webuser.co.uk— The majority of web users don't participate online, preferring just to passively read information presented to them, according to new research.
Apr 18, 2006View in Crawl 4
Me neither. Pretty much everything I'd want to say is said by someone else. If there's something special I feel they missed, I speak up and say it. ;) Who needs to post just to see their own post?
Yup. I've worked professionally in online forums for 23 years (that's long before your consumer internet, kids) and the average I've long seen is about 1 out of 60 people will ever post in any online message medium.While places such as this are vibrant communities, the truth is 98% of the people out there are uninterested in contributing which limits sites such as Digg from ever becoming really huge and mainstream and is the consternation of forums everywhere. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just the way things are and trust me, I've really tried to move the needle on my current employer's site which has tens of millions of users. Most people just want to clicky clicky.
I used only ever to operate in a read only mode: not participate socially. I have been like this for probably 6 or 7 years at least. Then two months ago I got broadband. I now have to restrain myself from posting stuff all the time. I know other people dont really care about my opinion, but now I get this feeling that if I have the opportunity to be heard, however small- i should voice it.It really pisses me off sometimes...
This is on a *UK* website and the intro text reads "Although 92 per cent of *European* websites surveyed ..."Not sure if this theory is universal - we need to know what percentage of overall web users are in Europe to make such an assumption.
Almost 50% participation is actually a huge number.25% that participate in competitions.25% that participate in blogs.(These numbers are within jupiterrecearch accuracy)That would make me a 'silent surfer' as I do neither, I only search for information I can use and companies to contact, but I am quite active at that. I think they need to define better the meaning of 'silent surfer'.
gmailgeoffApr 18, 2006
Me neither. Pretty much everything I'd want to say is said by someone else. If there's something special I feel they missed, I speak up and say it. ;) Who needs to post just to see their own post?
711grooveApr 18, 2006
Digg. I was going to post exactly the same thing.
mrlost117Apr 19, 2006
but, you really are passive... just not now
cmbjoApr 19, 2006
what I like about this post is that it collected so many silent lurks' comments!!move ahead guys!
betonaApr 19, 2006
Yup. I've worked professionally in online forums for 23 years (that's long before your consumer internet, kids) and the average I've long seen is about 1 out of 60 people will ever post in any online message medium.While places such as this are vibrant communities, the truth is 98% of the people out there are uninterested in contributing which limits sites such as Digg from ever becoming really huge and mainstream and is the consternation of forums everywhere. Not that that's a bad thing, it's just the way things are and trust me, I've really tried to move the needle on my current employer's site which has tens of millions of users. Most people just want to clicky clicky.
fgidangeresqueApr 20, 2006
I used only ever to operate in a read only mode: not participate socially. I have been like this for probably 6 or 7 years at least. Then two months ago I got broadband. I now have to restrain myself from posting stuff all the time. I know other people dont really care about my opinion, but now I get this feeling that if I have the opportunity to be heard, however small- i should voice it.It really pisses me off sometimes...
fcarcamoApr 21, 2006
This is on a *UK* website and the intro text reads "Although 92 per cent of *European* websites surveyed ..."Not sure if this theory is universal - we need to know what percentage of overall web users are in Europe to make such an assumption.
hlynurDec 4, 2006
Almost 50% participation is actually a huge number.25% that participate in competitions.25% that participate in blogs.(These numbers are within jupiterrecearch accuracy)That would make me a 'silent surfer' as I do neither, I only search for information I can use and companies to contact, but I am quite active at that. I think they need to define better the meaning of 'silent surfer'.