[Magdalen] decline of this list

[Marion Thompson]

I'm around, as you can see by my prompt reply, but generally otherwise
occupied on line.

Marion, a pilgrim    ...today my sail I lift ...

On Tue, 23 Sept 2025 at 16:48, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has the list died?  I haven't received anything since March.  Of course, I
> hadn't written anything either.
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM Simon Kershaw <simon at kershaw.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Many moons ago, before this list began, I used to collate monthly
> > statistics on a predecessor list. The original aim of those posts was to
> > try and keep the number of posts down and to name and shame the most
> > frequent posters.
> >
> > But looking today at the number of posts here over the last 8 years it
> > is clear that there has been a precipitous decline in posting. Even as
> > recently as 2021 there was an average of more than a post a day. In 2024
> > the average was only slightly more than a post a week. Seven years
> > earlier there were over 100 posts a week.
> >
> > 2017: 5443 messages across 1350 threads
> >
> > 2018: 3954 messages across 872 threads
> >
> > 2019: 1853 messages across 375 threads
> >
> > 2020: 1518 messages across 219 threads
> >
> > 2021: 500 messages across 87 threads
> >
> > 2023: 336 messages across 52 threads
> >
> > 2023: 132 messages across 25 threads
> >
> > 2024: 67 messages across 16 threads
> >
> >
> > simon
> >
> > --
> > Simon Kershaw
> > simon at kershaw.org.uk
> > Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
> >
>