c.pfaffenbichler wrote:
I have the impression that participation is not what it used to be.
We've had the stats engine disabled for a while (and I'm sure you all noticed the huge performance improvement! ) so I can't talk about the long-term trend; but this week the Photoshop section had a daily average of 43,000 views, 22 new questions, 103 new replies and 2 'likes'.
The PS section overall has 26,000 topics, 24,000 with responses and 5000 marked as correct. On average it takes 1 day for a correct/helpful response to be posted. That's a pretty typical ratio for the popular areas of the site.
Of course some of the really obscure areas get no experts visiting, and some places don't tend to get "questions" as much as general chatter.