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From: flee@cse.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Subject: Re: Talk: Propogation, etc
Date: 22 Feb 1995 12:23:06 -0600
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Bob Allison:
>   So the alt group gets more posts, which in turn gets more readers.  On 
> the other hand, the rec group is probably more popular with busy people 
> who like a group with clear subject lines.

umm, no, the readership stats don't really depend on how many postings
a group gets.  as long as a group has some steady stream of traffic,
then the samples are accurate.

in that readership sample, 1255 people read alt.ascii-art, versus 349
for rec.arts.ascii.  this is a _huge_ difference, and I really doubt
that r.a.ascii's moderated status makes that much difference.

I suspect it's mainly because alt.ascii-art is alphabetically first,
so more people stumble onto it first.
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