[Web4lib] Interesting Web/Library 2.0 data (was particpation Skills for Library 2.0 Leaders)

[Mark Costa]

I would have to say that for Youtube and Flickr, they generate a tremendous
number of visits because people can imbed the image/video on another site.
That's a good way to drive non-contributory traffic to a site and skew the
ratio.

I am also interested to hear more about the Wikipedia statistics. I would
love to see the full contribution diagram, just to see if the Pareto
Principle holds even remotely true. Do 80% of their posts come from the top
20% of their users, with maybe the top 5% of users accounting for 70-75% of
the posts?


On 5/3/07, Hutchens, Chad <chutchens at montana.edu> wrote:
>
> Howdy folks,
>
> Well most everyone can clearly see that I'm a skeptic of Library 2.0.  That's
> fine.  This isssue needs to be debated.  I read some really interesting data
> today and I'd be interested in hearing everyone's responses.
>
> Take a look at this data about participatory posts on Web 2.0 sites:
>
> http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/live_blogging_t_1.html
>
> Chad Hutchens
> E-Resources Librarian
> Montana State University Libraries
>
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