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> So there's a fairly constant fall-off of activity from people who've previously posted a lot. And this gets worse when these folks find fewer questions that interest them

Is this data publicly available?



Yes [0]. You can write a new query here [1]. Its pretty much the reason why I like SQL now being able to ask questions[2] and get answers is great.

[0] http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/queries

[1] http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/new

[2] http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/211098/whe...


You can approximate this from public data: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/252756/are-high-repu...

As noted in the comments there, this tends to be slightly inaccurate, as it ignores changes in reputation over time. But it's close enough to see the general trend; I left a comment with a more accurate picture of the usual trend and the more recent drop-off.




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