As we pine for the good old days the information & "information" below may be of interest. Olin's comments may be of interest. Mailing lists are in decline 'all over' (as they were in 2014 when this thread was last active) with a plethora of modern semi-alternatives I am an active member of various Stack Exchange groups, as are a number of other PICList members. SE, Stack overflow and many other similar 'services' have their place, but the PICLIst format, expertise base and friendliness and flexibility of approach is superior to that of SE in many important respects. C'est moi: https://stackexchange.com/users/509441/russell-mcmahon?tab=3Daccounts I selectively advertise PICList's virtues to a selected number of people, and a (probably small) number of list members are here due to that. Nicola's data on posting rate is from September 2004 to December 2014 and I've added approximate annual figures from then on. James Newton has accurate stats available. I've added (rough) annual rates to Nicola's table by multiplying his per day figure by 365. On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 at 00:52, Nicola Perotto wrote: > My Piclist archive is contained in 5 folders: > > from to days msgs msgs/day > 2004.09.07 2006.08.20 712 14457 20,3 7,400 > 2006.08.21 2008.08.31 741 14975 20,2 7,400 > 2008.08.31 2010.07.31 699 28095 40,2 14,700 > 2010.08.01 2012.12.31 883 22321 25,3 9,200 > 2013.01.01 2014.12.09 707 11810 16,7 6,100 2015 5, 300 2016 3,200 2017 2,700 2018 2,400 2019 1,700 Russell McMahon > If we must speak of decline I think that we must compare to others lists > and to > other media: for example the forums, that also are often declining. > The cause is the e(in)volution of users and the offer of other media like= , > for > example, Stack Exchange. > > This aside, I miss Olin. > > N > > > On 09/12/2014 10:46, RussellMc wrote: > > " ... Russell is actually more responsible than any other single person > for > > the decline of the PIClist. Look at the volume over time, particularly > > noting when Russell became a admin. ... Olin Lathrop". > Elsewhere. > > > > So. > > Now you know. > > Apparently. > > > > R > > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .