Sanity on the Main List

[annemehr]

Not so long ago, when many of us were tearing our hair out about the 
state of the main list (and, dang it, this wig is itchy!), Steve 
bboy_mn stepped in as the voice of reason and pointed out that the 
posting rate was already falling and post quality increasing.

He was right.  I've just had a look at the number of posts so far in 
September, because it seemed to me that there were quite a bit 
fewer, and found this:

As of the end of yesterday (Sept. 8) there were 854 posts for the 
month.  If the posting rate were to hold steady, that would give us 
a total of 3,108 posts for all of September. This is very nearly 
tied with January '01, the highest-posting month before the release 
of OoP.  Of course, if posting rates are still falling, we could 
expect to fall short of that number.

Okay, all you members hiding out on OT -- it may be time we saw you 
on the main list again!  Sure, it's still a bit busy over there, but 
strategies such as skipping certain subjects you've had enough of 
are working much better now -- and post quality *is* much improved!  
Some of the hot topics lately have included: Percy, Harry's Crucio, 
Occlumency/Legilimency, Vernon's final fate, Guilty!Dumbledore, Brit 
Slang, and the infamous Time Turner again!

I'd like to read what *you* think!

Finally, to the ADMIN team: thank you so much for all your hard 
work!  The results are quite visible on the main list!

Annemehr