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

[Garth Graham]

Because of interdependencies, the observer's role is never passive or  
neutral.  There are no lurkers.  I have always believed that, if I am  
differently informed as a consequence of experiencing the stories in  
a social network (even as pared down a network as a list), then that  
makes a difference in the other social networks I inhabit.  When  
there's a difference that makes a difference in the social particle -  
me - that makes waves in the social net.

Garth Graham


On 25-Jul-06, at 10:12 AM, Steve Cisler wrote:

> ......, I think 'just viewing' is fine; I never liked
> the term 'lurker' as if it were a less desirable
> activity.
>
> --- partha at bytesforall.org wrote:
>
>> .... 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.