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

[Steve Cisler]

I would differentiate among the kinds of postings.
This list has few discussions (such as the present
one) and many forwards from other web sites and lists.

Anyway, I think 'just viewing' is fine; I never liked
the term 'lurker' as if it were a less desirable
activity.  Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz coined the
term 'groupware' in the 70's and later did a study of
the dynamics of mailing lists on computer conferencing
traffic.  Too much vs. too little and how to sort of
smooth out the peaks and valleys to keep the
discussions going.

Steve

--- partha at bytesforall.org 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.
> 
> I don't know whether that can at all prove the rule
> of 1%. For example, ratio of my posting to this list
> can be 1-2% at best but at bytes for all forum I
> post about 40% of the mail.  So an individual can be
> reader, user, contributor, manipulator or
> distributor of information depending on time,
> situation and space. I think the Guardian should
> prepare the parameter based on 'users' rather than
> on any mailing list or website. For example, at BBC
> website I'm only a silent reader but I tend to
> forward interesting message from BBC to different
> lists and take part in discussion even in some
> private channels. How that is defined at 1% rule?
> Even when you buy-sell things at eBay or purchase
> your air ticket online, isn't that a contribution of
> information. I think we'd be victim of
> generalization if we say that most people don't
> contribute any content. In fact they do and they do
> it in their own preferred way. Any single person can
> have multiple roles at the same time. Anyway, my 2
> ce!
>  nts....
> 
> Partha
> 
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