http://www.rogerd.net/articles/unwise-crowds-digg SEO, Community Building, Marketing Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 http://www.rogerd.net/articles/unwise-crowds-digg#comment-3314 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:56:28 +0000 http://www.rogerd.net/articles/unwise-crowds-digg#comment-3314 [...] Communities tend to need a small number of very active members to interact with a much larger number of less active participants to create a vibrant community. For example, we recently described the tiny, tiny number of Digg members who are responsible for two thirds of that site’s front page stories. If you look at many communities, you’ll find a core group who does a disproportionate share of the posting. While not all sites are as concentrated as Digg.com, most are much skewed than Pareto’s 80/20 rule would suggest. [...] […] Communities tend to need a small number of very active members to interact with a much larger number of less active participants to create a vibrant community. For example, we recently described the tiny, tiny number of Digg members who are responsible for two thirds of that site’s front page stories. If you look at many communities, you’ll find a core group who does a disproportionate share of the posting. While not all sites are as concentrated as Digg.com, most are much skewed than Pareto’s 80/20 rule would suggest. […]

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