Time Magazine asks: Who is Really Participating in Web 2.0?

This article in Time Magazine looks at the folks who actually provide, comment on, or edit the content that drives the social web.

One important observation is the small proportion of users who upload or edit content on social news websites, as opposed to those who merely visit and view the sites. Pareto’s famous 80-20 law doesn’t apply to the social web; the proportion of users who contribute content is far smaller.