I wonder if there is anything similar available for Perl Monks?
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Re: Perl Monks in numbers? (flat)
by tye (Sage) on Nov 04, 2012 at 23:51 UTC | |
Nodes per month was roughly flat for PerlMonks since the start of 2001, and extra flat since the start of 2010. I have little clue how closely this related to the popularity of Perl more broadly. There was a hump of growth across 2001-2006, with the end of 2005 and all of 2006 being a slow decline to a level about the same as the start of 2001. This was followed by a slow climb that peaked with a burst of spam around Aug 2009 which was followed by a shorter decline. Things have been quite flat since then except for maybe a recent growth in the rate at which new users sign up. Those two humps were relatively small compared to the baseline rate but since 2010 the rate has stayed very close to that baseline so the last 2.5 years has an average a little lower than most prior years. I put up a chart as well. The lines represent To be clear, "root" includes all of "sopw" but does not include categorized questions (those root nodes are only included in "catqa"). - tye | [reply] |
by talexb (Chancellor) on Nov 05, 2012 at 17:01 UTC | |
Really intriguing .. I hope you keep this up, I love to see long-ranging statistics like this. I know that my involvement in Perlmonks varies wildly -- sometimes I'm far too caught up in stuff to visit, sometimes I need a break more often from what I'm doing and need to come visit again. And sometimes I'm chasing down a technical problem and need help. My guess is that there were a lot of people starting to use Perl, but the user base has solidified and no longer needs to post about the usual questions, as Perlmonks has a good base of knowledge that can be searched. Which leads me to the logical next question, which is, How much is the search function used over the same time period. Are there stats about that? | [reply] |
Re: Perl Monks in numbers?
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Nov 05, 2012 at 06:28 UTC | |
As a hobby, I record the number of votes received by the best nodes of the month and year at Re: Selected best nodes - nothing recent, why? (Node Reputation Ranges Over the Years). As you can see from that node, while there was a significant drop around 2009, the number of votes for best nodes of the month/year has been stable for the past year. That said, the pre-2009 glory days, when all twenty best nodes of the year were 100+ and a really good node garnered over 200 votes, appear to be over. I speculate without proof that we lost quite a few users (e.g. brian d foy) after the "hacked catastrophe of 2009" -- which may partly explain the drop in votes received by the best nodes of the month/year around that time. Changes to the Perl monks levels/voting may also have had an impact. See also:
Update: later nodes on similar topics:
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by tye (Sage) on Nov 05, 2012 at 07:41 UTC | |
Voting rose quickly from "none" to "peak" from Mar 2000 through Mar 2002. It stayed peaked throughout most of 2002 through most of 2005, oscillating between 100k and 120k votes per month (following a yearly cycle with the lower rates in Nov-Feb). The last I won't upload a chart, but I'll include the data: Read more... (2 kB)
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Re: Perl Monks in numbers?
by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 04, 2012 at 19:24 UTC | |
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Re: Perl Monks in numbers?
by beartham (Novice) on Mar 09, 2018 at 19:01 UTC | |
Is this not a bigger issue than just the PerlMonks? Why is such a wonderful medium like Perl waning in the orthodox software community at all, compared to the tower of babel we have in this community? I am an initiate, zero on your PerlMonks scale. Yet I have been developing Perl applications for 23 years. I am now focused on becoming a Monk, to raise a much bigger collaborative opportunity for Perl and its community. I want to dialog about it. But my first attempt at introducing the subject has been bounced by your "tough beans" algorithm, so I am exploring other ways of opening a discussion. | [reply] |
by davies (Prior) on Mar 09, 2018 at 19:45 UTC | |
"Tough beans" usually means that you are trying to read something reserved for members of groups with special powers. I'm not a member of any of them, so I can't give definitive information, but getting membership of things like PMDevs or gods seems to be far more dependent on skill and dedication than on time as a monk. Regards, John Davies | [reply] |
by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Mar 09, 2018 at 20:12 UTC | |
Welcome back, beartham, to PerlMonks. davies already explained about the tough beans, and that skill and dedication are the ticket to internal groups like SiteDocClan in PerlMonks. If you mean to join one of those, you have to ask as they cannot guess what you want to do. Cheers, Sören Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere. | [reply] |
by choroba (Cardinal) on Mar 10, 2018 at 08:37 UTC | |
For new users, a post might be rejected if it contains external links. Did your post contain any? Can you include the contents to your scratchpad if it can't be posted anywhere else?
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