Hoi.
I had a look at the youtube video. Really important in this context is the
presentation by Dario. In it he shows how editing is taking of from mobile
users using tablets. This is a recent shift but the implication as I see it
that working on better tooling for mobile / tablet editors will get us more
results.
If anything, it shows that the work done to get people to edit from mobiles
take its time to have an effect.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 24 August 2014 03:55, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is there a list somewhere of all currently active
Foundation
initiatives for attracting and retaining active editors? I am only
aware of the one project, "Task Recommendations," to try to encourage
editors who have made a few edits to make more, described starting at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbZ1uWoKEg&t=60m20s
I am not worried about pageviews at all, given that the trend is as
constant as it has ever been when mobile users are added in to the
total. Sadly, the greater number of mobile users appears to be harming
active editor numbers beyond their already dismal trend, so it would
be nice to have an idea of exactly how much effort the Foundation is
applying to its only strategic goal which it is not achieved, and has
not ever achieved. I am amazed that so much more effort continues to
be applied to the other goals, all of which have always been met
through to the present. What does this state of affairs say about the
Foundation leadership's ability to prioritize?
Is there any evidence at all that anyone in the Foundation is
interested in any kind of change which would make non-editors more
inclined to edit, or empower editors with social factors which might
provide more time, economic power, or other means to enable them to
edit more?
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