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Comment author: orange 09 April 2010 04:21:12AM 0 points [-]

Valid concern. I don't know how to get more people active, but it couldn't hurt to get more people aware of this community.

The more people you attract, the more likely some percentage of those people will continue to becoming active, contributing members. Everyone starts out as a visitor. Only a few of those end up becoming regulars. If you get more visitors, your regulars proportionally should rise.

Comment author: RobinZ 09 April 2010 05:13:43AM 0 points [-]

Contrariwise, the worse a first impression you leave, the fewer visitors will remain long enough to become regulars. It is not a priori obvious which effect is the stronger.