Don Dodge had apparently come up with the Conversation Index on his own, although he inverts the calculation:
[from Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: The Conversational Index for blogs]Note, I have calculated the number differently than Stowe, but the meaning and measurement is the same. Using my formula and Stowe's blog stats his blog has a CI of (71+31)/80=1.27. Stowe Boyd has several blogs, and is a very well known writer, so my guess is that these numbers are from one of his newer, and lesser known, blogs.
Hmmm. Since the arithmetic is barely a day old, I am willing to be swayed. I guess it makes more sense that as the conversation increases the ratio gets bigger. So I will switch over to Don's formula, instead of my first pass.
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