[Buddha-l] Statistics

[Chris]

Actually, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa. I have to admit to deleting
messages from 'jkirlk' routinely before I 'process' other messages. Why?
Because all too often, messages from 'jkirk' contain extensive transcribed
script from third part sources or, URLs to third parity sources. I believe I
am quite capable of doing my own research, thank you very much and do not
need prejudiced referrals from anyone. I come here to find *original* ideas,
not referrals. I would be most anxious and willing to hear of jkirk's
personal views on matters discussed in this form as opposed to what she
views as relevant opinions of others.

On 10/9/05, Richard P. Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
>
> Joanna Kirkpatrick's observation that she is being ignored prompted me
> to look into the archives. Here we are, eight days into October, and
> already we have six contributors who have sent more that twenty messages
> this month. The most frequent contributors have been:
>
> Benito Carral, 30 messages
> Joy Vriens, 29
> Chan Fu, 26
> Richard Hayes, 24
> Joanna Kirkpatrick, 23
> Dan Lusthaus, 23
>
> Joanna is an academic who loves to write and who, being retired, has
> time on her hands. I don't know what the hell excuse the rest of us
> have.
>
> An examination of threads in September and October shows that Joanna's
> messages are not ignored much more than those of anyone else who writes
> a lot. I have a hunch that many readers get into the habit of
> automatically deleting messages from people who write a lot. It's easy
> to set up a filter to do such things, and I'd bet that just about all
> subscribers to buddha-l have found ways to send all the messages of
> their least favorite writers to the junk file.
>
> --
> Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu>
> ***
> "If you want the truth, rather than merely something to say,
> you will have a good deal less to say." -- Thomas Nagel
>
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