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I was hoping for some interesting analysis of how big projects like wikipedia and iNaturalist are often dominated by the contributions of surprisingly few indiv

I was hoping for some interesting analysis of how big projects like wikipedia and iNaturalist are often dominated by the contributions of surprisingly few individuals. Unfortunately this just seems to be thought piece about definitions washing up on the rocks of reality.

bawolff 4y ago
It also seems a bit unfair how the author dismisses people making small fixes. Its different work but still important work.
carom 4y ago
From the article. >I’ve written about this before [1] and gave some examples from Wikipedia, YouTube, Mastodon, and Tor. From that linked article. >On YouTube, 2 billion MAUs but only 15 million (0.75%) active creators >On Wikipedia, 39 million registered users but only 128 thousand (0.3%) active contributors >On Mastodon, 1 million active users but only 2 thousand (0.2%) instances >On Tor, 2.5 millions users but only 6 thousand (0.24%) relay servers So unfortunately your comment just seems to be a thought piece from someone who didn't really read the article. 1. https://staltz.com/some-people-want-to-run-their-own-servers.html https://staltz.com/some-people-want-to-run-their-own-servers...