Only time will tell. Each SE site has certain expectations they must live up to, and if they don't then they get the axe. Your observation that we don't have enough people here is spot on, and ultimately that is what leads to the demise of most SE sites that don't make it. If anyone has any suggestions on how we can increase the number of regular site visitors, then please share that with us. Thanks!
There are five specific criteria they use to measure the success of each site, and we are doing "okay" in 3 of the 5. Below is a current summary, but this link will allow you to monitor our status in real time moving forward.
- Questions per day - Currently at 2.9, 15 per day is considered a healthy beta.
- Percentage answered - Currently at 94%, which is excellent, with 90% the goal.
- Number of users - Currently have 112 avid and 938 total. This is considered okay, but we need 150 users with 200+ rep (we have 112), 10 users with 2000+ rep (we have 89), and 5 users with 3000+ rep (we have 3).
- Answer ratio - Currently at 1.9, but the goal is 2.5 answers per question.
- Visits per day - Currently at 341, and the goal is 1500.
The first and last items both need a LOT of work, while the others are acceptable. If we can't improve considerably on the two bad ones, then this site will end up being dropped along with the others that didn't meet expectations.
BTW - We have some people who are close to crossing over into the higher thresholds, but they cna't get there if we don't have folks voting up their answers/questions. There are a lot of things we can do to get all our numbers up, and if we don't then we are going to lose the site.