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[–] Sergio@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

I’m just surprised of the ratio between the rather large number of subscribers and noticeably smaller number of active contributors.

There's a saying that I'm trying to remember: something like, for every 1 poster/commenter, there are 9 people who only upvote/downvote, and another 99 who read but only lurk. It makes sense. I usually post or comment SOMEWHERE at least once a day, but there's a lot more stuff that I read but don't interact with. It would be exhausting to comment on everything I read. It also makes sense that there are people who just want to consume but don't feel they have anything to say anywhere.

Maybe it’s a mistake to separate them,

I get it... it makes sense to have a non-mod acccount so you can be like: "I am not speaking in my capacity as admin when I say...."