this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
1978 points (99.8% liked)

Technology

59593 readers
3380 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
1978
1% rule: 1% of users actively create new content, while the other 99% only lurk. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 year ago by miles@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world
506 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you follow OP's link, the wiki suggests another rule that I think is more accurate. The 1–9–90 rule. 1% create new content, 9% (including you and me) contribute, and 90% lurk.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen it described as such:

10 percent of a site's users bother to make a user ID, and ten percent of those people actually contribute.

[–] JeffCraig@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wikipedia is a different concept though.

This is social media. Wiki is information. I come here to share thoughts, but I only go to wiki to find data.

Almost everyone on social media posts random bullshit. That's why there are tons and tons of comments on every post.

Things like reddit and Lemmy probably have at least 50% participation from their daily active users.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

This rule precedes Wikipedia and originally applies to you things like BBS boards and the like.

I believe it about Reddit. Most people show up and browse /r/all. That's why spez freaked out about big subreddits like pics and ELI5 going NSFW. Those are the biggest eyeball magnets, regularly appearing on the main site.

Some users learn that they can subscribe to specific content and make accounts only for that purpose. A few actually make the effort to submit posts and comments.