This community is being alert-stalked

[kath]

72. Thanks, Mosby. That 2nd link you gave contains the alert stats that I referred to in my post above:

Thanks for helping me find that. Turns out it was posted by EarlG, on Aug. 31:

3. Here are some stats that I compiled last Friday

(So these were accurate for the 24-hour period between last Thursday afternoon and last Friday afternoon.)

34 alerts were sent in the last 24 hours.

Of the 34 alerts sent, 11 resulted in a hide. The other 23 were left alone.

Most of the alerts occurred during the daytime. Between midnight and 8am ET, only four alerts were sent and only one of those resulted in a hide.

The 34 alerts were sent by 29 individual alerters. 25 alerters sent one alert. Three alerters sent two alerts. One alerter sent three alerts.

The 34 alerts were sent on 31 individuals. 28 people were alerted on once. Three people were alerted on twice.

Of the three people alerted on twice, only one was alerted on twice by the same alerter. (Neither alert resulted in a hide.) The other two people who were alerted on twice were new members, both of whom were subsequently banned by MIRT.

The total number of alerts is a little on the low side compared to some days -- if there is a big contentious issue under discussion we can sometimes be in the 50-60 range (which still means that more than 99.5% of all posts are never alerted on). But overall these stats are pretty typical. I just glanced at the stats for the last 24 hours and there have been 33 alerts and 10 hides.