Okay, I found a copy on my home computer of the first post of the thread I mentioned above - where I kept track of the total number of posters in the "census". It was last updated on July 2nd, 2000. It also explains a little about the approach of the thing, but a few days back is not to be taken too literally. It was in fact close to a week back that I browsed the OT threads for new names to add to the list. Here's an excerpt from the post:
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</font>I had a bit of time on my hands so I browsed through the threads of the OT a few days back and recorded the usernames of the posters who replied to any of the subjects.
I've added some usernames on my own, mainly from the threads entitled Login Changes Archive and Apolyton Age & ICQ FAQ (courtesy of Narck) in the Apolyton Forum. When people have changed their login recently I've tried to go with the current one.
Please feel free to post to this thread the logins that you see missing from the list - if you think they can be labeled regular OT posters. I'll probably add some myself along the way if I don't get bored with it - or find something useful to do instead...
The state of the Census is currently 237 OT regulars.
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- So my estimate from memory above of 340 was 100 too high. This isn't the exact truth about the total number of posters, but it could be seen as a very conservative estimate. If anyone is interested in seeing which posters were included in the total of 237 (fat chance!), I could post the names too...
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</font>I had a bit of time on my hands so I browsed through the threads of the OT a few days back and recorded the usernames of the posters who replied to any of the subjects.
I've added some usernames on my own, mainly from the threads entitled Login Changes Archive and Apolyton Age & ICQ FAQ (courtesy of Narck) in the Apolyton Forum. When people have changed their login recently I've tried to go with the current one.
Please feel free to post to this thread the logins that you see missing from the list - if you think they can be labeled regular OT posters. I'll probably add some myself along the way if I don't get bored with it - or find something useful to do instead...
The state of the Census is currently 237 OT regulars.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>
- So my estimate from memory above of 340 was 100 too high. This isn't the exact truth about the total number of posters, but it could be seen as a very conservative estimate. If anyone is interested in seeing which posters were included in the total of 237 (fat chance!), I could post the names too...
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