Monks,

What is your experience with the lifetime of a thread here on Perlmonks? That is, once you've posted a new node, how long do you still see people responding to it. The obvious answer, of course, is "It depends.", and I'm sure there is a wide variation, but I'm interested in your individual experience with nodes you posted or contributed replies to. What would say the average is and what is the longest a thread wil go on? Also how often to be new nodes just die and get no replies at all?

Have you identified any factors that contribute to the length or shortness of node life?

--DrWhy

"If God had meant for us to think for ourselves he would have given us brains. Oh, wait..."

In reply to How long does a node live? by DrWhy

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