FHIR Chat · how to describe zulip? Any stats?

Stream: Zulip

Topic: how to describe zulip? Any stats?

Isaac Vetter (Apr 16 2020 at 15:51):

Hi!

Do we have any easily accessible stats around the community's use of chat.fhir.org, e.g. number of registered users, number of streams, number of daily posts, number of posts ever? Looking for some hard data to illustrate the importance of the tool to the FHIR community.

Isaac Vetter (Apr 16 2020 at 15:51):

I'm describing zulip, something like the following:

chat.fhir.org is the beating heart of the FHIR community. Where else can anyone ask a question about FHIR or CDS Hooks and have a world-class expert like Bryn Rhodes or Graham or Lloyd McKenzie answer, often right away. With over 11,000 registered users, this chat server spans practically every time zone, even simply searching through previous discussions yields a wealth of questions answered and explains previous decisions. It’s a vital tool for the FHIR community and enables rapid, collaborative, design -- a highly relevent and recent example is the collaboration between developers to design FHIR’s response to the need for COVID-19 capacity reporting.

it’s a bit meta, but to illustrate -- I actually asked on chat.fhir.org to get stats about usage -- And Lloyd responded to me! :smile:

Any suggestions, feedback?

Lloyd McKenzie (Apr 16 2020 at 16:10):

For #1 - see https://chat.fhir.org/stats

Lloyd McKenzie (Apr 16 2020 at 16:11):

For #2 - it's also a treasure trove of past questions and discussion to better understand past decisions

Isaac Vetter (Apr 16 2020 at 16:18):

Thank you, Lloyd, that was exactly what I was looking for. Above paragraph updated. Also, only 57% of zulip traffic is on public streams! I was surprised by that.