View Poll Results: Forum 'Measures of Success' ranking - read the OP and choose your top five please

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  • Number of members

    9 27.27%
  • Number of posts

    7 21.21%
  • Ratio of number of members to the number of posts

    8 24.24%
  • Quality of posts

    31 93.94%
  • Number of returning visitors

    22 66.67%
  • Search engine results

    5 15.15%
  • Advertising revenue

    2 6.06%
  • Variety of content

    19 57.58%
  • Amount of advice given by you personally

    4 12.12%
  • Increase in your personal knowledge

    27 81.82%
  • Conversion to 'the cause'

    4 12.12%
  • Low number of management interventions

    8 24.24%
  • Something not on this list (please post your thoughts)

    3 9.09%
  • A friendly environment

    21 63.64%
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  1. #1
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    I'm not convinced this is the correct place to put this, as it's neither Feedback or a Suggestion, but as it concerns the forum, this is where I'm stickin' it! No doubt if I got it wrong someone will stick it where it belongs - maybe even the deleted dustbin, I don't know.

    Anyway - Measures of Success

    Prompted by Barry's observation that the AoS member head count is approaching a landmark figure, I was thinking about how difficult it must be to measure the success of a thing like an internet forum.
    So I'm interested about how the various members of the team view this.

    Obviously a measure of success can only be defined if you are clear in your own mind about what your goals are and, depending upon those goals, I suppose each owner and member of the management team will have different measures of success.

    Bearing that in mind there will be a different perspective from everyone concerned can I ask that those members of the team who're sufficiently motivated might help me understand what your own personal measures of the success of AoS are. Also, if they differ from their own personal view, could Steve & Marco tell me what the AoS 'corporate' measures of success are.

    Personally, I think it would be naïve to settle on a single factor to measure this nebulous thing that is success, so I've listed some of the things that I would expect to take into account were I asked to define this. Can you give each a score out of 10 for me or number them in order of importance to you?

    1. Number of Members
    2. No. of Posts
    3. The ratio of number of members to the number of posts (ie: is the bulk of the traffic caused by a low number of highly active members or not?)
    4. Quality of posts (Purely subjective but everyone will have their own view on this)
    5. Returning visitors - members who stay for more than x no. of visits/weeks/months
    6. Search engine results
    7. Advertising revenue
    8. Variety of content
    9. Amount of advice given by you personally
    10. Increase in your personal knowledge
    11. Conversion to 'the cause' – whatever that might be (if indeed one exists in your mind)
    12. Low number of management interventions - bans / warnings / post removals or edits etc
    13. Something I haven't considered – if so, what might that be?


    ……….alternatively, you could tell me to mind my own bleedin' business.
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    Chris your views are always welcomed
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    Thanks John.
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    Hi Chris,

    This is just a quickie, as I'm in the middle of work at the moment

    Personally, I think it would be naïve to settle on a single factor to measure this nebulous thing that is success, so I've listed some of the things that I would expect to take into account were I asked to define this. Can you give each a score out of 10 for me or number them in order of importance to you?
    From your list, in order of importance (for me):

    [*]Returning visitors - members who stay for more than x no. of visits/weeks/months
    [*]Quality of posts (Purely subjective but everyone will have their own view on this)
    [*]Variety of content
    [*]Increase in your personal knowledge
    [*]Number of Members
    [*]No. of Posts
    [*]Low number of management interventions - bans / warnings / post removals or edits etc
    [*]Search engine results
    [*]Conversion to 'the cause' – whatever that might be (if indeed one exists in your mind) - *note*: 'convert' isn't really the right word.
    [*]The ratio of number of members to the number of posts (ie: is the bulk of the traffic caused by a low number of highly active members or not?)
    [*]Advertising revenue
    [*]Amount of advice given by you personally

    There ya go!

    [*]Something I haven't considered – if so, what might that be?
    I'll get to that one if I have time later

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    Chris and I have had a chat about this thread, and to make it a little easier we'll move it over to a poll. If people vote for their top five points (out of the thirteen) then we'll get a picture over time of the rankings for each of the points Chris has made.

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    Obviously the admin/mod votes will be slightly different in nature to user votes, but it'll be nice to see how the two cross over in importance. We'll leave it open indefinitely so we can see the change over the months / years. I'll stick it to the top too.

    Great idea for a thread Chris! I'm itching to see the results!

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    #14 - A friendly environment, where we can virtually enjoy the company of others interested in audio & music

    OK, very subjective and hard to measure, but it's what keeps me coming back...

    I'll do the poll now...
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    Alex,
    I was going to put something to that effect.......oops it looks like I forgot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo View Post
    Alex,
    I was going to put something to that effect.......oops it looks like I forgot.
    Looks like it's there to me...
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    ahem, so it is.............I wonder how?................must be to do with yer telepathicals or summink

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