about Main List: Catlady's marathon

[jenny_ravenclaw]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> 
wrote:

> I keep going over just to marvel at the posting rate.  I wonder how 
many posts per minute there have been on average since the list 
re-opened?  I wonder what the highest number of posts in a single 
minute or hour might be?>

I wondered that, too.  I figured there are between 2-5 postings every 
minute, although in the last day or two, posting has slowed down to 
about 1-3 postings a minute (all speculation, of course).

It is hard to follow all the threads, but I must be honest and tell 
you all that I skip a LOT of them.  I skip threads when I see a 
subject that I've already read about several times, like the Black 
Veil, or "SHIP - Luna and Harry/Neville/Ron/Filch?!?".  I also skip 
certain people when I notice someone in particular who writes things I 
cannot read to save my life.  I save a good deal of time that way.

Since the list opened up again last Sunday afternoon, I have been 
spending more time online each day than I ever have - I was checking 
the main list every hour or so while I was still at school and now, I 
must be one for a good 2 hours a stretch every time I log on.  I have 
to disconnect the phone every time I log on, so I end up losing the 
connection every time someone calls - and missing a lot of phone calls 
on top of that.

I can only imagine how difficult it has been for the MEGs during the 
last week - even *I* got warnings about forgetting to use the OoP 
prefix, and I am a very good, rule abiding girl. :-)

--jenny from ravenclaw, who hasn't even ventured to OT in days 
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