rogifan            18416     713
 25   Newtons Apple      18331    1687
 26   dukebound85        17886      88
 27   IJ Reilly          17869     312
 28   DoFoT9             17494       8
 29   kdarling           17254     275
 30   AidenShaw          17121     443
 31   jav6454            16691    1401
 32   ucfgrad93          16642     135
 33   samcraig           16547       5
 34   WildCowboy         16407      45
 35   OllyW              16010     376
 36   gnasher729         15976     259
 37   The Game 161       15408    1419
 38   yg17               14876      34
 39   Chupa Chupa        14830     575
 40   Huntn              14802     865
 41   I7guy              14592    1157
 42   cube               14181     594
 43   KPOM               13806      95
 44   arn                13734      11
 45   Mitthrawnuruodo    13399       3
 46   Consultant         13273       1
 47   Night Spring       13051       2
 48   Lord Blackadder    13027     283
 49   Fishrrman          12938    1929
 50   mattopotamus       12666     189

Here's an extract of the above data. It lists members with more than 1000 posts in the prior 6 months, sorted by the 6-Mo Posts column. The Rank column still refers to overall post-count, NOT the 6-Mo Posts value.
Code:
                        Cur     6-Mo
Rank  Active Top 50     Posts   Posts
----  ----------------  ------  ------
 13   Relentless_Power   21935    4589
  6   Scepticalscribe    31570    3455
 11   Apple_fanboy       23429    3222
  3   C_DM               43686    2256
  1   maflynn            58447    2107
 49   Fishrrman          12938    1929
 25   Newtons_Apple      18331    1687
 37   The_Game_161       15408    1419
 31   jav6454            16691    1401
 41   I7guy              14592    1157
  9   Weaselboy          26743    1012
 19   eyoungren          19163    1006

Table Columns:
  • Rank = Position in order by post count, 1 (highest) to 50.
  • Active Top 50 = members with the 50 currently highest post counts among those who have posted in the last 6 months.
  • Cur Posts = count of posts by that member (has the same criteria as Table 1 for which posts are counted).
  • Last 6 Months = count of posts from January 2018 to July 2018.

Remarks
  1. It takes 12666 posts to make this list, an increase of 163 from a year ago.

  2. Twelve members made more than 1000 posts in 6 months, and nine made fewer than 10 posts. @arn just missed the latter set with 11 posts.

  3. Some members who appear in this list, such as @Fishrrman and @I7guy, may soon appear in the Top 50 list if they keep posting at their current rates.
 
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Many of you won't recognize some forum members in Table 1 (first post in thread) because they are no longer active. This table, Table 4, is limited to members who posted in the last 6 months, so you're more likely to recognize the names. However, even a single post will cause a member to be considered active, so some may still be unfamiliar unless you've been around for a while.


Table 4: Currently Active Top 50 Posters

Measurements taken 03 July 2018 by chown33.

Code:
                        Cur     6-Mo
Rank  Active Top 50     Posts   Posts
----  ----------------  ------  ------
  1   maflynn            58447    2107
  2   GGJstudios         44029      86
  3   C DM               43686    2256
  4   GoCubsGo           35736       5
  5   Doctor Q           34856     392
  6   Scepticalscribe    31570    3455
  7   Eidorian           29068       9
  8   rdowns             27338      14
  9   Weaselboy          26743    1012
 10   Abstract           24323      15
 11   Apple fanboy       23429    3222
 12   SandboxGeneral     23409     158
 13   Relentless Power   21935    4589
 14   Blue Velvet        21645       2
 15   alphaod            21490     132
 16   MacNut             20476     199
 17   bartelby           19793       3
 18   MacDawg            19200     796
 19   eyoungren          19163    1006
 20   Peace              19141      59
 21   balamw             19062      36
 22   Intell             18826      93
 23   Nermal             18440     168
 24   Rogifan            18416     713
 25   Newtons Apple      18331    1687
 26   dukebound85        17886      88
 27   IJ Reilly          17869     312
 28   DoFoT9             17494       8
 29   kdarling           17254     275
 30   AidenShaw          17121     443
 31   jav6454            16691    1401
 32   ucfgrad93          16642     135
 33   samcraig           16547       5
 34   WildCowboy         16407      45
 35   OllyW              16010     376
 36   gnasher729         15976     259
 37   The Game 161       15408    1419
 38   yg17               14876      34
 39   Chupa Chupa        14830     575
 40   Huntn              14802     865
 41   I7guy              14592    1157
 42   cube               14181     594
 43   KPOM               13806      95
 44   arn                13734      11
 45   Mitthrawnuruodo    13399       3
 46   Consultant         13273       1
 47   Night Spring       13051       2
 48   Lord Blackadder    13027     283
 49   Fishrrman          12938    1929
 50   mattopotamus       12666     189

Here's an extract of the above data. It lists members with more than 1000 posts in the prior 6 months, sorted by the 6-Mo Posts column. The Rank column still refers to overall post-count, NOT the 6-Mo Posts value.
Code:
                        Cur     6-Mo
Rank  Active Top 50     Posts   Posts
----  ----------------  ------  ------
 13   Relentless_Power   21935    4589
  6   Scepticalscribe    31570    3455
 11   Apple_fanboy       23429    3222
  3   C_DM               43686    2256
  1   maflynn            58447    2107
 49   Fishrrman          12938    1929
 25   Newtons_Apple      18331    1687
 37   The_Game_161       15408    1419
 31   jav6454            16691    1401
 41   I7guy              14592    1157
  9   Weaselboy          26743    1012
 19   eyoungren          19163    1006

Table Columns:
  • Rank = Position in order by post count, 1 (highest) to 50.
  • Active Top 50 = members with the 50 currently highest post counts among those who have posted in the last 6 months.
  • Cur Posts = count of posts by that member (has the same criteria as Table 1 for which posts are counted).
  • Last 6 Months = count of posts from January 2018 to July 2018.

Remarks
  1. It takes 12666 posts to make this list, an increase of 163 from a year ago.

  2. Twelve members made more than 1000 posts in 6 months, and nine made fewer than 10 posts. @arn just missed the latter set with 11 posts.

  3. Some members who appear in this list, such as @Fishrrman and @I7guy, may soon appear in the Top 50 list if they keep posting at their current rates.
Fascinating stuff. So 3rd highest post count in the last 6 months? If I'm understanding you correctly?
Thanks for putting this together.
 
And please allow me to convey my thanks and deepest appreciation for all of the extraordinary work you have done compiling this and other lists.

As always, they make for fascinating reading.
 
... So 3rd highest post count in the last 6 months? If I'm understanding you correctly?
That is correct.


And speaking of "correct", I revised most of the earlier posts (Tables 1 & 2, etc.) due to some errors in data and calculations. They're all linked from the 1st post in thread, so I won't repeat them here.

No rankings changed due to the corrections, but a new member is projected to enter Top 50 in 6 months. I won't spoil the suspense by giving the name here.

Also, a few members who were previously marked as inactive actually have a non-zero post count. So some of the other stats changed a bit, such as "Can mad jew be Stopped?".
 
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That is correct.


And speaking of "correct", I revised most of the earlier posts (Tables 1 & 2, etc.) due to some errors in data and calculations. They're all linked from the 1st post in thread, so I won't repeat them here.

No rankings changed due to the corrections, but a new member is projected to enter Top 50 in 6 months. I won't spoil the suspense by giving the name here.

Also, a few members who were previously marked as inactive actually have a non-zero post count. So some of the other stats changed a bit, such as "Can mad jew be Stopped?".

Meticulous, and patient, as always, @chown33 and thank you for this.

Very much appreciated.
 
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A tradition in these statistics threads is to pick a member of the Top 50 and graph their post count history. I chose a member who's made consistent advances each time the statistics are done: @Scepticalscribe. She's also approaching her 10-year anniversary on MacRumors (joined 29 July 2008), so Happy Anniversary, Scepticalscribe.

The data collection for Top 50 Posters only begins when a member reaches 5000 posts in the counted areas. Before then, I have no records of post-counts or post-rates. The post counts also exclude posts in uncounted areas, like PRSI or Marketplace, so the reported counts might be markedly below a member's actual post counts.

I graphed two values: total Posts, and 6-Mo Posts. I chose the latter value because it seems like very few members can maintain a high post-rate over multiple years. That is, there seems to be a "peak and settle" kind of behavior. So instead of "goin' with the feelz" I decided to graph the actual measured post-rate.

Scep-graph.png


The slope of the Posts line is pretty consistent, suggesting a fairly constant post rate. The 6-Mo Posts line shows an initial post-rate of 2954 posts in 6 months, peaking to 4247 at the Jan 2017 sample, then declining to 2943, which is very nearly where it started. There's a certain amount of "peak and settle" to the post-rate, but the "settle" rate is still well above zero.
 
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A tradition in these statistics threads is to pick a member of the Top 50 and graph their post count history. I chose a member who's made consistent advances each time the statistics are done: @Scepticalscribe. She's also approaching her 10-year anniversary on MacRumors (joined 29 July 2008), so Happy Anniversary, Scepticalscribe.

The data collection for Top 50 Posters only begins when a member reaches 5000 posts in the counted areas. Before then, I have no records of post-counts or post-rates. The post counts also exclude posts in uncounted areas, like PRSI or Marketplace, so the reported counts might be markedly below a member's actual post counts.

I graphed two values: total Posts, and 6-Mo Posts. I chose the latter value because it seems like very few members can maintain a high post-rate over multiple years. That is, there seems to be a "peak and settle" kind of behavior. So instead of "goin' with the feelz" I decided to graph the actual measured post-rate.

View attachment 770740

The slope of the Posts line is pretty consistent, suggesting a fairly constant post rate. The 6-Mo Posts line shows an initial post-rate of 2954 posts in 6 months, peaking to 4247 at the Jan 2017 sample, then declining to 2943, which is very nearly where it started. There's a certain amount of "peak and settle" to the post-rate, but the "settle" rate is still well above zero.
So we can call @Scepticalscribe Ms consistency then?
Very interesting. Thanks for the continued analysis.
 
A tradition in these statistics threads is to pick a member of the Top 50 and graph their post count history. I chose a member who's made consistent advances each time the statistics are done: @Scepticalscribe. She's also approaching her 10-year anniversary on MacRumors (joined 29 July 2008), so Happy Anniversary, Scepticalscribe.

The data collection for Top 50 Posters only begins when a member reaches 5000 posts in the counted areas. Before then, I have no records of post-counts or post-rates. The post counts also exclude posts in uncounted areas, like PRSI or Marketplace, so the reported counts might be markedly below a member's actual post counts.

I graphed two values: total Posts, and 6-Mo Posts. I chose the latter value because it seems like very few members can maintain a high post-rate over multiple years. That is, there seems to be a "peak and settle" kind of behavior. So instead of "goin' with the feelz" I decided to graph the actual measured post-rate.

View attachment 770740

The slope of the Posts line is pretty consistent, suggesting a fairly constant post rate. The 6-Mo Posts line shows an initial post-rate of 2954 posts in 6 months, peaking to 4247 at the Jan 2017 sample, then declining to 2943, which is very nearly where it started. There's a certain amount of "peak and settle" to the post-rate, but the "settle" rate is still well above zero.

Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to compile such a statistical analysis, and it is both bizarre and intriguing yet strangely flattering to find myself the subject matter of such a study.

If anything, the 'peak and settle' pattern co-relates almost exactly to periods when I am abroad on assignments, counterposed by periods when I am at home after, or between, assignments abroad.

Thus, the 'settling' is almost always when I am away for months at a time; then, of course, I still post, but not quite at the rate or frequency that I manage to do while based at home, which tends to coincide with the "peaks".

As it happens, I have just returned from a year abroad, and, as most of the past month has been spent on accumulated leave, a period I have spent at home, resting, chilling, and recovering, my post rate has increased quite considerably, as it always does when I spend any extended period of time at home.

So we can call @Scepticalscribe Ms consistency then?
Very interesting. Thanks for the continued analysis.

No, Scepticalscribe will do fine.
 
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