No standards that I know of, but given the possibility of vacations, sabbaticals, and emergencies... emailing each week for 4-6 weeks seems like a good start. Did you email one or many authors? You find also explore the Bluesky # SciComment feed where such activities are discussed.
Sep 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Jacky's homepage on the DARPA-created, commerically-available Web. - Jacky Alciné
In your Web browser, of course. And not all of me; that'd be weird! You're using Firefox, right? You can catch up by email with 112 other folks, on a social network in the Meta, commonly known as Facebook, Threads, Blacksky in the Atmosphere or X, commonly known as Twitter as I continue to share and work on all things towards history, open digital technology, culture — and everything in between. I write essays of varying length; most recently I wrote "On the Notion of Shutting the Fuck up". I keep notes weekly and (near) daily links. Here's what I use on the regular.
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I started hosting "writing clubs" from @z-space.ca every 2 weeks, and I also usually set weekly writing accountabilities (e.g. this week my goal is two 15 min sessions during the week) for a men's group I'm part of which provides a healthy dose of social pressure/accountability.
Here is some standard.site docs stats. There may be imperfections in this data but it's interesting nonetheless ~3,820 weekly active authors ~2,200 daily active authors (58% of WAA post any given weekday) 73% day-over-day retention among daily posters Net author growth of ~+200/day
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