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Increase engagement
6 year(s) ago • 3186 views • 28 replies
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
While slowly coming towards 30% of people verified who have completed their profiles - how to get more people to complete their profiles AND to be more active on the site? Christian are you also looking at the data of how many users are using it daily / weekly / monthly etc...?
CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I think step 1 is for Jiu Jitsu to start again. When I said I had hoped for a few more months to work on the site before it would take off, a world wide pandemic was not what I hoped for, promise :D
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RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I think step 1 is for Jiu Jitsu to start again. When I said I had hoped for a few more months to work on the site before it would take off, a world wide pandemic was what I hoped for, promise :D
They are saying August here in Ontario
CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
The current situation taken into consideration, I feel like engagement is actually quite high. Maybe not in the forums, where it's very visible, but in general, many people are active in a wide range of areas. I think in particular training logging part could grow a lot once lockdown is over, it's showing a lot of potential already.
SCBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
They are saying August here in Ontario
Dammit. Im suppose to be up there for a seminar in next month and in June.... This blows !!!!
MGPurple beltVerified
DBBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
We're looking at September in The Netherlands...
Fubar.
In the meantime, let's hope the Italian soap opera & the Tatu Thead keeps us entertained.
Fubar.
In the meantime, let's hope the Italian soap opera & the Tatu Thead keeps us entertained.
LSBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
We're looking at September in The Netherlands... Fubar. In the meantime, let's hope the Italian soap opera & the Tatu Thead keeps us entertained.
Tatu is like my hair: non exsistant ;-)
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Tatu is like my hair: non exsistant ;-)
Yet his hair very much existing all over the world!
CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
By the way, I would say that with all the annoyed questions and rude emails we get from people who can not understand why they're not getting verified despite empty profiles or completely wrong / rejected verification photos, I actually think 30% completed profiles is an incredibly high number. Nobody reads ANY instructions while they ALL complain that the site is broken, they're wasting their time, it's asking too much, we're evil, trying to steal their money etc.
"WHY THE FUCK AM I NOT VERIFIED YET" is very common despite people having completely empty profiles or uploading no/random images as verification and then ignoring rejection notification and emails. I would say around 40% of all the verification selfies (holding up the handwritten note) contain no note but is just a picture. Common reaction to the one-line rejecting notification explaining exactly what to do, is that people don't read it, get angry and blame the site for being broken. It is not uncommon for someone to upload (and have rejected) the same selfie without a handwritten note 5-25 times, then give up.
My faith in the intelligence and patience of humanity has dropped significantly after building this website :D So 30% seems incredibly high :D
"WHY THE FUCK AM I NOT VERIFIED YET" is very common despite people having completely empty profiles or uploading no/random images as verification and then ignoring rejection notification and emails. I would say around 40% of all the verification selfies (holding up the handwritten note) contain no note but is just a picture. Common reaction to the one-line rejecting notification explaining exactly what to do, is that people don't read it, get angry and blame the site for being broken. It is not uncommon for someone to upload (and have rejected) the same selfie without a handwritten note 5-25 times, then give up.
My faith in the intelligence and patience of humanity has dropped significantly after building this website :D So 30% seems incredibly high :D
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JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I agree that this number can be considered good. However once verified, giving a few votes and then leaving... I guess it's fine for databases sake but I'd say One would need to strive towards ~30% of active community from verified members - that'd mean currently more than ~1000 users who are active weekly continuously.
CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I don't know, I think in general, engagement from people should be considered incredibly low. How many apps do you have on your phone that you almost never use? I think we're just the few odd ones who love to nerd in martial arts forums for 20 years :D
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I don't know, I think in general, engagement from people should be considered incredibly low. How many apps do you have on your phone that you almost never use? I think we're just the few odd ones who love to nerd in martial arts forums for 20 years :D
I am right here and I can hear you.. Lol
CHBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I think we're just the few odd ones who love to nerd in martial arts forums for 20 years :D
Covid-19 made me odd. Beltchecker is first forum that I have engaged in because some of you crack me up so thank you
DBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Covid-19 made me odd. Beltchecker is first forum that I have engaged in because some of you crack me up so thank you
Slippery slope. Prepare to waste hours of your work day debating important topics like "Blue belts can take on Mike Tyson" (circa 2001) or "Reaps are dangerous" (circa 2018 to now).
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Slippery slope. Prepare to waste hours of your work day debating important topics like 'Blue belts can take on Mike Tyson' (circa 2001) or 'Reaps are dangerous' (circa 2018 to now).
BuT cOuTUre vS tONey pROveD THat tHeY cAN!
DBBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Peer pressuring more folks from the gym to join is hard with the gym closed. I concur that there will be more engagement once people are using it to log training sessions and when we're trying to help verify the ranks of more people joining. Christian has done a lot of good work in making this site valuable outside just logging your promotions and I think if we're vocal to our friends about why we enjoy using the site they'll use it more themselves too.
CHBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Slippery slope. Prepare to waste hours of your work day debating important topics like 'Blue belts can take on Mike Tyson' (circa 2001) or 'Reaps are dangerous' (circa 2018 to now).
Haha I slipped down the slope when you took it personally with Deepak Rao
DBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Haha I slipped down the slope when you took it personally with Deepak Rao
Deepak Rao joining this site would be the solution to more engagement!
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SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Peer pressuring more folks from the gym to join is hard with the gym closed. I concur that there will be more engagement once people are using it to log training sessions and when we're trying to help verify the ranks of more people joining. Christian has done a lot of good work in making this site valuable outside just logging your promotions and I think if we're vocal to our friends about why we enjoy using the site they'll use it more themselves too.
Yeah, I'm still struggling to get my students on here, but I've managed at least a few. It's been cool to see how many black belts regularly post on the forum, I haven't seen that outside of The Underground before. So, Beltchecker has effectively developed a similar (perhaps even higher?) level of upper belt posting, but without the gross right-wing slant of The Underground: excellent! :D
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I guess I didn't stick around UG to witness it going political...
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I guess I didn't stick around UG to witness it going political...
Ha - it's always been that way as long as I can remember. I've been reading it for about 18 years now, IIRC. ;)
DBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Ha - it's always been that way as long as I can remember. I've been reading it for about 18 years now, IIRC. ;)
Truth. But not on the bjj forum.
DBBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Truth. But not on the bjj forum.
The David Jacobs Forum is a beacon of sanity in the cesspool that is the mma.tv
SJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Truth. But not on the bjj forum.
Sometimes leaks through, particularly the general Trumpy 'durr, those libtard snowflakes' type stuff. Like on some of the recent coronavirus posts, the usual right wing nutjobs have been spouting their typical nonsense.
But yeah, you're right in that it is MUCH worse outside of the BJJ bit.
But yeah, you're right in that it is MUCH worse outside of the BJJ bit.
DBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Sometimes leaks through, particularly the general Trumpy 'durr, those libtard snowflakes' type stuff. Like on some of the recent coronavirus posts, the usual right wing nutjobs have been spouting their typical nonsense. But yeah, you're right in that it is MUCH worse outside of the BJJ bit.
Yeah Corona and politics is pretty much inseparable sadly.
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Reading these last posts you'd get the impression that the ugliness of political affiliations are making a cameo on beltchecker Lol
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
99% completed profile verification rate! I think this news deserves MASS EMAIL to all registered users with non-completed profiles.
Also the increase is probably due to NEWER members being more meticulous with the verification process. I know there are people who joined in earlier days, got stuck and just didn't bother anymore - maybe it makes sense to poke them a bit :)
Something in me wanted to see the 15k / 5k split but it seems VERIFIED is growing past one third of registered!
Also the increase is probably due to NEWER members being more meticulous with the verification process. I know there are people who joined in earlier days, got stuck and just didn't bother anymore - maybe it makes sense to poke them a bit :)
Something in me wanted to see the 15k / 5k split but it seems VERIFIED is growing past one third of registered!
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CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
99% completed profile verification rate! I think this news deserves MASS EMAIL to all registered users with non-completed profiles. Also the increase is probably due to NEWER members being more meticulous with the verification process. I know there are people who joined in earlier days, got stuck and just didn't bother anymore - maybe it makes sense to poke them a bit :) Something in me wanted to see the 15k / 5k split but it seems VERIFIED is growing past one third of registered!
Already some reminder emails going out to non-completed/non-verified profiles, now and then :)
1/3 verified is actually pretty wild, that's very good!
1/3 verified is actually pretty wild, that's very good!
