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alexpgp ([personal profile] alexpgp) wrote2008-03-24 04:52 pm

Protest results...

According to the Yandex blog for today, the number of Russian LJers posting last Friday was about 15% less than usual (this is according to their count, apparently calculated for a 21-hour period between 0300 and 2400 Moscow time for the past 5 weeks, and shown in the top graphic).

Breaking the number down further, according to the blog, it turns out the reduction among bloggers who have been around on LJ for 3 years or more was greater (20.27%) than for those who have been around for more than a year (18.79%) or for those who started their account two months ago (13.41%). This is shown in the bottom graphic. (Speaking for myself, I would doubt that these percentages warrant four significant figures.)

Again according to the blog, more than two-thirds of active LJers (and I expect all these numbers refer only to the Russian-speaking portion of LJ) have been blogging for more than a year. In the opinion of Anton Volnukhin, the author of the piece, last Friday's action was "noticeable."

Cheers...

[identity profile] alexpgp.livejournal.com 2008-03-24 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I think the author's own statement about the strike says it all: it appears to have caused a blip in the numbers.

That said, I'm pretty sure nothing else will change.

Cheers...