Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Power Law of Participation


Power Law of Participation
Originally uploaded by Ross Mayfield.
How many forwarded messages (via sms and email) move around on any given day? I find that practice in the middle of the graph. Is that a reflection of engagement levels of people in our loop? (Do I hear "Whatever!"?)

2 comments:

Joel said...

Now if only I can connect this to Robert Greene and Joost Elffers' 48 Laws of Power :)

Joel said...

But more seriously, Jean Burgess posits a "use of participation" framework. Should make deeper sense in the context of political economy.