... Fred? I checked the archives and with a single exception, the average number of posts per day has increased during every time period in the archives. And the current posts are averaging 8 more per day than the most recent archive group. I suppose you could find periodic dips if you checked every day or every hour, but I don't see any easy way to do that.

Archive 1 ------ 8,436 posts in 212 days = 40/day
Archive 2 ---- 30,403 posts in 534 days = 58/day
Archive 3 ---- 29,422 posts in 220 days = 135/day
Archive 4 ---- 29,775 posts in 193 days = 155/day
Archive 5 ---- 32,024 posts in 184 days = 175/day
Archive 6 ---- 26,047 posts in 181 days = 145/day
Archive 7 ---- 29,714 posts in 184 days = 162/day
Archive 8 ---- 33,663 posts in 181 days = 186/day
Archive 9 ---- 34,591 posts in 184 days = 189/day
Archive 10 -- 36,389 posts in 182 days = 200/day
Archive 11 -- 16,708 posts in 75 days = 224/day
Current --------- 2,321 posts in 10 days = 232/day

----- jim o\-S