Re:Some users say they're getting rid of Fitbit because they...
by blaser-waffle on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @01:38PM
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See also: the 90-9-1 rule, aka the 1% Rule
"In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website actively create new content, while the other 99% of the participants only lurk. Variants include the 1–9–90 rule (sometimes 90–9–1 principle or the 89:10:1 ratio),[1] which states that in a collaborative website such as a wiki, 90% of the participants of a community only view content, 9% of the participants edit content, and 1% of the participants actively create new content."
"In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website actively create new content, while the other 99% of the participants only lurk. Variants include the 1–9–90 rule (sometimes 90–9–1 principle or the 89:10:1 ratio),[1] which states that in a collaborative website such as a wiki, 90% of the participants of a community only view content, 9% of the participants edit content, and 1% of the participants actively create new content."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture)
Point is, there may be a lot of eyes that see that post and are influenced by it, but make no posts or generate no discussion of their own.