[Corpora-List] how many subscribers are there on corpora-list?

[Leon Derczynski]

On 21 August 2013 14:23, John F Sowa <sowa at bestweb.net> wrote:

> On 8/21/2013 7:08 AM, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
>
>> The single number doesn't mean anything.
>>
>
> I agree with that statement.  What I believe people want to know is
> the impact of various lists relative to other methods of sharing
> their thoughts with colleagues in related fields.
>
> The simple answer is that nobody really knows how to measure impact
> in any absolute sense.  Even relative impact is extremely difficult
> to measure.  And any numbers that are generated are suspect.
>
>
> On 8/21/2013 6:24 AM, Hieu Hoang wrote:
>
>> imo, it is an imperfect but useful bit of information to gauge the
>> relative popularity of the mailing list. In Oct 2010, i asked the same
>> question for some popular NLP/SMT mailing list:
>>      Corpora list : 3600
>>      EAMT - 792
>>      Moses - 630
>>
>
> But what is the relative percentage of email that subscribers actually
> (a) read, (b) delete within N seconds of being opened, (c) do anything
> about -- such as reply to, click on a URL, use as a starting point for
> further searches, etc. ?
>
>
As with all email lists, (a) is typically a fairly stable function of:

- list age (which we know)
- list quality (it's opt-in and highly specialised, so likely very high;
certainly comparable to e.g. EAMT, Moses lists)
- list member count (the unknown)

(b), and its counterpart (b1) - open the mail, vary depending on the
subject line and time of day.

(c) is often only really useful to measure per-email, because the factors
that govern what one does with an email depend on that particular email;
the action rate of a list when there are multiple senders on diverse
subtopics is not too useful to know.


Leon
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