Comments on: 1% Rule does not apply here… http://frontporchforum.com/blog/2007/10/30/1-rule-does-not-apply-here/ ... about community within neighborhoods and Front Porch Forum. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:22:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael http://frontporchforum.com/blog/2007/10/30/1-rule-does-not-apply-here/#comment-86296 Michael Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:30:33 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/2007/10/30/1-rule-does-not-apply-here/#comment-86296 Thanks Ben. As with most things internet, it's a bit apples to oranges. Front Porch Forum hosts online neighborhood forums, open only to the folks who live within the geographic boundaries. So the universe is the total number of households. In the case mentioned above about 90% of the households subscribe out of 350 possible. Half of those -- about 160 -- posted a message to the neighborhood forum in the past six months. Also, 98% of survey respondents reported reading or skimming every issue. Thanks Ben. As with most things internet, it’s a bit apples to oranges.

Front Porch Forum hosts online neighborhood forums, open only to the folks who live within the geographic boundaries. So the universe is the total number of households.

In the case mentioned above about 90% of the households subscribe out of 350 possible. Half of those — about 160 — posted a message to the neighborhood forum in the past six months. Also, 98% of survey respondents reported reading or skimming every issue.

]]> By: Ben McConnell http://frontporchforum.com/blog/2007/10/30/1-rule-does-not-apply-here/#comment-86274 Ben McConnell Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:10:17 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/2007/10/30/1-rule-does-not-apply-here/#comment-86274 Hiya Michael, Great to hear that your community seems to be beating the odds. The formula we used for the 1% Rule is: 1. Determine the total number of individuals who have created *new* content to a defined website or area of a website during a given period, such as one or two months, as opposed to people who have responded to existing content. 2. Determine the total number of visitors to that defined website for the same given period. 3. Divide the first number into the second number to get the percentage of new-content creators. The 1% Rule is all about the typically small number of people who create or contribute new stuff. The synthesizers -- people who respond to existing content -- is often about 10% of the total number of visitors. Hiya Michael,

Great to hear that your community seems to be beating the odds. The formula we used for the 1% Rule is:

1. Determine the total number of individuals who have created *new* content to a defined website or area of a website during a given period, such as one or two months, as opposed to people who have responded to existing content.
2. Determine the total number of visitors to that defined website for the same given period.
3. Divide the first number into the second number to get the percentage of new-content creators.

The 1% Rule is all about the typically small number of people who create or contribute new stuff.

The synthesizers — people who respond to existing content — is often about 10% of the total number of visitors.

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