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Lefty G Balogh

16:22

@Helmar I just checked, apparently, while in private beta, you can no longer join the site. Only those who have committed can log in. So it is up to us now to get the Question rate up to 10 a day.

Considering the number of people who are committed, it is about 10 a month for each and every one of us.

Helmar

@LeftyGBalogh No, it's possible

David Vogel

@LeftyGBalogh Yes, people can still join in private beta. You can either send them an invitation email from the form at the right of the site page or direct them to the Area51 site where they can just click on the site link and set up an account (if needed) and join.

Helmar

just go to area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/101439/… in incognito mode

the visit site and then signup

Anyways, we don't need to reach 10/day to leave private beta

That's to leave public beta

Currently we just need to create enough high-quality questions that the site looks viable to the Community Managers

David Vogel

@Helmar Yeah, I was wondering where that quota of 150 question in private beta came from. Is that how many questions are needed total before going to public beta?

Helmar

@DavidVogel There are some—undisclosed—metrics that have to be there after about three weeks.

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