Site announcements and information discussion

I was just checking the site stats and it’s great to see the Mansion still doing well:) Active users: [[Image: 1 users active.jpg]](the referenced community page) Posts count: [[Image: 1 posts.jpg]](the referenced community page) Likes on posts: [[Image: 1 post likes.jpg]](the referenced community page) Threads: (If anyone knows, I’d love to hear what happened in late 2013!:) ) [[Image: 1 threads.jpg]](the referenced community page) Conversations: [[Image: 1 conversations.jpg]](the referenced community page) The community Twitter account has surpassed 10,000 followers now, with 34% from the US and 21% from the UK: [[Image: map.jpg]](the referenced community page)

Slow and steady wins the race. Or rather, it shows the site is growing consistently. It’s pleasant to see an upward trend. Obviously that’s better than going down. The top three graphs are quite telling in my view. The number of new threads seems fairly constant. I’m not entirely sure what that implies yet. However, the increasing post count suggests people are engaging with discussions. So I’d argue both thread quality and discussion depth have improved. With all that said, Lucy deserves credit for her hard work in making these improvements. It’s clear from the graphs that results are materializing. That being said, I believe sticking to a slow-and-steady approach without overhauling everything is wise. Keep refining what works, then add more enhancements gradually. As someone who doesn’t love constant change, posting updates sometimes makes me wince slightly. But sensible changes that maintain improvement are definitely good. So again, kudos to Lucy and I look forward to seeing how things keep getting better.

Onward and upward