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Comment author: Lumifer 21 May 2015 07:54:58PM *  2 points [-]

...we're not having Eternal September, that suggests we're doing something right ... It's important to get through to normal people.

Eternal September is normal people.

(It's a bit more selective than Soylent Green).

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 22 May 2015 01:13:20PM 0 points [-]

No, Eternal September is being overwhelmed by clueless noobs.

If the pace of growth is moderate enough that newbies acculturate before their population dominates, then you don't enter that condition.

Comment author: Lumifer 22 May 2015 02:55:13PM 1 point [-]

No, Eternal September is being overwhelmed by clueless noobs.

I think we're in broad agreement :-D but let me stress the Eternal part...

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