From: Myf (mySociety) > Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:16 AM Subject: [DW-X] mySociety research papers To: Hello Exchangers, The purpose of this list is to share learnings about what does and doesn’t work in the digital democracy space - and today we at mySociety are putting out a pair of warts-and-all detailed looks at two of our core websites. We commissioned an academic researcher, Tobias Escher, to compile evaluation reports on two of our major sites, TheyWorkForYou.com and WriteToThem.com, looking in detail at user numbers, socio-economic breakdown, political involvement and many other factors. He also looked in depth at where our traffic comes from and what causes its fluctuations. Some of the news is good, some certainly isn’t. But it’s all there, and I hope those of you who care about this field will find them of some use. You can find the reports at [bit.ly] Cheers, Myf Nixon mySociety