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A bit like free-to-plays, where only 1% of players spend money.

I hardly ever posted on Reddit but I would comment about as much as here. I'm trying to be the change I want to see in the world, so I'm posting a bit more.on the kbin.social NYC magazine (aka community). If you like or are interested in NYC, please visit and poat/comment!

@nyc@kbin.social

https://kbin.social/m/nyc

OK, I won't lie, I hear this all the time but I'm not convinced it's true.

Are there any real statistics on it which account for bit accounts? Like, if reddit claimed that 99% of its users don't make content, my immediate thought would be "how many users are real people and how many are bots?"

Well, I've never posted (yet), but commented a few times. More than on reddit, certainly! But overall, I do think that rule is going to hold. It creeps up all over the place. At this stage, I think it is just human nature at work and, as such, almost inevitable.

Commenting a lot more here like I used to in forum days. Most of the threads I read I post in.

I tried to make a post yesterday but it stalled out.

The reason I comment more now is because I want to participate and I'm taking 'the internet' less seriously. This isn't real life.

I would be really curious if this was the case prior to the advent of smartphones. Was the ratio the same on early USENET or BBS? It’s so much easier to lurk than participate from a smartphone keyboard.

I've never created a subreddit but created a magazine here! Scoping for content to help build our new home. I just figure that if you ditched reddit you're kinda obligated to pitch in on the new space, idk.

Even if you don't create a magazine, just share something interesting once in a while?

Why you gotta call me out like that? :D

I'm trying to comment more but posting... lol I probably don't have that much to contribute.

Definitely more active than before. But still unlikely to create many posts.

Mostly a creator, back when I used Twitter and Facebook I used it as a write only medium. On the fediverse I try to read some stuff also and participate by commenting and voting.

I am a big part a lurker, but I also create content sometimes

I'd say partway between participator and lurker. Sometimes I just don't really have a lot to say.

It's Zipf's law, there's no reason to think Lemmy follows a different distribution.

What's the percent that comments?

My first idea was "uh, interesting - why not do a poll for that?"

And then I noticed that would end up in some kind of lurker-paradox🤔

The people that lurk will not participate and skew the result.

I just comment. I'm not a creator. I also don't appreciate people reposting stale content. It was so obnoxious on Reddit. So I don't want to be one of those posters either.

Part of the reason is internet commentators are so mean to each other, and many of us users don’t want to be judged by someone? (Although extreme echo chamber is also a bad thing)

And only 1% of the 1% contribute meaningful content.

Surely a participator. I try to make usefula nd interesting comments. I will post when I have something worth saying/doing.

But, I'm not making memes or whatever constantly.

I would like to put together a bit for a sub, but I haven't made the time yet.

Looks like I’m in the one percent boys.

Mostly Lurking as I try and learn the new space, as I get more comfortable I plan on engaging more with the community