On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Andrew Lih <andrew.lih(a)gmail.com> wrote:
3. Participation in the mailing list may be a
misleading indicator of
activity or interest, as other regional or specialized forums (eg.
Facebook, GLAM-oriented lists, etc) have emerged in recent years.
Let me second this. My department is thinking about community health
metrics (constructive suggestions welcome!), but I would not personally
propose mailing list participation (especially this list) as a good metric
- decreased participation here may reflect many, many things, only some of
which are actually negative.
Luis
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