When should I have posted this question?
April 9, 2011 9:40 AM Subscribe
Are there specific days and posting-times which you've found to attract the best possible answers from the great green mass, for particular types of questions?
Recently I posted a thread in which I asked people to help me think of dastardly crimes that supervillains might commit. I was thinking as I posted it that it was a bit of "a friday thread" - and fortunately enough it was Friday at the time. And the results were great!
I'm wondering if there's a flipside to that coin - that if I wanted some super-specific bit of technical info about wind turbines, I'd be best off posting it on a Wednesday morning, when the atmosphere is more serious? Or would posting then actually attract a student-and-freelance crowd, who could be asked about college choice and life without medical insurance?
I know the hive gives fantastic answers every hour of the week, but I suspect the 'Friday Thread' phenomenon is real, and I'd love to know what similar trends others had found.
Recently I posted a thread in which I asked people to help me think of dastardly crimes that supervillains might commit. I was thinking as I posted it that it was a bit of "a friday thread" - and fortunately enough it was Friday at the time. And the results were great!
I'm wondering if there's a flipside to that coin - that if I wanted some super-specific bit of technical info about wind turbines, I'd be best off posting it on a Wednesday morning, when the atmosphere is more serious? Or would posting then actually attract a student-and-freelance crowd, who could be asked about college choice and life without medical insurance?
I know the hive gives fantastic answers every hour of the week, but I suspect the 'Friday Thread' phenomenon is real, and I'd love to know what similar trends others had found.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This needs to be in MetaTalk, not here. It has also been discussed repeatedly in MeTa so you may find the old threads helpful. I added this to the Mod Explanations page on the wiki. -- jessamyn
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posted by EndsOfInvention at 9:43 AM on April 9, 2011