User blog comment:LegoI3rickI3uilder/Can we Edit/Delete this?/@comment-4048031-20120730182432/@comment-3003185-20120730214321

2: I'm not talking about people who just take breaks every now and again, those who go inactive, say they won't be returning, then come back. Look at all the people who have already deleted their accounts!

You only take statistics into account when you analyze data; you do not take in general observed data (data not displayed or found in numerical observations and/or calculations). You could say that X number of people have jointed the LMBs within the past month. However, what you wouldn't take into account is WHO those people are, HOW long they stay, HOW many posts they make, etc, etc, etc. You could say that Y number of people have left the LMBs within the past month. You could look and see the number of those that may have come back, but you might also (not) see the number of people who may not have come back, for whatever reasons.

3: I did not say that there were none. You do not seem to have heard of generalization, or at least how I am using it in this case (with a bit of inductive and deductive reasoning mixed in):

If (out of 2,000 people surveyed) 1,880 people buy from City H buy ice cream on a weekly basis, and only 120 don't, then you might assume that the people of City H buy ice cream on a weekly basis.

Of course, there WILL be exceptions to this, but, overall, the statement I have made is true. I am NOT saying that there were newbies back then that didn't care, but there were a lot less of them... those newbies have become the users we know today, including (but obviously not limited to): Rock-o-Ages, Gho8233, 8ObiWan88, me, and, if I may say so, you.

4: But the unneeded ones push the needed ones to the back, because of:

NEWBIES WHO DON'T CARE