A bet (was Happy Birthday, Megan!)

[David]

>Jo asked:

> I assume you're talking about the main HPfGU list, and not a 
> combination of the main list and OT, right?

Yes, that's correct, though all the same questions apply here, too.
> 
> How about Max Number of List members by the end of July 2003 (8800)
> 
> How do you determine the number of "active" posters at any given 
> time?  I've always been curious as to what percentage of total 
> members of the main list are actually posting.

At a given point in time, of course, there's no answer, since even 
our most prolific posters probably spend more time not posting than 
posting.

All I meant was 'how many people will post to the main list in the 
given period?', though.  It would be quite hard, though not 
impossible, to count them.

David