Sunday, December 19, 2004

Posting Analysis

To satisfy myself I have done an analysis of the frequency of posts vs their fighting. One would think that if I were trying to cause a fight I would post more frequently just before they fight.

Further, I wanted to check the veracity of a statement I made to her, that that if they left me out of their fights maybe they wouldn't be on my mind so much, and that 'they' are on my mind more of late due to recent events (ie thus resulting in more posts). (She complains that the whole entire site is about them and for them. Yes they feature a lot cos of the affect it has/has had on my life.)

Here's the chart :-
Frequency of Posts per month with indications of specific events such as fights/contact

Yep, the second statement is instantly verified. Total posts 144, 50 of which were written after they came to see me (more than one third of the total posts). All the peaks in the graph follow times when he/they have been in contact with me. In September it was me who initiated the contact (my 'hello'), but they'd been fighting again so he was ornery with me.

The first statement is also verified. They had an argument in May that resulted in him moving out. I didn't know about it at the time, they didn't contact me at all; how many posts in May? - ONE, the lowest of all months. So yes, when they leave me out of their fights it is less on my mind (indicated by the reduced number of posts).

January was when I started the blog and in post-fight mode - 13 posts.

February through to April he was fighting to try not let me use the points, initially refusing to reply at all then replying via lawyer, snail mail letters only (other than when he saw me driving in the car and SMS'd asking if it had been me). Towards end of April he starts redeeming points as he should - 15 posts over three months.

May is when they apparently had a huge bust up and he moved out of her house. I was unaware of this until early June, and was unaware it was because of a fight until mid-June - 1 post.

June is when he e-mailed me asking me to meet with him. 3 posts before he contacted me, 7 after. Obvious to me, as a result of the contact, that they have had a fight - 10 posts total.

July - Post fight mode -14 posts.

August - 5 posts.

September was the month I sent him the hello, and he replied with nasty stuff - 11 posts.

October no contact other than things to do with the deed (for the first time he actually sent me a points statement without me having to ask for it) - 6 posts.

November up until they came to see me on 21st - 9 posts, after their visit a further ie post-fight mode - 22 posts.

December (up to the one before this) - much contact from them, still in post-fight mode - 37 posts.

94 posts up until they came to see me (in 11 and 2/3rds months), 50 (in less than one month)after this fight into which they both embroiled me. Yeah I think that shows pretty clearly what makes me post a lot.

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