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Discussion on: When's the Best Time to Post on Dev.to?

 
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Helen Anderson

There was a discussion in another post about those inactive accounts being potential spam/bot accounts. However, what I've found (more 'gutfeel' stuff) is that the 90:9:1 rule rings true. 90% will lurk and just view, 9% will comment or add reactions some of the time, 1% are active in the comments and posts. I was a lurker with no info in my profile for well over a year before posting anything.

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Marc Nevin

Very good point - pretty sure I did the same, lurked then moved up to comments/reacts, then posts, be interesting to know what the average conversation rate/time is..?

Could try:

  • User endpoint -> capture dataset
  • Use articles data set + Users -> associate posts w/ user
  • Use 'date_joined' compared to article post dates to work out the conversion
  • Bonus points: Get comments for each post too -> compare too

Probably deserving of an IP ban at some point through the user capture though I imagine! :D