For any given forum, the "we" making the claim is almost certainly correct. Most people on any given forum only lurk, so the people commenting are inherently "c

For any given forum, the "we" making the claim is almost certainly correct. Most people on any given forum only lurk, so the people commenting are inherently "contributing" more. Many lurkers will recognize your username, and you certainly contribute more to HN than them, so if you were to have made that claim in your comment you'd be correct. See: Participation inequality [0] and the 1% rule/90-9-1 rule[1] and the friendship paradox[2]. Re-reading your comment, I think you might actually mean that people commenting on random forums think they are the biggest contributors to <something off of the the forum>, which isn't nearly as certain. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participation_inequality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participation_inequality [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_paradox