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Perhaps related - The 1% Rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule?wprov=sfla1

> In Internet culture, the 1% rule is a general rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that only 1% of the users of a website add content, while the other 99% of the participants only lurk.



It would be nice if this could be quantified...given such a distribution is readily determinable and given websites already collect so much data anyway.


It can be, and is - but generally consider trade secrets and not disclosed.




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