Comments on: Social Media – Participation Rates Much Lower Than We Thought… http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/07/social-media-participation-rates-much-lower-than-we-thought/ The online home for Mark Cahill, and indeed, all things Cahill! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Cahill http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/07/social-media-participation-rates-much-lower-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Mark Cahill Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:51:46 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=546#comment-520 Right - I really am just looking at the ratio of Creators/Critics to the other groups. I see creators and critics as the active forces in the site, the "answer people" who provide the real benefit. The spectators, inactives, etc. in my experience vastly outnumber the creators and critics, as your numbers suggest, even among the younger users. I'm not tempted to start pulling my numbers apart. The only issue is that most of my spectators aren't registered, so it's hard to separate them from the unqualified traffic of search engines, spambots, etc. Right – I really am just looking at the ratio of Creators/Critics to the other groups. I see creators and critics as the active forces in the site, the “answer people” who provide the real benefit.

The spectators, inactives, etc. in my experience vastly outnumber the creators and critics, as your numbers suggest, even among the younger users.

I’m not tempted to start pulling my numbers apart. The only issue is that most of my spectators aren’t registered, so it’s hard to separate them from the unqualified traffic of search engines, spambots, etc.

]]> By: Jeremiah owyang http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/07/social-media-participation-rates-much-lower-than-we-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Jeremiah owyang Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:51:07 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=546#comment-519 Actually Web Participation rates vary, some are VERY active it depends on the demographic market Go check out the profile tool I linked to from my post, you'll see that people participate in many different ways: Creators Critics Collectors Joiners Spectators and Inactives Actually Web Participation rates vary, some are VERY active it depends on the demographic market

Go check out the profile tool I linked to from my post, you’ll see that people participate in many different ways:

Creators
Critics
Collectors
Joiners
Spectators
and Inactives

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