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From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 30: "Planet Gentoo" web log aggregator
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:29:28
Message-Id: 1098908990.22752.2.camel@helen.science.oregonstate.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 30: "Planet Gentoo" web log aggregator by Kurt Lieber
1 On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 11:24, Kurt Lieber wrote:
2 > On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 06:19:15PM +0100 or thereabouts, Daniel Drake wrote:
3 > > I understand your viewpoint, but (as discussed in this thread) there are
4 > > many criteria which will determine the success of the planet, some of which
5 > > are impossible or difficult to measure effectively. Maybe you would like to
6 > > suggest some targets which you feel would define an active planet?
7 >
8 > We could use some of the previously-discussed metrics (page views, number
9 > of posts, etc.) but perhaps a better idea is simply asking our users.
10 >
11 > How about if we posted a question on survey.gentoo.org 3-6 months after the
12 > service has been up that simply asks, "Do you find planet.gentoo.org to be
13 > valuable?" If the "yes" rate is something less than X% (I'd suggest 33%)
14 > then we kill it. If not, we leave it up and consider it a success. This
15 > seems like a very fair, impartial way of gauging the impact that this
16 > service has had on our community.
17
18 We should offer a parallel survey to developers only to gauge the impact
19 on that community.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 30: "Planet Gentoo" web log aggregator Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o>