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Launched Q&A site for academics and those enrolled in higher education.
At the end of beta, this site had...

11.6
questions
per day
Excellent – 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.
98%
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.
641
avid users
10,650
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 641 users with 200+ rep)
  • 10 users with 2,000+ rep (currently 73 users with 2,000+ rep)
  • 5 users with 3,000+ rep (currently 55 users with 3,000+ rep)
2.6
answer ratio
Excellent – 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.
7,951
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

reputation most active
53k
site rep
25
questions
704
answers
profile for aeismail at Academia

Are religious invocations in...

Numbering Introduction and...

40k
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78
questions
374
answers
profile for F'x at Academia

Should my citation graph be...

39k
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2
questions
299
answers
profile for JeffE at Academia

"This is very interesting as a...

35k
site rep
1
question
273
answers
profile for Anonymous Mathematician at Academia

Is it necessary to ask permission...

30k
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5
questions
311
answers
profile for Suresh at Academia

Pedagogical reasons for...

Should university administrators...

29k
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1
question
417
answers
profile for Peter Jansson at Academia

Do editors choose reviewers based...

19k
site rep
18
questions
220
answers
profile for eykanal at Academia

Should I take every math course...

18k
site rep
1
question
165
answers
profile for Dave Clarke at Academia

How to effectively evaluate your...

16k
site rep
33
questions
288
answers
profile for StrongBad at Academia

Request for startup package...

Gaps between PhD and employment?

16k
site rep
25
questions
133
answers
profile for Charles Morisset at Academia

Is it wrong to impose a...

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Launched!

This Stack Exchange site's beta was successful, so it launched 8 years ago.

proposed by

Stefano Borini
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11 years ago

edited by

Robert Cartaino ♦ 3
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10 years ago

public beta start

10 years ago

private beta start

10 years ago

commitment start

11 years ago

committed users

210 users committed
75.7% signed up for beta
11.4% fulfilled commitment

followers

145 users followed
65.5% signed up for beta

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