Spread the word. You need more users. Simply having the same people ask more questions is not sustainable and not a solution for giving the appearance of organic growth. You need more users.
##This site is running into two huge issues:
- Low Turnout
Less than half the people committed to the proposal showed up on the site. - Massive Voter Fraud
Unfortunately, a few users on the original proposal saw fit to create uncounted duplicate accounts to artificially inflate the interest in this site. We've since created tools to severely crack down on such activity, but in Area 51, there was no effective way to roll back the damage. But with so much good-faith, organic interest in the site, we decided to continue forward.
Typically we need about 150 questions in three weeks of private beta to be considered viable. I'm supposed to start the private beta evaluation this coming Tuesday (Jun 6th) and conclude the private beta a week later (6/13), but I may have to postpone the pro tem nomination thread because there isn't yet a large enough community signed on yet to support this site.
We've got 1-1/2 weeks left, so I'm not panicking yet, I just wanted to give you this heads up because oftentimes the excuse I hear is "I was waiting for the site to go public."
Spread the word — We need more users NOW.