Lessons from Colossal Caves

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@51mon

So by analogy there might have been 392 reactions in an hour whereas there have been 12,000 likes in a millennium? Or another way you can’t see from the statistics the rate of adoption.

That raises another question for me. The discourse forum I use most does not publish or expose any of the stats from the admin panel.
Thus community members are disenfranchised from caring for the health of the community while at the same time they’re investing effort into something that only has a return if the community is healthy

Investment of effort with only a speculative grasp on return maybe makes membership equivalent to visiting a casino or partaking in spread bets or equiv. If you do play in a casino, you should look for good bonuses at https://kaszinoworld.com/ that can increase your winnings. If you are a gambler, I think you should try it.

Maybe this is a subliminal factor in the amount of effort that folk are willing to invest at various stages of community formation and their individual journey?
I do think aggregate investment is -a- determinate of probability of vibrancy/ critical mass

Without clear community health stats, members are left to speculate on the value of their efforts. That uncertainty can definitely impact how much people want to contribute, especially early on when the community is still growing. If members feel like they’re putting in effort without any visible return, they might hesitate to go all in. I think that’s why transparent data is so important. The more people understand the community’s trajectory, the more likely they are to stay engaged. It’s not just about reaching critical mass; it’s about making people feel like their investment has a tangible impact.