Percentage of users who start by asking / answering
Community participation can begin either by creating a new discussion (posting a question) or by joining an existing discussion (posting an answer).
Question answered by the metric
What percentage of users begin their community participation by asking / answering?
Steps to measure
To calculate the percentage of users who start by asking / answering, one needs to do the following.
- For a given time period, find all users who created their first post in the community.
- Count the number of those whose first post was a question / an answer.
- Divide the number of users who started participating with a question / an answer by the total number of first-time users.
- Multiply the result by 100 to get the percentage.
Interpretation
The higher the value of this metric, the more attention should be paid to users who begin their participation in the community by posting a question / an answer.