The 10:1 ratio

MickeyLumbo · 12-03-2005, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lashbear

I myself made sure to view this thread 9 times before I posted.

damn, it sure is good to have your clever posts here again.

(now i shall read my own post several times before moving on)

Alex · 12-03-2005, 10:14 PM

It makes sense. The 80/20 rules (in general form) pops up in a lot of places. For example, it was a handy ruleof thumb back in my academic research days that 20% of academic papers accounted for 80% of academic cites.

Similarly, in looking at the various useage statistics over the years for message boards, I think it has roughly followed that about 5% of active users account for about 85% of all posts. Similarly is is very close to accuratethat about 20% of the people who post on MousePadin a given day account for more than 80% of all the posts that day. Since all the people not posting are presumably still reading, the 10:1 ratio you generally see isn't surprising to me.

I'd have thought it might be a little lower on LoT since it is a smaller board more socially connected.

tracilicious · 12-03-2005, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I'd have thought it might be a little lower on LoT since it is a smaller board more socially connected.

I often view threads that I post to more than once. So I post once, then view the thread as others post to it, but I may not post again. So maybe I post once, but view it nine more times.

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-05-2005, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by tracilicious

I often view threads that I post to more than once. So I post once, then view the thread as others post to it, but I may not post again. So maybe I post once, but view it nine more times.

I think this accounts for more viewings than we'd think. There are some threads that I love checking and barely post in.

12-03-2005, 10:14 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It makes sense. The 80/20 rules (in general form) pops up in a lot of places. For example, it was a handy ruleof thumb back in my academic research days that 20% of academic papers accounted for 80% of academic cites. Similarly, in looking at the various useage statistics over the years for message boards, I think it has roughly followed that about 5% of active users account for about 85% of all posts. Similarly is is very close to accuratethat about 20% of the people who post on MousePadin a given day account for more than 80% of all the posts that day. Since all the people not posting are presumably still reading, the 10:1 ratio you generally see isn't surprising to me. I'd have thought it might be a little lower on LoT since it is a smaller board more socially connected.
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