Umm.. wrong one percent. Gosh, this is awkward.
Now you are going to tell me this isn't Jacob Marley?
I am part of the one percent. Well, most of the time I'm not but right now I am. Without me you have nothing! Nothing!
Wait, you know to which one percent I'm referring, right? No, this has nothing to do with Occupy Hatteras. This is quite different. It's the One percent principle which
.. states that the number of people who create content on the Internet represents approximately 1% (or less) of the people actually viewing that content (for example, for every person who posts on a forum, generally about 99 other people are viewing that forum but not posting).
The "90–9–1" version of this rule states that 1% of people create content, 9% edit or modify that content, and 90% view the content without contributing.
While I'm the one percent here, I am the 90-99% in most of my internet travels. For some web sites, I prefer to lurk and enjoy the contributions of others, many of whom are quite clever, literate and put forth interesting ideas. For others, say, news sites or Youtube, the audience participation seems to be more centered around those who SHOUT THE LOUDEST yet almost invariably have the most ill-informed and inflexible opinions. If I even read those comments, I feel like I've been wallowing in mud or worse and just want to wash it all off me.
At this point, you are probably expecting the "we need you so step forward" speech. Wait for it, wait....wait for it...
