The decline curve
Monthly thread starts across the final era - the long tail into silence as the community migrated off Usenet.
Each bar is a month in the final era and its height is that month's thread starts - the long tail into silence as the community migrated off Usenet. Only months with a recorded start appear; a silent month is a true gap, not a fabricated zero.
| 2004-02 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-06 | 1 |
| Month | Threads started |
|---|---|
| 2004-02 | 1 |
| 2011-06 | 1 |