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Skeptics

Launched Q&A site for skeptics, rationalists, free thinkers, or anyone who questions woo and pseudoscience. Skeptics is aimed at *applied* skepticism -- researching specific areas of woo or pseudoscience. It is not for philosophical discussions about skepticism.
At the end of beta, this site had...

5.7
questions
per day
Okay – 10 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.
90%
answered
Okay – 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.
464
avid users
5,698
total users
Excellent – Every site needs a solid group of core users to assist in moderating the site. We recommend:
  • 150 users with 200+ rep (currently 464 users with 200+ rep)
  • 10 users with 2,000+ rep (currently 40 users with 2,000+ rep)
  • 5 users with 3,000+ rep (currently 27 users with 3,000+ rep)
1.7
answer ratio
Okay – 2.5 answers per question is good, only 1 answer per question needs some work. On a healthy site, questions receive multiple answers and the best answer is voted to the top.
3,786
visits/day
Excellent – 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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Top Beta Users

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Has contraception been shown to...

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Does exercise make you smarter?

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proposed by

rjstelling
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11 years ago

edited by

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11 years ago

public beta start

11 years ago

private beta start

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commitment start

11 years ago

committed users

241 users committed
53.1% signed up for beta
12% fulfilled commitment

followers

178 users followed
41% signed up for beta

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