TIL about the 1-9-90 rule, which states that in general only 1% of internet users actively create and post new content, 9% contribute occasionally, and 90% are lurkers consuming content. Do you think this remains true for nostr?
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I want to think it’s more than 1% who create but I think it’s true. Lurking is a thing ha?! People don’t engage.. just passively consume. Crazy how big that number is.
100%.
But the ratios are slightly more balanced the smaller the community.
For example a group chat of 15 friends will always have lurkers, but it’s definitely not 90%
Yes
So true
Yea I think the term “lurker” is funny 😄 but “content consumer” may be a better descriptor. I believe the numbers are just a generalized reference, and likely shift a bit depending on which platform, etc. But it’s an interesting data point as someone who likes to create and post things.
Good point
Seems to be for sure
For sure. That’s why I encourage people to create - the benefits are massive
you can change the tech but not humanity
0.00001% of nostriches are zappers, and 99.9999% are likers.
Lurker here
Do my dick pic count as contribution to nostr? 🤔
Yes. I occasionally create just to feel alive.
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Reply guy from the 9% reporting for duty sir 🫡
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The 1% of the 0.1%
Part of the 9% checking in!
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I often think about this. We have no visibility over how many people view our posts without interacting with them.
I did the same thing for quite a while when I was on twitter
Do you consider replying as content creation? Cuz im more in the reply guy piece of the pie.
Proud lurker
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I’m proud of you for engaging 😂🫡
Doing my part 🫡
Damn, I gotta quit shit posting. I just assumed nobody is really here to see it.
This is pretty interesting. I think I am probably about 10% Creator, 40% contributor and 50% lurkapotomous. I mean lurking is so much fun and requires so little effort. 🤪
Soon it will become the 0.01-0.09-0.9-99 rule with AI taking up the 99%.
I also think many people can be classified into all those categories at once, depending on the subject matter.
I may be a creator/contributor for one subject matter, but a lurker for another subject matter because either I don't have a strong opinion or because I don't consider myself a subject matter expert in that area despite my interest in it.
Did you create this pie chart?
No it’s from Wikipedia
Yes this is true. Which makes the 40000 users work. We’re like 400 creating notes 😂
You might conclude the pattern is the same with literature, art, film, radio, and TV
Does that mean that NPC theory is right , and only 10% are sentient to some extent and not just are decoration/texture to this matrix ? 🤔
yes