Timeline for Site Not On Track to Survive Public Beta
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| Apr 11, 2011 at 15:24 | comment | added | Mark Phillips Mod | @Robert -are we are the path to surviving the beta? | |
| Mar 5, 2011 at 5:26 | comment | added | jmort253 Mod | I was the upvoter on this answer. After reading Robert's answer, I agree. You can't force a site to become successful. I think it's also important to note that the Area 51 stats are just guidelines. They're not hard rules that define the health of a site, but just goals based on results of previous SE sites. | |
| Mar 4, 2011 at 16:46 | comment | added | Robert Cartaino | @Tangurena: I think you are offering poor advice. You are optimizing your behavior to force the numbers rather than focusing on genuine, organic growth. My caution based on watching almost 3,000 SE 1.0 sites fail with exactly this problem. They were more focused on the mechanics of "upping their numbers" rather than encouraging true, maintainable growth. Enjoy yourself, use the site, and reward good, positive behaviors (vote) and this site will be fine. | |
| Mar 4, 2011 at 16:24 | comment | added | Tangurena | @Robert, I've had some removed due to that script, so I'm pretty sure I know what it does and how it tracks things. However, the "core users" score is one of the metrics for whether the site succeeds or not, and sometimes it is all I can help remedy. | |
| Mar 4, 2011 at 16:02 | comment | added | Robert Cartaino | @Tangurena: If you target specific users, your votes will likely be removed automatically by our "suspicious voting patterns" script. You're not supposed to vote for people, you're supposed to vote on content. So just focus on voting for good questions and good answers. You have 30 votes per day; Use them and there will be plenty of high-rep users to help moderate the site. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 16:17 | comment | added | ashes999 | Excellent point, but I feel it's unwarranted. There are enough people cresting 1500 rep that 3000 should be easy enough. People on this site are not shy to vote up good questions and answers. | |
| Mar 3, 2011 at 0:46 | history | answered | Tangurena | CC BY-SA 2.5 |