Thanks for this analysis, complete with code! I wish more people would do this kind of thing, allows you to see under "the hood" to spin up your own analysis.
I am surprised at the number of "dead" accounts, though. Do these ever get culled for inactivity? Or do they bloat the record forever?
Appreciate you sharing this.
As I mentioned in another comment here, a "dead fish" account is not necessarily "dead", it just has been inactive for 7 days. Most of them are probably totally live, just on a small break at the moment.
Estimating the number of "most probably certainly dead" accounts is a nice exercise, though.
Ah, that makes sense. It would be interesting to note which accounts seem to be on an "extended" hiatus, though. Perhaps arbitrary time cutoffs plotted against their cumulative inactivity.
I assume that Steemit doesn't cull accounts over a certain age with no activity? Was curious about that detail.
Of course, Steemit does not care for who is active and who is not. The plot of cumulative inactivity would be interesting. If no one cares to make one earlier, I'll add it to the next post in the series.