ScribbleHere Statistics
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ScribbleHere got of off to a quick start thanks to Yahoo’s gallery publicity. I was curious to see what effect this would have on the site, and what would happen once I was dropped from the front page. I was only on the front page for a couple of days, but the data/feedback was very helpful. Here’s a bunch of graphs for your perusal.
So far I’m pretty happy. I’ve noticed a few important things:
- People are pretty unimpressed with the simplicity of the site. It seems like “customers” are pretty unforgiving ;)
- The system isn’t getting any real use yet. I think this is more an indication of the people flowing through the site so far coming mainly from Yahoo! Gallery.
- Users want to play with the thing. Internet usage can fall in to three categories: communication, information, entertainment. This tool is a communication tool, but I think people passing through the site are after entertainment. I will need to hedge my bets a bit better.
- The site doesn’t lend itself to exploration. The front page is very much “all or nothing”, in other words, “if you don’t have a use for this, then move along”. I’ll sort this out.
- People are shy! I’ve had a few users flow through from blog comments I’ve left asking comment readers to speak to me about my comments - but no one wants to chat. I assure you, the Internet is much more fun when it’s read/write! Despite the “interactive” nature of the Internet, I still think there is very much a “watching TV” type of mind set out there.
One thing that is very exciting to me is how information is revealed bits at a time. I carry the philosophy that “I know I don’t know everything”, and I am always looking for that stuff that I know I don’t know. Unfortunately interpolation can only take me so far. The rest is very much hit or miss :) Anyway, I’m off to roll the dice…
