Would this be useful at all?
The less AI the better, so I’d say no
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I think it’s more for the back end, which is incredibly complicated. Think it might also help with onboarding new users but I wasn’t sure - not that hardly anyone signs up any more
How could you have .5 of a sign up
Think that axis is in millions.
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Joke account
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Seems like this is a question for the admins (and mods) I particular
@aibot roll 1d6
I like its moxy. It’s hired!
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Very doubtful
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The weird thing with Discourse is that threads on here get zero visibility on Google, compared to the old site which did ok. There are no fish pun surprise hits on here.
Like if you search “how good are they really talking heads drownedinsound” you’ll get two results of the old site, one of a Morrissey forum complaining about our thread on him, and then some vaguely related stuff from Quora, Reddit, or other forums and sites. But Google doesn’t pick up these forums at all…
Pretty hard to attract any newcomers if they can’t find the site, but I’ve no idea why that is.
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My guess is that SEO hasn’t been given any thought (not that it necessarily should), though I do see og values in the header, so it’s not like there’s nothing
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Just you wait, those results are going to be completely different 6-8 weeks from now
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Like, something like this should at least draw you to the site, but finds nothing.
In the related searches, it’s literally all stuff from the old website.
Maybe we want to be off the grid, and that’s fine, obviously, but imho it would be nice if the community attracted new users and would help with e.g. the DiS podcast, Dissonance radio, future attempts to relaunch the site etc.
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Google’s crawlers don’t work that fast, hence my 6-8 weeks comment
there was also a February football thread last year
Another example… Have noticed for a long time that the threads are not showing up on google… but never got around to mentioning it
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Weird… Maybe this is something Discourse support can help with (if indeed Sean/others want more visibility for the site). Obviously, if it’s not possible to pick up the site with searches this specific, people are never going to land on it by chance…
Let’s ask the AI
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