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> on average, everything I post online is being read by a minimum of 99 people... There are also big differences within this 1%. Even among the people who writ

> on average, everything I post online is being read by a minimum of 99 people... There are also big differences within this 1%. Even among the people who write regularly, there is probably a tiny minority that generates most of the text. Imagine people with no life, spending each day at least 10 hours online, typing without thinking too much, which allows them to post at least one comment each minute... doing this for years. Your comments are mostly lost in this ocean.

cycloptic 7y ago
On Twitter that still seems to be a bad problem but it's less so here. Those types tend to say the same things over and over again and get dismissed or downvoted. Unless there are posters on HN that just happen to be 100x more interesting than everyone else... are there? :)
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  The Leaders list notes high-karma HN contributors. There are many notable accounts, from leaders and experts in the community, who don't make that list. Popularity and prolificity are not measures of quality.