I would guess the conversion rate for trying out a language from a Slashdot article (or anywhere, really) would be in the 1% range - I've noticed that HN articles only occasionally get a comment from someone trying out the mentioned article.
On Dec 30, 2016 12:22 PM, "horrido" <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > It would appear that my submission to Slashdot has been passed over. To my > knowledge, it hasn't been posted. > > It was out of date anyway. Today, my TechBeacon article surpassed 20,000 > views...weeks ahead of schedule! > > That's a lot of readers. I have no idea how many of them were convinced to > give Smalltalk a shot, but I imagine it has to be more than a few. Maybe a > couple of thousand? Maybe? > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Slashdot-Submission- > tp4928235p4928427.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
