<incom> FW: [bytesforall_readers] What is the 1% rule?

[Trebor Scholz]

As Geert mentions it is perhaps not surprising that the moderators post
more to drive things ahead. But there are plenty of examples of lists
where facilitators do not post more than others (i.e. Spectre). It¹s
also not too astonishing that, I think, only an average of 15% of people
on a list actually post to it. Could a consistent, fairly narrow topical
orientation of a list be a reason of engagement of small groups of those
who are subscribed? 
  
I¹d be curious to learn, however, who makes up the other 51% on this
list. What¹s the ratio between subscribed women and those who post, for
example? (We had a brief discussion about the same issue on the iDC
list.) Another aspect is the content of posts (e.g. announcements vs.
debate).  

What are the reasons for the non-participation of whole segments of list
members? By participation I mean actual posting: reading the list and
spreading the word are helpful activities but they don¹t add to the
communal value of a forum.  

best,
Trebor Scholz 

PS:
The thread that I refer to is called ³Where have all the women gone?²
http://mailman.thing.net/pipermail/idc/2006-July/thread.html

  

>On 23-Jul-06, at 4:47 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity: What's the ratio on this list?
>>
>>> It's an emerging rule of thumb that suggests that if you get a  
>>> group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will  
>>> "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the  
>>> other 89 will just view it.
>
>My filtered email folder for incom from March 22/04 to date (28  
>months) has approx. 1302 messages on file (That's "approx" because If  
>I forwarded something to someone and they replied to me personally  
>without altering the subject heading it would still filter to my  
>folder.  I didn't check throughly for those).
>
>39% of the subscribers (148 of a total of 383) posted at least once.
>
>Only three people, Zehle, Gurstein and Lovink, (0.8% of subscribers)  
>accounted for 49% of postings (639 postings out of 1302).
>
>Garth Graham
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