Posted by Dr. Bob on October 25, 2009, at 10:06:32
In reply to Re: maintaining Babble, posted by Dr. Bob on September 29, 2009, at 5:18:25
> I did a mini-survey of the last archive at Medication and found 13 flagged posts by new posters. 9 were replied to, 4 weren't. 7 of the 9 who were replied to posted again, but only 1 of the 4 who weren't.
I did a follow-up mini-survey of the new system, and there were 14 new posters, all were replied to, and 11 posted again.
The big difference is that the replied-to rate increased from 9/13 = 69% to 14/14 = 100%. The posted-again-if-replied-to rate didn't really change, 7/9 = 78% vs 11/14 = 79%. But the higher replied-to rate brought the overall posted-again rate up from 8/13 = 62% to 11/14 = 79%.
Thanks to all of you who replied! And especially to Deneb, who was the most consistent replier.
Would anybody else like to help maintain Babble in this way? If so, it's easy now to know when a new poster posts. You can:
* keep checking this thread at Newbies:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/newbs/20080507/msgs/920478.html
* join this Yahoo group to receive links to those posts by email:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psycho-babble-greeters
* or follow Babble on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/psycho_babel
Bob
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