DIYbio activity

Has DIYbio activity decreased? That's what I wondered when I didn't see that large amount of emails from the DIYbio mailing list that I used to receive each month. So I decided to do some research. On the Google Groups About page for DIYbio, I found the amount of posts on the site per month. Using my trusty Google Spreadsheets, I made a simple line graph plotting posts vs month. It seems that the posts peaked at 975 on February 2, 2009. The trend seems to show a decline in posts after that period. We'll have to wait to see where this is going. The real question is the reason. Is it the frustration with the politics of DIYbio, equipment, etc.




Months | Posts
4 2008 | 70
5 2008 | 37
6 2008 | 91
7 2008 | 105
8 2008 | 30
9 2008 | 83
10 2008| 193
11 2008| 140
12 2008| 394
1 2009 | 595
2 2009 | 975
3 2009 | 543
4 2009 | 715
5 2009 | 331
6 2009 | 411
7 2009 | 501
8 2009 | 273
9 2009 | 70