Wired calls him "The Linus Torvalds of Antigravity", but NASA still won't return his calls. Since the birth of American Antigravity in 2002, Tim has been featured on a multitude of television networks, such as Nippon TV and the BBC, as well as extensively covered in print by sources as diverse as Wired Magazine and Jane's Defense Weekly. Does this year mark the end of Open-Source Antigravity? It's one thing to talk about how quiet the newsgroups have been, but quite another to quantify it. This comprehensive analysis of Yahoo newsgroup trends follows the activity and enrollment of several Yahoo Newsgroups between 1998 and 2006 to provide you with insight into the trends that drive the online community.
Our measurements were based on the data available - in this case, user enrollment and montly message volume. Our breakdown includes several emerging niche venues in addition to the traditional portal groups of JLN-Labs, Greenglow, Lifters, and NewElectroGravity. What we found was surprising: a significant drop in overall posting volume since the peak year of 2002, as well as a user migration from portal sites to niche sites since that time. So is the end nigh, or is this just a lull while user focus on other areas of interest? Only time will tell...
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PDF Link: The Antigravity NewsGroup Trends & Statistics
PDF Link: American Antigravity and the Newsgroups