http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/contributing Questions tagged with 'contributing' at Ask MetaFilter. Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:44:10 -0800 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:44:10 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/86861/Got%2Dany%2Dstats%2Don%2Dlurkers%2Dvs%2Dcontributors Are there any statistics available regarding the number of lurkers versus contributors on sites with community-generated content? I'm thinking primarily of social sites and wikis, but would appreciate data similar data about lurkers vs. commenters on sites with otherwise non-community-generated content. Even participation statistics on the metadata level, like song plays vs. song ratings would be helpful.<br> <br> <a href="http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2007/11/wikipedia-contribution-mass-or-elite-activity-the-question-answered/">The PDF about the relative contribution of Wikipedia "Elite" linked here</a> is a good example of the kind of data I'm having trouble finding. Do you remember seeing anything else like this? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86861 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:44:10 -0800 contributing lurking social statistics web20 wiki moift