I’ve been wondering for a while, was there any noticeable change in the number of posts on the bbs, with the pandemic? (I’m thinking that traffic would probably have increased, what with people being home more during lockdowns and such—and my own sense is that there’s a lot more posts now, and it’s harder to keep up now—but then again might it just be natural growth of the site, not necessarily pandemic-related?)
And another question— Could you clarify something that came up in a private conversation: For TL3, is there any requirement to read the authors’ posts on the BB site, or is it only about reading Replies here on the bbs/Discourse site?
Posts I don’t think so, but readers, definitely. According the the BBS’s own stats, anywhere from 50-100 thousand readers now read the BBS daily between registered and unregistered users (and ignoring webcrawlers, etc). It is a humbling number (and also a sign that @Mindysan33 teaches a lot more people than she realizes since like half the posts on here are hers!)
Nope. If we ever get subscriptions on BB proper I’d love to get a badge here on the BBS for subscribers, but that’s the extent of the crossover.
If a relevant fraction of those read and understood what I tried to contribute to the Coronavirus topic, I maybe should at least try to feel a little less like the above-mentioned stonier-than-thou rolly-polly guy.
It’s like finding out we’re not alone in the universe! Kind of dangerous information in a way. The bird site, IG, etc.- you know how exactly how big your audience is (potentially). Most people do behave differently when they know they’re being watched. For better or for worse!
Anyone know if oneboxing relies on Schema / Open Graph data, or if it has custom handlers for the big sites? In other words, is this Wikipedia’s fault or Discourse’s? (@codinghorror?)
