Lies, Lies and damned stats

Whilst carrying out a statistical analysis of wanderingscribes site ( I know, it's dirty work but someone has to do it), yet even more revelations hove into view. February and March saw an average of 4 or 5 posts per day, even after her attempt to boost readership by making contact with a complete stranger (who just happened to be homeless and had a blog) and posting on his blog to draw the punters in. Sadly this wasn't the big draw she was hoping for and it wasn't until the interview with the BBC and the NYT that the comments rocketed. Up from an average of 8 or 9 for the first half of April to a new average of 200. Waahaay! This'll get her the celebrity status she needs ! Unfortunately, this level of interest also brought in the doubters and nay sayers. Although the number of comments had increased to what Wanderingscribe presumably thought was an acceptable level, the amount of negative comments were starting to be a bit of a PR nightmare. So the comments were switched off. However, WS decided that the people should have a voice after all and switched them back on. But with all posts being moderated first. As any post showing the slightest doubt or asking any awkward questions were not now appearing on the site, the comments post count fell dramatically to an average of 50 per blog entry. Just think about those figures for a moment. (But if you want to check 'em I'd suggest you do so fast before The Phantom Deleter makes even more editorial cutbacks to remove any shred of doubt from anyone. Ever!) This means that an average of 75% of posts were either asking awkward or pertinent questions that WS preferred to ignore or else they were doubters expressing their disbelief that the whole blog was in fact, real. Sadly, for WS at least, the highs of the circa 200 comments per blog post are now behind her for now. What is a girl to do ......... STOP THE PRESS!! Although meeting up with another blogger to spread the word of her plight didn't get the results she wanted, what did work was the interview with the press. I Don't believe it !! Today's post mentions "Have also done another interview...." What Luck !! Come on folks. Even some of her most ardent followers must be sitting there by now and thinking to themselves, "Hang on a minute...." Or is it just me ......