Comments on: Use the new ap.com 2.0 superpowers: make a comment http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/use-the-new-apcom-20-superpowers-make-a-comment/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:30:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kristal L. Rosebrook http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/use-the-new-apcom-20-superpowers-make-a-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-35466 Kristal L. Rosebrook Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:39:09 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/use-the-new-apcom-20-superpowers-make-a-comment/#comment-35466 Good Posts Good Posts

]]> By: jose http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/use-the-new-apcom-20-superpowers-make-a-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-20137 jose Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:48:23 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/use-the-new-apcom-20-superpowers-make-a-comment/#comment-20137 "Have a fair portion of RSS subscribers commented?" This is a good question, but I don't think it can be answered... RSS subscrbers are anonymous. No way to link them back to their comments. “Have a fair portion of RSS subscribers commented?”
This is a good question, but I don’t think it can be answered… RSS subscrbers are anonymous. No way to link them back to their comments.

]]> By: mr. gunn http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/use-the-new-apcom-20-superpowers-make-a-comment/comment-page-1/#comment-20132 mr. gunn Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:26:58 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/use-the-new-apcom-20-superpowers-make-a-comment/#comment-20132 "But it seems that most users (yes, users, not readers) didn’t really take advantage of the new features." I see this claim a lot, and I've never totally sure how people measure this. It's not as simple as Unique visits/usage of features because skimmers, as opposed to return visitors or RSS subscribers, aren't even interested in contributing and shouldn't be included. Have a fair portion of RSS subscribers commented? I have a fair number of RSS subscribers, but not a great deal of comments on average. I don't know if this is really even a metric to worry about, though. “But it seems that most users (yes, users, not readers) didn’t really take advantage of the new features.”

I see this claim a lot, and I’ve never totally sure how people measure this. It’s not as simple as Unique visits/usage of features because skimmers, as opposed to return visitors or RSS subscribers, aren’t even interested in contributing and shouldn’t be included.

Have a fair portion of RSS subscribers commented?

I have a fair number of RSS subscribers, but not a great deal of comments on average. I don’t know if this is really even a metric to worry about, though.

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