* LinkedIn Alternative Graph Proposal
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Daily Number of Members (2-Week Moving Avg)
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New Members & New Requests (Avg. Daily Request to Join vs. Members Accepted)
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Total Culm Members
Total Members (Culm. Requests to Join vs. Members Accepted)
Existing Graphs
I propose refining the graphs Linked In uses todisplay data about the growth of a Linked Ingroup. The current version, above, shows just the number of members added on a particular date.This can be misleading if group owners take along time to add members after the date of therequest to join. How about showing both the number of mem-bers actually added, plus the number of peo-ple that request to join a group? This comparison reveals useful information. Itgives prospective group members a sense ofhow long it takes a group owner to add people,which indicates if the group is actively managedor not. The shorter the lag time between re-quests and acceptance the more actively theowner processes requests to join. In the top graph, rather than use the daily total,I use a rolling daily average. This makes it easi-er to see the growth trend over time.
Prepared with Tableau by: Bruce E. Segal [email protected]
Color Key for Both Graphs
Members Added to Group
Requests to Join Group
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