{"id":32,"date":"2008-03-24T13:31:36","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/capn\/2008\/03\/24\/statistics-and-stuff\/"},"modified":"2008-03-24T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2008-03-24T18:31:36","slug":"statistics-and-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/capn\/2008\/03\/24\/statistics-and-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics and Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over on SFN<\/a>, we’ve been interested in figuring out how to stimulate growth and post volume to allow SFN to expand. It’s an interesting challenge — we have four large competitors (that I know of), and there is no simple “how to get more posts” procedure that we can follow. It’s a seat-of-the-pants venture.<\/p>\n

To get a better handle on what we’re dealing with, I’ve compiled a graph and some handy statistics.
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\nWeekly Posts on SFN<\/a>
\n(Click for the full version.)<\/p>\n

That’s the number of posts per week on SFN since the beginning of SFN time (July 2002). You can see the sudden drop-off toward the end of 2006 after a peak in May 2005. We began recovering in 2007 and have maintained a (slow) growth since. My goal is to reach 2005 posting levels at least.<\/p>\n

To aid us, I wrote a script that does some analysis on a per-forum basis and figures out which forums on SFN are the most popular, by posting volume. You can see the results (automatically updated daily) here<\/a>. (If you’re interested, you can also see a breakdown of your<\/em> posts<\/a> by forum as well.)<\/p>\n

We’re still trying to work out how to achieve the growth we want. It’ll be an interesting challenge. If you have any ideas, feel free to voice them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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