1% rule: 1% of users actively create new content, while the other 99% only lurk. - eviltoast

a.k.a. the 90–9–1 principle. Does the Fediverse follow this rule, or are there more creators here as early adopters? Are you a creator, a participator or a lurker?

  • Poob@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Consider the opposite. Every single person on the planet making 10 posts per day. It would be like Facebook on super meth.

    • killall-q@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Lurkers by definition have no impact, besides their potential to eventually become a creator/participant. Having a high ratio of voters/commenters to creators is more important to surface quality content.

    • Dioxy@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      On super meth, we would’ve needed volunteers to TL:DR; everything. On /r/stims, the comment section tends to be quite lengthy