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Question: And one more: I've noticed that bug reports from users with low message count are addressed more readily. Is this an accurate observation? Do you prioritize bug reports from new users or users who are not habitual forum lurkers? If you don't, how'd you explain my observation?
Asked by Asking (162.19.99.x) on August 28 2025, 10:41am
Reply on August 28 2025, 12:38pm:
    It doesn't consciously factor in. If your observation is in fact true (I haven't measured it), then I would also say that correlation does not imply causation.

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  • Posted by Asking (141.94.171.x) on August 28 2025, 1:52pm:
    Some stats from the latest release: total addressed bug reports as per the change log - 26, BRs from users with single/double digit message count - 10, from users with a few hundred posts, mostly below 200 but all under 500 - 8, the share in the BRs total is 69%

  • Posted by Justin on August 28 2025, 3:57pm:
    how many users are there on the forum with single/double digit message count? how many reports by each were unaddressed? lots of factors lol

  • Posted by Asking (37.59.18.x) on August 28 2025, 9:14pm:
    As far as the number of unaddressed BRs from such users is concerned my assumption is it would be low or 0, because the lower the message count the lower the probability of multiple bug reports from a user, unless all s/he does on the forum is report bugs

  • Posted by Justin on August 29 2025, 12:55am:
    anyway the point was that the stats you gave need a lot more context. also a lot of feedback into updates comes from the high message count users contributing feedback to the pre-release cycle, often which doesn't end up referenced in the changelog because the update is a higher level one

  • Posted by Mespotine (185.142.181.x) on August 29 2025, 8:42am:
    In addition to that, making stats from one release's changelog is a too small samplesize. It could be a just a coincidence for this release.

  • Posted by Asking (141.94.110.x) on August 29 2025, 1:04pm:
    Hardly a coincidence because it's only the example which is based on the latest release while the observation was made a while ago. Well, maybe the phenomenon (if it does have basis in reality) is limited to explicit bug reports posted in the BR sub-forum, at least this is what may be tracked and where it may be noticed.

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