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I’m only about 20% or maybe 25-30% of my way through tabulating the first month chosen for analysis.

I don’t know if you mean “without any one group dominating over the others” in all respects for any reason in any way

‘merely’ no systemic stacked deck unfittingly allowing or unfittingly supporting or encouraging one group to dominate over the others.

My preliminary guesstimate is that one group will come out 60-85% dominating the Rel Forum. To me, 60% is not a big deal. Though, if we consider that there are 3-5 significant (by numbers) religious clubs routinely represented hereon, then 60% may be outrageous in some sense.

I suppose it might meet some sort of ideal to have a near equal number of posts by every represented group. But I doubt that’s your objective nor would it be mine.

I think a more reasonable objective is to remove systemic stacked deck features which have demonstrably tended to support one group having an undue, unfitting advantage over the others. On that score, in spite of all the dust and smoke in the air, I think you are doing a masterful and doggedly slowly effective job. I can’t imagine how anyone would do any better at reaching such a goal.

Herding cats is a nightmare. Training cats is about as difficult. Possible but a very long term project akin to teaching pigeons to play ping pong—only MORE difficult than that.

Below got so long, I think I’m going to cut it and start it’s own thread with it.

Thanks tons for all you model; all you tirelessly do; all you wisely sort out; all you teach us in a variety of ways.

Actually, the volume of posts - whether by article or word count - does not directly correspond to the demographics of Freeper membership. Nor should it. Some minority confessions have a pressing need to state clearly what they believe without being overwhelmed by the majority which obviously disagrees. Everyone should have a voice on the Religion Forum - whether on prayer, devotional, caucus, ecumenic or open threads.