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Maybe the mods can add a new FAQ on what the uniques and traffic growth is like now. And maybe update it on even just a yearly basis?
by marai2 8y ago
Maybe the mods can add a new FAQ on what the uniques and traffic growth is like now. And maybe update it on even just a yearly basis?
- dang 8y agoGrowth has been consistent for years, if you squint to smooth out big swings. It's linear, which is about how we like it. Uniques are up to 4.5M or so per month, depending on how you count. There's one intriguing exception to the linear growth: the number of submissions has been roughly flat since 2012. Comments, votes, accounts, page views, basically everything have all grown at about the same rate, but not submissions. I'm grateful for that, because we don't have any moderation capacity to spare. But it's interesting to speculate about why.
- audiolion 8y agoIsn't there some internet effect where most of a large community lurks and only a small percent produce? [1] I find it low friction to comment. But as a reader I go here for my news, so there is no news for me to potentially share. Even if I do find something I am not in the habit of posting to HN. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture)
- wuschel 8y ago> But it's interesting to speculate about why. Indeed, this is quite interesting. What is your hypothesis? A plateau regarding new content on the internet that is of interest to the user base, perhaps? What is the percentage of duplicate posts, and what is the percentage of submissions that stay on the first page of HN for a sufficient amount of time to get traction? Is there any data on this?
- dang 8y agoThat's my hypothesis, yes. But I wonder how to test it. I'm afraid I don't have those numbers at hand; sorry.