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AlistairPugin
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Nov 09, 2017

The Tech Community, from zero to hero (100,000 users) in 12 months

I’ve been involved in the Microsoft community for the better part of 10 years, with my first engagement being that of the first SharePoint Saturday on the African continent, in South Africa, back in ...
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AlistairPugin
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Nov 09, 2017

Thanks Cian. Its been a great journey!

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Anonymous
Nov 09, 2017

You Can only love it!

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    Steven Collier
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    Nov 09, 2017
    /me wonders how long the homepage will take to load with 200,000 members.
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        Allen
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        Nov 09, 2017

        AnnaChu Steven Collier

         

        I certainly am, at the time of writing we have 93,913 members. With Microsoft Tech Summits coming up I expect us to exceed 100,000 members this year (possibly before the end of November). For me its not just about collecting members though and so we are working on a number of projects to improve Ideation (the Idea's boards), Ranking and Badges, social interaction (FB, Twitter etc.) and ease of use, to name but a few.

         

        One of the first parts of that was to make the site load quicker and so we have halved the time it takes for the slowest pages on the community to load. This will be an ongoing project as we evolve to ensure we keep all pages loading as quickly as possible, while still providing a compelling reason for you all to come back! 

         

        Our team of Community Managers, myself included, read every comment in the Info Centre will always endeavor to respond.

         

        I love to hear your feedback on things you would like to see improved or added, the best way to submit your feedback is via the Tech Community Idea's board.

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