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closed after
22
days in beta

Personal Manufacturing

Q&A site for operators of 3D printers, hackerspace communities, and others interested in making physical things with computers.
At the end of beta, this site had...

0.9
questions
per day
Needs Work – 15 questions per day on average is a healthy beta, 5 questions or fewer per day needs some work. A healthy site generates lots of good content to make sure users keep coming back.
99%
answered
Excellent – 90% answered is a healthy beta, 80% answered needs some work. In the beta it's especially important that when new visitors ask questions they usually get a good answer.
18
avid users
244
total users
Needs Work – Every site needs a solid group of core users to assist in moderating the site. We recommend:
  • 150 users with 200+ rep (currently 18 users with 200+ rep)
  • 10 users with 2,000+ rep (currently 0 users with 2,000+ rep)
  • 5 users with 3,000+ rep (currently 0 users with 3,000+ rep)
2.3
answer ratio
Okay – 2.5 answers per question is good, only 1 answer per question needs some work. In a healthy site, questions receive multiple answers and the best answer is voted to the top.
41
visits/day
Needs Work – 1,500 visits per day is good, 500 visits per day needs some work. A great site benefits people outside the community. Eventually, 90% of a site's traffic should come from search engines.

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reputation most active
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site rep
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questions
17
answers
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757
site rep
1
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answers
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471
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1
answer
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459
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answers
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459
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415
site rep
1
question
5
answers
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415
●9

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411
site rep
0
questions
6
answers
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411
●4

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388
site rep
1
question
4
answers
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388
●6

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350
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4
answers
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350
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340
site rep
0
questions
5
answers
haimg
340
●8

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