Lurkers online

[scottish]

is it just me that doesn't follow that

if I join a community I always register and take part in it typically, even if i do drift on and off I'll always usually go on and post and actively take part.

Don't think I've ever just looked over a forum and never joined/discussed.

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One example:

A large 2005 study of radical Jihadist forums by Akil N Awan found 87% of users had never posted on the forums, 13% had posted at least once, 5% had posted 50 or more times, and only 1% had posted 500 or more times.
@scottish;

radical jihadist... I wonder why most of them don't post? :s lol

[LiquidLuck.]

I sometimes just join a community because there is one thing that interests me. For example I joined this Avril Lavigne fansite just because I wanted to know if her clothing line was still selling. PMed a forum members and haven't logged in since. Haha I also joined Habbo in the summer of 2011 and only became active one year later because back then it had no interest to me. I still have no idea why I bothered in 2012 but glad I did

[lawrawrrr]

Creators would probably be those of us that are known on the forum. Most of the people in this thread I guess - but we're mostly not creators since Habbox began as many of us joined 4/5 years into its history.

That percentage doesn't surprise me, I lurk on quite a few forums and websites, and I think this is to be said for quite a few people here and elsewhere, it is hard to establish an identity in a new place.


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[LiquidLuck.]

radical jihadist... I wonder why most of them don't post? :s lol

Lol it was one example that I found, maybe not a very good one but still. Look at Habbox: ''Members 66,478 / Active Members 1,462'', plus the amount of guests that we have daily.. Don't really want to do the maths but seems pretty accurate.

[Kyle]

I would put creators as those that are generating discussion and contributors as those that join in with the discussion generated.
and yes i know how to spell creator lmao

i would be interested in further research on this topic that isn't about hate groups

[scottish]

A lot of people have left over the years though, maybe not 64k but quite a lot

Others were banned, others joined because they needed a word to get a free furni in a HxL giveaway etc

[LiquidLuck.]

Yeah but apart from those who were banned or just left but actually contributed to the forum, the people who joined because they needed a word to get a free furni in a giveaway are still considered lurkers in this case because they didn't contribute at all for the creation of new content around the site.

[Kyle]

no i would consider lurkers people who lurk and don't post, not those who signed up but never contributed due to not being around to do so. there are a lot of sulake staff that would be classed as lurkers, most forum members would b contributors and creators would be people like immenseman or tara who are capable of creating topics that a lot of users are interested in discussing

everybody make 1 thread tomorrow and become a creator

[Kardan]

So, anyone want to try and make this apply to the HabboxWiki?

[LiquidLuck.]

no i would consider lurkers people who lurk and don't post, not those who signed up but never contributed due to not being around to do so. there are a lot of sulake staff that would be classed as lurkers, most forum members would b contributors and creators would be people like immenseman or tara who are capable of creating topics that a lot of users are interested in discussing

everybody make 1 thread tomorrow and become a creator

Where would you put those who have created accounts but have not posted then?

So, anyone want to try and make this apply to the HabboxWiki?

What do you mean? Are you saying this because a lot of people are contributing to the HabboxWiki?