[drupal-devel] Community density

[Dan Robinson]

does the "node" analysis include comments?

Dan


> Hi - very interesting analysis!
>
> Another form of contribution is via the mailing
> lists - it might be interesting to look at posting
> distribution there, too.
>
> Another point -    I realize that Karoly wasn't
> trying deprecate the role of non-posters in
> the community, but it's probably worth emphasizing
> that the 'tail' of this distribution is an important
> part of this 'user-community', namely the users.
>
>     Perhaps we should think about ways to
> encourage the silent majority to contribute
> useful input?
>
>     I'm also thinking that we humans spend
> much of our lives 'consuming' before we
> start 'producing', and this is a typical
> behaviour when we are introduced to
> new contexts.  Lurking before posting
> is generally recommended etiquette.
>
>     So, it might be interesting to look at the
> distribution of 'lurking while waiting to post'
> times - the time between signing up and
> making the first posting.    This might help
> us to get a sense for the future growth
> of the community.
>
>    Nice work!
>
>    Djun
>
>
> On 6 May 2005, at 3:57 AM, Karoly Negyesi wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Last night I asked Steven to send me data about how many users have 1 
>> node,
>> 2 nodes and so on.
>>
>> Of the 22695 users, 18219 have zero nodes. This means that most of 
>> the users
>> are just commenting or not contributing at all.
>>
>> If we want to size the "hard core" of the community, there are 66 
>> users who
>> have written 25% of all nodes, they have at least 39 nodes and 78 
>> nodes in
>> average.
>>
>> A bigger circle is the 302 user who have written 50% of the nodes. 
>> They have
>> written at least 12 nodes, the average is 32 nodes. Given that the
>> definition of "belongs to the community" is a very subjective one, I 
>> say we
>> have a 300 user community which is real amazing. 22K, of course sounds
>> better, but those are not active.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> NK
>>
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