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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by sverige on Friday January 11, 2019 @10:54AM (#18884330)
> The prolific commenters are molding the discussion in their image. ... In any case, there is a lack of diversity in general -- discussions are driven by the worldview of a few.

The most interesting point to me in TFA was the 99.8 - 0.2 - 0.0003 rate of lurkers, commenters, and prolific commenters. It's the 0.0003% who obsessively comment (or edit or play games or whatever) all day on anything and everything that I don't understand. I actually think 'insane' is not an unfair commentary on their behavior. They very often drown out the 0.2% who participate but not obsessively, and are often rewarded with special recognition and even 'untouchable' status on various sites.

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Re:Most of What We Read on the Internet is Written by Insane... by steveklabnik on Friday January 11, 2019 @11:12AM (#18884442)
> that I don't understand.

One of the examples in the post, Ninja, reportedly earns $500,000 per month for that twelve hours a day of streaming. So.

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