Cohousing-L Mailing List: Cohousing-L tailing off

[Stuart Staniford-Chen (stanifor]

The following graph represents cohousing-L traffic (number of messages  
per quarter - 3 month periods) against time.  Each '#' represents 50  
messages.  (A couple of columns are approximations but I know I'm close).  
 Make sure you display your messages in a fixed width font (such as  
Courier or Ohlfs) to comprehend it.

So, what are you five favorite reasons for why we peaked in early '95  
and have tailed off so much since then?

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         4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1
92          93          94          95          96          97

Raw data:  number of messages for each quarter of each year.

1997 Q1 249 (as of March 20th)

1996 Q4 301
1996 Q3 277
1996 Q2 268
1996 Q1 204

1995 Q4 662
1995 Q3 501
1995 Q2 895
1995 Q1 718

1994 Q4 473
1994 Q3 636
1994 Q2 464
1994 Q1 297

1993 Q4 148
1993 Q3 117
1993 Q2 68
1993 Q1 49

1993 Q4 32

Stuart.

Stuart Staniford-Chen
stanifor [at] cohousing.org
Cohousing Network Webweaver
Cohouser at large.