On: YC Annual Letter 2017

[kevinmannix]

I am sure there are many more lurkers than active participants

[minimaxir → kevinmannix]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture)

[TeMPOraL → kevinmannix]

This is true of pretty much any Internet community, so not that surprising.

[justinhensley → TeMPOraL]

I think it's especially true here though due to HN's crowd sourced quality control. The rules are largely adhered to by the user base as well, and it's not just an agree/disagree button.

[fabrice_d → kevinmannix]

For sure, with 6,000 comments and 350,000 daily users.