--- I do happen to have made about 6800 total posts since I got here tho, in Jan '98.
BTW, would a suggested donation of a penny a post cover FR expenses? -- Answer on the thread, if you please.
A quick analysis of the dailies shows:
| Month | MoCost | MoPosts | AvgDlyUsers | CostPerPost | CostPerUserPerMo |
| January 2001 | 22000 | 240340 | 2258 | 0.09 | 9.74 |
| February 2001 | 22000 | 376329 | 2384 | 0.06 | 9.23 |
| March 2001 | 22000 | 424025 | 2287 | 0.05 | 9.62 |
| April 2001 | 22000 | 405577 | 2237 | 0.05 | 9.83 |
| May 2001 | 22000 | 398020 | 2218 | 0.06 | 9.92 |
| June 2001 | 22000 | 423346 | 2333 | 0.05 | 9.43 |
| July 2001 | 22000 | 459326 | 2418 | 0.05 | 9.10 |
| August 2001 | 22000 | 484542 | 2427 | 0.05 | 9.06 |
| September 2001 | 22000 | 570433 | 2928 | 0.04 | 7.51 |
| October 2001 | 22000 | 625872 | 3351 | 0.04 | 6.57 |
| November 2001 | 22000 | 568688 | 3110 | 0.04 | 7.07 |
Where
CostPerPost = MoCost / MoPosts (monthly cost / monthly posts);In summary, a penny per post would not cut it. FR is somewhere within the four pennies mark; a nickle per post would be a safe bet. This assumes 100% participation in fundraising, which just doesn't happen in real life.
CostPerUserPerMo = MoCost / AvgDlyUsers (monthly cost / average distinct daily posters for the month).