[Qwinn]

A higher number means more activity?

That seems very odd. For one, I rarely see a thread grow over 50 posts there, and if you look at how quickly the "lastest posts" move, it doesn't even approach FR.

Also, from Ann Coulter's "Slander":

"In a ranking of the nine most-visited websites in the "Politics & New Media" category, conservative sites regularly outnumber liberal sites. Though the rankings vary month to month, the list for March 2001 is typical: Four of the nine are conservative websites: drudgereport.com (number 2), townhall.com (number 4), freerepublic.com (number 6) and reagan.com (number 9). Only two are liberal websites, coming in at numbers 5 and 8. I have a very hard time believing that DU is typically the number 5. If so, WOW, the fringe is not fringe in ANY way, it is utterly mainstream, and I would LOVE to be able to demonstrate that.

Qwinn

[mware]

A higher number means more activity?

I dont think so the site I use has Drudge at 328. I doubt that DU has more hits than Drudge does.

[Dont Mention the War]

A higher number means more activity?

No. A higher number means less activity. When you say "My school's football team is number one!" you don't mean it's in last place.