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, 04:22, 7 March 2007→I doubt this letter will get results: Usability
:::You would be an excellent candidate for this <s>class</s> level if you're interested. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 15:15, 6 March 2007 (PST)
:::You would be an excellent candidate for this <s>class</s> level if you're interested. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 15:15, 6 March 2007 (PST)
::::I happen to think that we have as much a usability issue as an awareness issue. We have had about 150 users register an account (that is our base of "interested awareness"), but 80 of them have not made a single edit, another 35 have made less than 5 total edits, and only about 12 or 13 unique people have made more than 20 edits. If less than 10% of our registered accounts are really availing themselves of content creation, we are facing:
::::#An initial market of 90% "non-savvy" wiki coders
::::#A failure to communicate the benefits of listing content
::::#Not doing enough to "win back" dormant accounts
::::Take, for example, the fact that I have pitched Centiare to my 30+ MySpace friends, and probably 30+ additional e-mail friends. I think two people have registered from that communication, and neither of them have built out content. When I describe the site in person, for instance, at a party -- people seem to think it's a good idea. But ask them, "Have you ever edited Wikipedia?" and you get either "No, I've looked, but not edited" or "What's Wikipedia?".
::::I think we just have to keep plugging away until we hit that critical mass (hopefully close to simultaneously) when enough new businesses, organizations, people, and zealots want to be a part of Centiare every day; but those who are intimidated by "doing it yourself" will have a choice of paid assistants to serve them (a la MyWikiBiz or Page Creations). If wikis do start to take hold in the American office space, we will surely get more capable "do it yourself" users (and evangelists) from that realm. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 20:22, 6 March 2007 (PST)
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