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7
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How Things Work

Q&A site for people who want to know the principles of how things work
At the end of beta, this site had...

9.9
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.
94%
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.
27
avid users
174
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 27 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)
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.
125
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.

Top Beta Users

reputation most active
1k
site rep
6
questions
19
answers
Jacob
1,016
●1●13

How does GPS find your position?

How does my heating/cooling...

846
site rep
0
questions
25
answers
Pearsonartphoto
846
●11

How is it possible for some...

783
site rep
0
questions
24
answers
mgb
783
●5

How does temperature in a car...

727
site rep
11
questions
9
answers
Slipstream
727
●10

How does a bee sting work?

How do they remove the air from...

561
site rep
0
questions
14
answers
bubu
561
●6

How do anti-venoms work?

508
site rep
11
questions
2
answers
Josh
508
●13

What happens when you put a...

How do fingerprint readers work?

451
site rep
6
questions
5
answers
Stefano Borini
451
●6

How does HIV/AIDS work, and why...

Does the "Door Close" button on...

445
site rep
1
question
9
answers
starblue
445
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How does this geological feature...

How do clouds/fog stay up in the...

415
site rep
0
questions
14
answers
Tangurena
415
●6

How do anti-venoms work?

415
site rep
0
questions
8
answers
geoffc
415
●7

How do fingerprint readers work?

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This proposal didn't have enough activity during the beta. It was closed 9 years ago.

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10 years ago

edited by

Dori
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9 years ago

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9 years ago

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10 years ago

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78.9% signed up for beta
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