# Forum launch - how did we do? **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Announcements\ **Tags:** community, data\ **Created:** [September 25, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091 "2023-09-25T14:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gwmngilfen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gwmngilfen/32/6_2.png) [@gwmngilfen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091/1 "2023-09-25T14:17:33Z")
Well, _that_ was a busy couple of weeks! 😀 🥳 Time for a round up **and a couple of important changes** ([see below](#action)) This forum is now (publicly) over 2 weeks old (using [the blog announcement](https://www.ansible.com/blog/welcome-to-the-new-ansible-community-forum) as the start time), so I thought it would be a good moment to update you on how that went, the feedback we’ve had, and what’s coming up next. Let’s dive in! ## 📈 Launch stats Launching a new thing is hard - there’s so much competition for our attention these days. In that context, I am **beyond delighted** with the interest & uptake in our new platform. Here’s a few graphs: ![Pageviews per day](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/6659828bf9ca55404b60077deca8170c6005622f.png) ![Posts per day](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/f12a6476c25b0599321f5ea128653f02c4143cbc.png) ![Daily engaged users](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/9405c67daf5dfb698b9832315b7dcfb3427d07a4.png) The first is pageviews - not the best metric, I know, but one that is _directly_ comparable to Reddit, and amazingly we got **one quarter** of our Reddit traffic over the same period. Frankly, I had to recheck my figures for that - the Reddit site has been around for years and has thousands of subscribers and this is brand-new, so 100k pageviews (per month, pro-rata) is huge. The second is posts-per-day, and the third is “daily enagaged users” which counts people who Like a post as well as those who actually write something. Obviously there’s a spike at launch, but I’m pleased to see the sustained level through the rest of the period - having 30-40 regular daily visitors at this stage is a good sign for the future. I went and added up the number of posts on the old `ansible-project` mailing list in the same period (by hand, yuck) and I _think_ (because I might have miscounted) that we’ve had around **300-400% more posts** than over there. Again, for the first two weeks, that’s a strong indication that this tool is wanted by a sizeable part of the community. Speaking of size - right now there are somewhere above **600 people** signed up! Hopefully you’re all finding your way around (and please [contact us](#forum-guide-feedback) if you’re struggling) and we’re starting to see the first batch of users getting their promotions to Trust Level 1 (and even 2 for some super keen people). So, **thank you to everyone for your involvement**! 🙇‍♂️ 💕 ## 🛠 Changes so far (and upcoming) With such a large influx has come some **excellent feedback** 📣 ✍ so let’s take a look at the changes! - [Groups](https://forum.ansible.com/g) are coming along quickly, with many parts of the project getting their dev group together. - Check them out and [request new ones if you need one](http://forum.ansible.com/t/requesting-a-forum-group/503/12) - Tags have had a cleanup and should be more usable now - please do tag your posts! - We’ve introduced the [User of the Week badge](http://forum.ansible.com/t/user-of-the-week/806) to recognise people who are active in the forum. We have [2 winners so far](http://forum.ansible.com/badges/107/user-of-the-week-2023), will you be next? 😛 **Important changes** - these might be something you want to alter! - @jbericat pointed out that [a couple of the defaults were not great](http://forum.ansible.com/t/default-tracking-vs-watching-for-replies-on-a-topic/1086) for replies and notifications - in particular _replies to topics you replied to_ don’t notify you directly (although they are marked with a number in the sidebar, eg “2 unread”). **I’ve changed that now, so you may get more notifications than before** - you can change it back in your own settings [here](http://forum.ansible.com/my/preferences/tracking) - Related, I’ve also updated the Events category to be Tracked by default - visibility of things the community is doing near you is (hopefully) worth being told about. This won’t generate notifications but it will add unread topics to the side bar. Again, [you can change this for yourself](http://forum.ansible.com/my/preferences/tracking) if you prefer! ## ↗ Upcoming things - More groups! - The [Steering Committee](http://forum.ansible.com/g/SteeringCommittee?asc=true) is looking to move it’s discussions & voting here (discuss [on GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/273)) - [AWX](http://forum.ansible.com/g/AWX?asc=true) is investigating their next steps here too - More events! - We’re already seeing good traction for things like [the Contributor Summit](http://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-contributor-summit-durham-2023/28) in October - I’m hearing that more #meetup groups might be getting going soon 😉 🎉 -Working groups are setting up their #meeting agendas - Accessibility - @jillr raised some excellent points in [this topic](http://forum.ansible.com/t/site-wide-reduced-or-disabled-motion-settings/390) and we’re working with CDCK (our hosts) on this - Integrations - we’re already pushing notifications to our Matrix chat rooms, but there’s more we can do here (send me your ideas!) - [Badges](https://forum.ansible.com/badges)! Oh, so many badges to give out - recognition for community efforts is something we want to do, and we’ve settled on using _this_ place to do so. We’ve already created our first, and there will be more to come (the [Fedora badge system](https://badges.fedoraproject.org/) is a great example of how this can work, and I like us to do something similar) ## 🍰 Thank you! ❤ I’ve launched a whole bunch of community initiatives over the years, and **nothing has ever taken off like this**. Thank you all _so much_ for being here at the start - now **go spread the word**. Invite your colleagues (did you know you get a [badge](http://forum.ansible.com/badges/26/campaigner) for that?), post about it in your circles … let’s make _this_ the place to discuss Ansible! Onwards! (and let me know your thoughts below 😛) ---
**Author:** ![IPvSean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ipvsean/32/1153_2.png) [@IPvSean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/IPvSean)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091/2 "2023-09-25T14:26:32Z")
I am loving the gamification of everything. You all are doing a great job 🙌 ---
**Author:** ![iyami5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/iyami5/32/3449_2.png) [@iyami5](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iyami5)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091/3 "2023-09-25T14:34:46Z")
this is so awesome and I’m happy to see. ---
**Author:** ![sean\_sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sean_sullivan/32/274_2.png) [@sean\_sullivan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sean_sullivan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091/4 "2023-09-25T14:39:29Z")
Awesome, I know it likely spiked the first week, but I see this as a snowball, as more and more users move conversations here. ---
**Author:** ![jbericat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jbericat/32/627_2.png) [@jbericat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jbericat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/forum-launch-how-did-we-do/1091/5 "2023-09-25T15:36:25Z")
Absolutely loving it! And not only is the best place for discussing Ansible, but the people here are incredibly friendly also ❤