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Finally, I'm a one percenter.

I'm finally part of the 1%!

I tend not to post often but I like to comment.

The only 1% I will ever be a part of 😅

1% rule: most people lurk, do you??

Me: 😶‍🌫️

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

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?"

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.

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.

Do comments count as content? If not, I think that percentage is a bit flawed, because I've read cool discussions here

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?

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🤔

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

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.

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

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

first day here, and it's too early to predict in which direction this will take off. i am hoping to create and post content around day-to-day happenings.

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

What's the percent that comments?

Depends on the community. I do comment more than I post.

Mostly lurk unless the discussion is something I feel I can add real value to with my own experiences\expertise. Likely 1 comment per year, like this one. Plus I don't vote on posts or comments.