Newsgroup Sociology

News.com.com ( aka C|NET ) has an interesting bit about Microsoft's study of newsgroup and email list postings.  I wonder if some of this analysis is used in their MVP selections?  Perhaps MVP nominations in the future will be automated, and MVPs will see their “score” on some special site?

Of course, next we'll have people who figure out how to 'game the system', as the AI for this will apply weight to certain factors.  It'll be interesting to see how this technology will proceed.