I think the impact of HHVM rollout hasn't tested on new user survival rate [1] they might become very active later.
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Surviving_new_editor Best On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:14 PM Ori Livneh <o...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 1:26 AM, Tim Starling <tstarl...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > On 22/02/16 18:45, Erik Moeller wrote: > > > The numbers for "very active editors" appear to have stabilized at a > > > slightly higher level than previously. I can't find any firm > > > conclusion on what has caused this in Wikimedia's public > > > communications, but the HHVM rollout, long-planned and implemented in > > > December 2014 under Ori Livneh's leadership seems like a plausible > > > hypothesis: > > > > > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/29/how-we-made-editing-wikipedia-twice-as-fast/ > > > > I don't think it is plausible, given the data collected at: > > > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:HHVM_newcomer_engagement_experiment > > > > > > > 25,000 new users were put into an HHVM bucket, so the whole site was > > twice as fast for them. Then they were tracked for a week. There was > > no improvement in engagement or productivity. > > > > Erik is supposing the impact was felt by highly-active editors, a > hypothesis which was not tested by this experiment. Few users become active > editors; few active editors become very active; and few very active editors > become very active in their first week as registered users, which is all > that the experiment considered -- the activity of new users during their > first week. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>