# How to quantify the success of your community?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-quantify-the-success-of-your-community/40229
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [February 26, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-quantify-the-success-of-your-community/40229 "2016-02-26T15:10:48Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-quantify-the-success-of-your-community/40229/4 "2016-02-27T00:50:34Z")

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The one thing that I find to be super important is **a regular influx of new users who stick around**. Without new blood, your site is going to die eventually. That’s an absolute truth.

This is why we have a todo item to send automatic encouragement emails to new users who sign up, post, get likes, and otherwise show good rookie potential.

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