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Interesting. Does "single submission authors" mean: (i) they have only submitted 1 NY times article but have made other submissions or (ii) they have only ever

by iamjdg 13y ago

Interesting. Does "single submission authors" mean: (i) they have only submitted 1 NY times article but have made other submissions or (ii) they have only ever submitted 1 article and it was a NY Times article?

ColinWright 13y ago
It was intended to mean the former ... stand by ... OK, done. In the last seven days, 61 people who have submitted one and only item from the NYT. For 37 of them, that was the only submission made over the past 7 days. However, the other 24 made more than one submission. The following includes the NYT submission: 9 made 2 submissions (hence 1 other) 5 made 3 submissions (hence 2 others) 1 made 4 submissions (etc) 1 made 5 submissions 4 made 6 submissions and then one each of 9, 10, 18, and 58 submissions. I haven't checked the total number of submissions of those who submitted more than one NYT item. To do so would require a more sensible reporting format than just listing them.
- iamjdg 13y ago
  Cool, thanks. So approximately 43% of the NYT submissions were made by members who only submitted that article. Would be interesting to know if these are new members, who perhaps created accounts for the sake of promoting NYT paywall articles...or maybe I just really want there to be a conspiracy...
  - ColinWright 13y ago
    Looking at how long these accounts have been registered, initial results are: created: 854 days ago created: 601 days ago created: 923 days ago created: 2466 days ago created: 13 days ago created: 1304 days ago created: 1311 days ago created: 1983 days ago created: 1168 days ago created: 500 days ago created: 319 days ago created: 1286 days ago created: 305 days ago created: 817 days ago created: 1793 days ago created: 1822 days ago created: 89 days ago created: 1444 days ago created: 899 days ago created: 491 days ago created: 736 days ago created: 649 days ago created: 1160 days ago created: 1767 days ago created: 363 days ago created: 560 days ago created: 1554 days ago created: 863 days ago created: 81 days ago created: 1169 days ago created: 1316 days ago created: 310 days ago created: 504 days ago created: 176 days ago created: 2015 days ago created: 142 days ago created: 838 days ago Now complete. So no, these don't appear to be newly registered accounts specifically for the purpose of shilling for NYT. Why do you want there to be a conspiracy?
    - iamjdg 13y ago
      Great detective work!...oh i don't know why I want there to be a conspiracy, maybe my own life is not exciting enough :)

by iamjdg 13y ago

ColinWright 13y ago

It was intended to mean the former ... stand by ... OK, done. In the last seven days, 61 people who have submitted one and only item from the NYT. For 37 of them, that was the only submission made over the past 7 days. However, the other 24 made more than one submission. The following includes the NYT submission: 9 made 2 submissions (hence 1 other) 5 made 3 submissions (hence 2 others) 1 made 4 submissions (etc) 1 made 5 submissions 4 made 6 submissions and then one each of 9, 10, 18, and 58 submissions. I haven't checked the total number of submissions of those who submitted more than one NYT item. To do so would require a more sensible reporting format than just listing them.

iamjdg 13y ago
Cool, thanks. So approximately 43% of the NYT submissions were made by members who only submitted that article. Would be interesting to know if these are new members, who perhaps created accounts for the sake of promoting NYT paywall articles...or maybe I just really want there to be a conspiracy...
- ColinWright 13y ago
  Looking at how long these accounts have been registered, initial results are: created: 854 days ago created: 601 days ago created: 923 days ago created: 2466 days ago created: 13 days ago created: 1304 days ago created: 1311 days ago created: 1983 days ago created: 1168 days ago created: 500 days ago created: 319 days ago created: 1286 days ago created: 305 days ago created: 817 days ago created: 1793 days ago created: 1822 days ago created: 89 days ago created: 1444 days ago created: 899 days ago created: 491 days ago created: 736 days ago created: 649 days ago created: 1160 days ago created: 1767 days ago created: 363 days ago created: 560 days ago created: 1554 days ago created: 863 days ago created: 81 days ago created: 1169 days ago created: 1316 days ago created: 310 days ago created: 504 days ago created: 176 days ago created: 2015 days ago created: 142 days ago created: 838 days ago Now complete. So no, these don't appear to be newly registered accounts specifically for the purpose of shilling for NYT. Why do you want there to be a conspiracy?
  - iamjdg 13y ago
    Great detective work!...oh i don't know why I want there to be a conspiracy, maybe my own life is not exciting enough :)