90-9-1 Theory.
What the hell is that? Well here it is explained on wikipatterns.com
"The 90-9-1 theory explains the percentage of a wiki's participation, breaking it down as readers being the highest percent, with minor contributors composing the 9 percent and enthusiastic and active contributors composing 1 percent of the total participants in a wiki.
In his article titled Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute, Jakob Nielsen explores a phenomenon which affects most online, multi-user communities that rely on users to contribute. Participation Inequality is the tendency for most users to participate very little (if at all) and a few members of the community to account for a disproportionately large amount of the content and activity.
When studied, it was found that user participation generally follows a 90-9-1 Rule:
• 90% of users are "lurkers" (i.e. they read or browse but don't contribute)
• 9% of users contribute from time to time, but other priorities dominate their time
• 1% of users participate very often and account for most of the contributions"
Whenever anyone does a search on the internet most of the time a Wikipedia entry is very close if not the first result. Basically we get a lot of information about anything from that site. We are all guilty of what's explained in the 90-9-1 theory. Right now as you are reading this open another browser window and go to Wikipedia. Now type in "Pool Billiards" in the search field. Now read what is currently up on the site for that search. Is this sufficient? If so go on with your life, if not please contribute. "Why should I?" you might think. Well think about this, where else in the world is there a better collective of pool nerds/nuts/enthusiasts/pros/experts more than the AZBilliards.com community? Ok, now how many average people know what AZBilliards is? We all know the current state of the Game is not what we all wish and dream it could or should be. So if you've ever felt powerless to do anything about then this is your way to help. Everyone of us can do this one little thing and help the profile of the Game we love. We should as a whole "barrage" Wikipedia with everything we know about the game. And not just the general overall page about the game. Search for star player profiles and look for inaccuracies etc. Click on *anything* blue(link) that's a reference to something else related to the Game and see what's written on that page. Some of the one's I've found are simply pathetic. Fatten them up AZ'ers! Let's educate the rest of the world raise the profile of the Game we love.
ok rant over, not wagging a finger or on a high horse, just thinking of ways to help the Game.
kano
What the hell is that? Well here it is explained on wikipatterns.com
"The 90-9-1 theory explains the percentage of a wiki's participation, breaking it down as readers being the highest percent, with minor contributors composing the 9 percent and enthusiastic and active contributors composing 1 percent of the total participants in a wiki.
In his article titled Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute, Jakob Nielsen explores a phenomenon which affects most online, multi-user communities that rely on users to contribute. Participation Inequality is the tendency for most users to participate very little (if at all) and a few members of the community to account for a disproportionately large amount of the content and activity.
When studied, it was found that user participation generally follows a 90-9-1 Rule:
• 90% of users are "lurkers" (i.e. they read or browse but don't contribute)
• 9% of users contribute from time to time, but other priorities dominate their time
• 1% of users participate very often and account for most of the contributions"
Whenever anyone does a search on the internet most of the time a Wikipedia entry is very close if not the first result. Basically we get a lot of information about anything from that site. We are all guilty of what's explained in the 90-9-1 theory. Right now as you are reading this open another browser window and go to Wikipedia. Now type in "Pool Billiards" in the search field. Now read what is currently up on the site for that search. Is this sufficient? If so go on with your life, if not please contribute. "Why should I?" you might think. Well think about this, where else in the world is there a better collective of pool nerds/nuts/enthusiasts/pros/experts more than the AZBilliards.com community? Ok, now how many average people know what AZBilliards is? We all know the current state of the Game is not what we all wish and dream it could or should be. So if you've ever felt powerless to do anything about then this is your way to help. Everyone of us can do this one little thing and help the profile of the Game we love. We should as a whole "barrage" Wikipedia with everything we know about the game. And not just the general overall page about the game. Search for star player profiles and look for inaccuracies etc. Click on *anything* blue(link) that's a reference to something else related to the Game and see what's written on that page. Some of the one's I've found are simply pathetic. Fatten them up AZ'ers! Let's educate the rest of the world raise the profile of the Game we love.
ok rant over, not wagging a finger or on a high horse, just thinking of ways to help the Game.
kano
