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CaldeiraG

07:00

Congrats to all new moderators! :) @ifconfig @JacobB @Daniil

Morning also!

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Jacob B

08:00

@CaldeiraG Thanks!

user435118

@CaldeiraG Thanks :)

CaldeiraG

you're welcome :)

user435118

08:32

@Tinkeringbell As you mod IPS beta, do you have any ideas as to how to bring more traffic to Drones specifically from search engines? As we have 0% search engine traffic right now...

Tinkeringbell

@Daniil Pfft... That's a hard question! I'm not too familiar with SEO, but I think it helps if your questions/answers use the right words (the ones people use when they look things up) and tags probably help too...

(I'm also not sure if the search engine traffic indicator is all that accurate... )

user435118

Is it normal to have around 2 q’s a day at this stage in beta?

user435118

You are also pro-tempore on IPS, right?

Tinkeringbell

Yep!

Old fashioned pro-temp even... appointed instead of elected.

I think that's not too bad, if it's consistently 2 questions.

user435118

Also how do I get the icon for the meta site?

user435118

08:41

cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/drones/img/apple-touch-icon.png Is for the main site

Tinkeringbell

Pfft, is today hard-questions-day?! :P

just put meta in the url XD

(figured that out because I found meta.stackexchange.com/q/280163/369802 on MSE)

user435118

Oh, I tried drones-meta, thanks :)

Tinkeringbell

Yeah, that was too fancy :) You're welcome :)

user435118

09:44

As promised:

user435118

May 15 at 19:26, by Daniil

@Tinkeringbell I'll create an SE only email

user435118

[email protected]

user435118

I am now contactable there for moderation issues anyone wants to discuss privately ^

Feeds

10:11

Daniil has added ifconfig to the list of this room's owners.

Daniil has added Jacob B to the list of this room's owners.

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Spevacus

13:00

Saw a small typo in your profile description as I was... uh... totally not stalking you, @Daniil - Contacble for private moderation issues at: [email protected].

user435118

@Spevacus Thanks, should I be concerned? :)

user435118

@Spevacus You interested in Drones? Just saw you had an account here but no posts...

Spevacus

13:20

@Daniil Of course >:) And I'm not much of a drone enthusiast. I've not really participated, I came to the site because I saw the private beta launch and I wanted to see how it went. You and many others took immediate charge and spearheaded its launch, I like seeing that :)

I might try submitting some suggested edits or perhaps answering easier questions, but overall, I'm not too knowledgeable on the subject. If I get an opportunity to ask a good question, I'll do so, though. The site needs some traffic!

user435118

looks how to escalate the user to a CM :)

Spevacus

Hahaha. puts hands up

user435118

Agreed, I wanted to suggest if you could ask some questions that would be great.

Spevacus

I'll see if I can come up with a few. ;)

Also, nice chat room name. Whose idea was it?

user435118

Um...

user435118

13:22

Give me a sec

user435118

ifconfig's

user435118

A: What should the name of our main chatroom be?

I'm all for the name Droning on or some variation thereof. Derived from @TinkeringBell's suggestion in the room.

Spevacus

Heh, nice.

user435118

Yeah, I've been wondering how to get more traffic

user435118

For people to come here instead of some other drone forum

Spevacus

13:25

Well, from an aerial (heh) standpoint, more content in general increases visibility if someone searches keywords in google that're similar to your question's language. That's why leaving duplicates around is so nice.

user435118

I've tried to advertise on some popular drone forums but they removed my post as 'spam' :(

Spevacus

For example, if I searched in google, "drones LiPo batteries puff up", I might be directed to this question

It's all just about how much content is available to search through.

Ask ANY programming question, and chances are, someone's made a question about it on SO.

If you happen to have a common question you know the answer to, and it's not asked and answered here, don't be afraid to drop your knowledge Q&A style in the form of asking then answering your own question.

user435118

Maybe we can get some recently/popular asked questions of Drone forums, adapt them and post them here?

user435118

@CaptainJ.LPicard In line with that, I recommend you to un-delete your post... drones.stackexchange.com/q/1096/149

user435118

To have more question search terms, even though it is a dupe. I don't want to undelete it for you, it's your choice :)

user435118

13:34

@Spevacus What do you think about the Maybe we can get some recently/popular asked questions... idea

Spevacus

Ummm... If it's legitimately made and not plagiarized, it could be a decent idea.

I might ask someone else though. I'm no expert :)

user435118

Not saying to copy the question, just the general idea of the question

user435118

@ifconfig ^

wizzwizz4

13:48

@Daniil It kind of is spam, though. I tend to wait until the site has something really interesting and unique, and then post that – but only if I'd have posted it if I didn't have the affiliation.

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