Nanakuli Village Center

The effort to determine their own destiny in Nanakuli is paying off. Waianae Coast residents want to obtain self-governance, and independence from the city and state's oversight specially after the horrible example of the Rail Mess.

"Sometimes pain has become part of your life and you can't remember when it began. Then one day you move far away from where you lived and you begin to feel something strange, simply because you had been accustomed to the pain. And now you realize - You're happy."

After many years of intensive community-based planning, the Nanakuli Hawaiian Homestead Community Association (NHHCA) with the help of Hawaiian Community Development Board (HCDB) is developing a major “village center” project that will include a multipurpose learning center, a 48-unit affordable rental housing complex, a Waianae Comp satellite health clinic with an affordable drug pharmacy, a large renal clinic and a commercial center with Longs Drugs as the anchor tenant.

The beautiful Articulated Bus. Can you imagine if they would have

replaced the #40 cattle cars with these? Paradise could have been

here but the Ivory Towers got to make the bread, Fred.

This exciting community development project which will be ideally located on a 13.57 acre site centrally located in the Nanakuli Hawaiian homesteading community (adjacent to the Nanaikapono Elementary School, Ka Waihona Charter School and the YET Boys & Girls Club).

"My Little Grass Shack" by Melveen Leed

Possibly 3000 less cars on the freeways to and from Honolulu. Though maybe half will be residents of Ewa Beach, Kapolei and Honokai Hale. They will still be lucky. In the morning they will be going to work when most of the cars will be going in the opposite direction. In the evening they will be going home when most of the cars will be going the other way. Got it good both ways. And minimum wage in Nanakuli is worth ten times what it is worth in Honolulu. And for some of us, "I coulda got home in 20 minutes."

Let's Dance

By Benjamin Murakami, Palolo Valley

If you are young enough (preschool) you can dance without music, or if you are in one of the disciplines for dancing where the music is not required. Many of the young, teens and early twenties, need a drum beat to give the dance some rhythm and they do very well with it.

"The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

Fads come and go with the drum beats. But for the ordinary everyday social dancers, their entire dance world needs the music first. And it so happens that it is some of the most beautiful music the world has ever created. Then they can dance to it and move to the music. Waltz, Rumba, Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Salsa, Tango etc.

And it is done in the way they feel it and that is all that is needed. It is not according to any of the million or so advisors on dancing out there will point out the "correct" way. That is where the first great separation has come in dance. The "correct" styling - once anyone crosses over into that line, it is something else. But if they are in that game then they are playing by different rules and it could be appropriate to admire those that are good at it.

"The Wonderful World Of The Young" by Andy Williams

Most people can tell the good dancers in any dance in the Night clubs or social dances, simply because the dancers are able to allow the body to move to the music the way it wants to. They can hold their hands out at a 46 degree angle or 47 degree angle, and not necessarily 45 degree angle and look just fine with it because the rhythm is fundamental. Cloning was never a goal.

The freedom to dance in the accepted social style is most evident in the small night club dances and the small dance groups throughout the islands. Advice? Copying? Naturally and West Oahu seems to be in the forefront of this action in spite of the Rail Catastrophe. At this moment we just need the new night clubs that are coming and the New Dance Clubs that will be forming. And away we go.

"This Nearly Was Mine." by Victor Silvester

No one knows this better than the older dance teachers in American style of dance. They have seen the changes in the last years. And most of the social dancers have been with their fellow dance teachers, good and bad, mostly with very good results.

"Dancing washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

But those changes have been nothing like the arrival of the International style about 40 years ago. At one time there was a social dance club in Hawaii with close to three thousand members. International has insisted that the distinction should be made and I think we should agree with them on that. We are different.

Ben

Getting Straight

Gradually we are meeting more dancers that may not be perfect and they are willing to be helped with the social publicity we can gather and we are proportionally getting more local readers/dancers daily. Our readership in the Neighbor Islands is growing too.

"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."

Our destination points definitely extend in that direction and there are many adjustments that must be made in the coming year. We are going to get information contributors that will feel the freedom to give us their honest opinions and photos to go with them. And then we are going to have the best damn blogs in the Pacific. And they will be Social Media.

"Allegheny Moon" by Patti Page

At one time we had one of the best, Timothy Cubero, in West Oahu blogs that really came across as an expression of a person's own personal viewpoint or opinion, without anyone else to edit. I don't know what happened to him, he just disappeared. I expect more independent opinions and the outside control will be less.

"People with one track minds often have derailed trains of thought."

DRD Presents two Standard Workshops by Artem Plakhotnyi and Inna Berlizyeva.

Blackpool International Standard Rising Stars Champions Artem Plakhotnyi and Inna Berlizyeva will be giving workshops @ the Aloha Dancesport Center Sunday December 7th. 3 PM.

Come to see this Beautiful, Breathtaking couple perform at DRD Annual Grand Showcase "GANGSTERS DOLLS" on Saturday, December 6th, 2014 (6-11:30 PM) @ the Sheraton Waikiki Ballroom and meet them in person.

For more info or to schedule private lessons with these young visiting Professionals, please call Yanna at 732-499-0407.

Divino Ritmo Dance, LLC.

Mahalo,

Marie

The Best Night Action.

They have asked me but I must tell them that since moving to Nanakuli, I have retired from the Night Club scene. Now physically I cannot move that easily and I am forced to use a walker for security. Even so, I am constantly surveying my social-media friends for their input in order to create more well rounded information.

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."

I do have some experience of covering the Honolulu nightlife scene in the past 30 years so whatever information is sent to me, I can flower it up if necessary but I am limited. I know that listening and enjoying the beat is all well and good and all. But I also know that sometimes the music burrows deep into your veins and there's only one way to unleash that energy and that is to get on the dance floor, shake your bombon and boogie.

"Green, Green Grass of Home" by Melveen Leed

It is becoming more apparent that there are divisions in the Night Club action. There are the young, as per usual, and they will do their own thing which is just fine if they are having fun. Much of it involves little partner type dancing. Then there are the Hawaiian music and dancing to it crowd which is all very well and good. Hey we want to see happy people.

We have the old standby social dancer, accustomed to the oldies and goodies, generally a more mature crowd. Then we have another under 40, which is the Salsa crowd and which has been introducing other types of artificially created Latin styles. Reggaeton seems to have come and gone. Bachata coming in strong and there are others waiting in the wings.

"How High The Moon" by Les Paul and Mary Ford

Fortunately Oahu has a few good dance meccas, where our fellow dancers can go to forget the stress of life and get sweaty on the dance floor. Most of those little tid bits of information of our dance world would be most appreciated by our reader/dancers. So get with it, send it in, whatevah. The photo is the most important. Make everybody happy. Mahalo.

Waianae Coast Marches On

Wai'anae is the main town on Oahu's leeward coast. That's why this side of the island is also often times referred to as the Wai'anae Coast.

"We are not perfect and there are times when we question our faith, but we can thank God for giving us another day to start over again."

These kind of things will develop on the Waianae Coast

as we develop the sense of third city.

Waianae is where leeward residents stock up on food and other necessities and rely much less on Honolulu than ten years ago. And we could use another supermarket right about Maili territory. Wai'anae has two Super Markets, a drugstore, a bank and a few fast food eateries, food and clothing stores. And fortunately we have prices that are competitive with downtown Honololu. Wai'anae also has a post office, public library and high school.

At the Wai'anae Small Boat Harbor, tour operators launch their boats to take people out to snorkel with wild dolphins or to cruise along the coastline, but not of much use for local people. They may get the new ferry starting from Waianae to Town for those wishing to avoid the Rail Humbug. Though it is a small working harbor where you can also see fishing boats and small yachts.

Honolulu Bound? "And I couda got it right around the corner."

Not anymore with the new "Rapid Transit." Auwe!

Some people have come to believe that their behavior is the inevitable product of a causal chain beyond their control. But it is well established that changing people’s sense of responsibility can change their behavior.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Brother Iz

We can decentralize for the benefit of the citizens of the Waianae Coast. We don't have to worry about what they are doing in downtown Honolulu. Right off hand we have Makaha and Nanakuli to decentralize to. And they are on their way but not spectacularly. Makaha and Nanakuli both need a Business Park for the citizens and not for downtown Honolulu. "I coulda been home in 20 minutes."

Shall We Dance?

We all agree that social dancing is just for fun, recreation, exercise and socializing. We all learn our steps and patterns and yet the overall enjoyment of experience does not lessen the fact that our dance floors, at best, may be a difficult place to dance.

"Gossip is usually based on lies. Someone wanting to feel better

about themselves by hurting someone else." 

The smaller the dance floor, as in Night Clubs, the more difficult it becomes. To enjoy dancing better we must learn more than just steps and patterns. Actually it is easier for a beginner competitor to negotiate the competitive dance floor than it is for the same dancer to negotiate the social dance floor. In dance clubs, studios, night clubs and wherever, partner dancers must learn about floor craft and line of dance.

Key to floor craft is "Finesse" by both the leader and follower. Finesse by the leader and the follower is being skillful, nimble, practiced, adept and competent both in a physical and intellectual way. And that is acquired by "practice" and for social dancers "practice" means by getting out there on the dance floor dancing.

"Hanohano Molokai" by Melveen Leed

We start off learning any dancing with a degree of exaggeration and clumsiness. Fortunately, with time and the actual dancing for fun, enjoying the same dances over and over again in sheer joy, most dancers will develop the right moves to the music and will feel comfortable on the dance floor. Eventually everyone gets to the point where they are ready to phase into the intermediate division which may be just a little bit more complicated. We are fortunate that on Oahu we have some of the best to help us.

Photos, got any?

The oldest photo of a person dates to 1838; an image of a busy Parisian street that shows an unknown man getting his shoes shined. It is safe to say that at most a few million photos were snapped before the invention of the first consumer camera - Kodak Brownie in 1901.

"Free your heart from hatred, free your mind from worries,

live simply, give more, expect less."

Year after year these numbers grew, as more people took more photos - the 20th century was the golden age of analog photography peaking at an amazing 85 billion physical photos in 2000 -- an incredible 2,500 photos per second. Every one had a photo album and some had to have two of course.

"You Are the Sun, Hawaii"

by Loyal Garner

So how many "Kodak memories" has humanity recorded? How fast are we snapping photos today? And how many of these treasured memories are confined to our shoeboxes as lost relics of a pre-digital era?

"Walk Through Paradise and Jesu Me Ke Kanaka Waiwai" by Melveen Leed

Today we take photos for granted. They are our memories of holidays and dances, of people and places. An explosion of cameras and places to share them (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flicker) means that our lives today are documented, not by an occasional oxidizing of silver halide but constantly, recorded throughout the world.

Got this in the email from Maui and we certainly thank them. However,
now you can see that we could have used a little more information
to go with it. Hey, we are getting there.

At the dawn of this new millennium we are on now, a new technology (that Kodak itself invented) was reshaping the whole industry - the digital photo. There are over one billion photos sent to the photo micro blogs, daily. Somebody missed yours?

"Night Life" by Don Ho

In our blogs all we ask for is a photo of the gang. What gang? Any group of friends and fellow dancers is just fine for starters. You can add whatever information you like later when you find out that you are doing a lot of good for a lot of people in our dance community of Hawaii. We are social media.

Maili

Maili, with the most beautiful Beach Park on the Western Shores of Oahu has approximately 7000 people living there. Just looking at that Beach Park and you know you are living as close to Paradise as anyone can. The racial makeup is about 24% Pacific Islanders, 23% Asians, 38% from two or more races, 12% Hispanic or Latino, 1% Black and the rest is the others. The average household size was about 4 people. Just about as nice as you can get.

"Set backs are not failures and you are more than yesterday. Own your

own mistakes and accept them, quit the inner-loop of shame,

smile big and you can move on to better things."

The population was spread out with 35.0% under the age of 18, 40%, 18 to 45,  and the rest over 45 years of age. The median income for a household was about $45,000 and Males had a median income of $33,000 versus $21,000 for females.

"The Music of Hawai'i" by Melveen Leed

They are ready for that combination Shopping Center and Business Park right across the Beach Park. Must be at least two stories and plenty of parking. Times Supermarket would be a natural for anchor and you would naturally have have some burger and/or a chicken fast food place. A Gas station would be perfect and everything else that is needed could fit in.

Hundreds of the residents could be working there. Hundreds of cars missing from the streets and freeways to Honolulu. You could avoid the Rail Disaster - And an old Waianae Quote: "I coulda been home in 20 minutes." I live in Nanaikeola Senior Apartments and a group came by with a Thanksgiving Plate Lunch. I don't know who they were but I want to thank them publicly.

"Dancing is the World’s Second Most Popular Indoor Sport"

Update

Latest update on Town Dancer. It will plateau at about 70 - 80 average hits per day. I really made the effort to get additional input from others but it just wasn't there for whatever the reason. The results are what I go by. So now that Richard is nicely into Dancing Nights I have to do something there. Otherwise it is Platinum Horseshoe and Moanalua Corridor coming up strong. It will be fun and I am not going to decide it. The readers will.

"The richest person in the world is not the one who has the most,

but the one who needs the least."

Meanwhile the dancing interest throughout the island of Oahu seems to changing. And I am not going to say, for the better. The reader/dancers are very knowledgeable and they will make their own decisions. We just need some of their independent opinions in our blogs which are definitely not gossip. You are all aware of what that is. The prime example, the Creative Researchers And Producers.

"City Lights" by Loyal Garner

So far all the blogs in my Blogosphere are viable to the end of this month. I do not know about after that. Most are already entrenched in the search engines. With the help from the Micros, they all have a chance of getting to the magic, 34 average hits per day. They will not catch up until next year, but we shall see some progress.

"Beautiful Kauai" by Don Ho

Somebody has mentioned that we are reporters, but the real reporters will be the Two Centers. They will get the information most easily accessible for posting and it can come from many places. Specially now with my physical disablities, I cannot get around like I use to. I may be spread much too thin but I will be patient for the valuable Two Centers.

"Runaround Sue" by Dion and the Belmonts

Meanwhile we offer the platform. You want to say something, dis da place, whenever you want, completely up to you. The learning process most characteristic of humans is imitation; one's personal repetition of an observed behavior, such as a dancing or blogging. Through copying these types of information, most people will tune into their surrounding culture very nicely.

Blogger's Law #48B: The secret to blogging success is sincerity, once you can fake that you got it made.

Holding Up

Amazing, I am not getting much information direct but there is some indirect. I did find out about dancing in Pearlridge by HBDA but not much. And just a little about the new club in the Aliamanu - Salt Lake Area.

"No one is perfect, but there is a world of difference between
those who care and those who do not."

Of course, there are some organizations that want to have printed only what is very favorable to them and which is all right with me for a beginning. A photo of the gang, with the location, occasion and first names would be a good starter for anyone.

"Shores of Haleiwa" by Loyal Garner

And I must respect those that to not wish to be involved in our endeavors. All I can do is to comply with their wishes and leave them alone to do as they wish. I do not have to talk stink about anyone. They ignore and we ignore and everyone is happy.

All our guest authors must realize and accept this as much as possible. Just remember that the exclusion is because the excluded have chosen it to be that way. I have tried and the results are there for all to see. I cannot find myself in a position of "kissing okole." They may have to find another blog where they will do that.

Some have accused me of blaming the innocent members of the clubs, but we must accept that some people in those clubs have taken it upon themselves to make the decision for the entire club. Tough for rest of us.

"The Windward Side (Of the Island)" by Don Ho

Pub's Side Note: I am now exercising by walking around the corridors of my resident building. I take my cane but I keep it in the air. I may wean myself out of the walker by Christmas.

Holding Up

Amazing, I am not getting much information direct but there is some indirect. I did find out about dancing in Pearlridge by HBDA but not much. And just a little about the new club in the Aliamanu - Salt Lake Area.

"No one is perfect, but there is a world of difference between
those who care and those who do not."

Of course, there are some organizations that want to have printed only what is very favorable to them and which is all right with me for a beginning. A photo of the gang, with the location, occasion and first names would be a good starter for anyone.

"Shores of Haleiwa" by Loyal Garner

And I must respect those that to not wish to be involved in our endeavors. All I can do is to comply with their wishes and leave them alone to do as they wish. I do not have to talk stink about anyone. They ignore and we ignore and everyone is happy.

All our guest authors must realize and accept this as much as possible. Just remember that the exclusion is because the excluded have chosen it to be that way. I have tried and the results are there for all to see. I cannot find myself in a position of "kissing okole." They may have to find another blog where they will do that.

Some have accused me of blaming the innocent members of the clubs, but we must accept that some people in those clubs have taken it upon themselves to make the decision for the entire club. Tough for rest of us.

"The Windward Side (Of the Island)" by Don Ho

Pub's Side Note: I am now exercising by walking around the corridors of my resident building. I take my cane but I keep it in the air. I may wean myself out of the walker by Christmas.

Classic Example

I don't know that much about blogging but I am learning. And this blog is a classic example, remolded from another blog that wasn't doing too good. Took me quite a while to get it out of single digits average hits per day.

"It doesn't matter how long it takes, each blog blooms differently and

we learn what makes it bloom faster."

With work spreading the word, I was just getting it to fluctuate at 12, 13, 14 average hits per day. The hits are all legit. A few search engines but that is to be expected. The rest come from links in our other blogs. They just click the link in the side bar and this blog appears like magic on their screen.

"Tiny Bubbles" by Don Ho

Then busy with the other blogs, I have not blogged into this one since November 11th. Only Richard Fun has. The average hits per day went up and are now in solid double digits. 17, 18 and 19 average hits per day and threatening to go into the 20s. Richard, you can't get out of that one.

"Chariots Of Fire" from the Movie.

Everyone should be aware that if we can get one more like Richard, the 30s is quite attainable, in fact, it is very likely. You see it is not SOS and that is what makes Social Media. So we all learn, no rush, no hu hu. Just be very careful with that "copyrighted, all rights reserved" we can get into a lot of trouble with that even to losing the blog.

Pub's Side Note: Social media in dancing is not about technology, it is about pschology. The tools are always changing but the concepts -- the engagement, transparency, sharing and entertainment?

We're Moving It!

"There are things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have,
but in our lives we shouldn't let it spoil our enjoyment
of the things we do have and can have.

As we value our happiness, let us not forget it, for one of the greatest lessons in life is learning to be happy without the things we cannot or should not have."

It should be simple but it is not.

The Big Ballrooms will be no more. Let's face it.

So what is lacking is us, including me. In blogging we have too many blogs for these islands I am now sure. But I am only one person and if you are not famous it just SOS (same old shit). I still fully believe that there is room for one more blog to cover the Windward Coast. Someone will do it, It is too far for me. Whoever does can count on me for help. This coming year will tell the tale.

At any rate, I have been treating all of my blogs alike, and that treatment has resulted in the blogs being just a few points apart with the obvious exception of Town Dancer with four Guest Authors. This of course reaffirms all my theories. However this month is smoothing out quite differently. And I must now make my decision of which ones to push and test which one could be on the way out and the hits will lead the way and tell me.

"Always True To You, In My Fashion" by Julie London

At the moment Dancing Night is coming  into prominence with Richie Fun blogging and getting some good communcations from Divino Ritmo. I had such a time trying to get that blog out of single digit average hits per day. Did not blog last week, only Richard and the hits going up very nicely. Could be in the 20s by the end of the month.

Now with just one more regular Two Center or Guest Author the hits would go into the 30s easily, guaranteed. And from there who knows? I am pushing them up one notch on my controls. I want to see them move and I know that the Night Club people are the answer. Where are they?

Pub's Side Note: The happiest reader/dancers and the unhappiest reader/dancers are our most valuable Two Centers. And their tremendous value is the fact, that they have their own unique opinion.

Amazing Blog

Social Media is not well known by most, much less by the Waianae Coast, naturally. Social media for us should be the social interaction among our people in which we create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in our computer community.

"There will be many chapters in your life, just don't get lost

in the one you are in now."

Social Media has been defined as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content"  - and that doesn't tell us much. They do introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals. These changes are the focus of the emerging field of dance on the Island of Oahu.

Social media is different from traditional or industrial media in many ways, including, quality, frequency, usability, immediacy, and permanence. There are many effects that stem from the internet and internet users as they increasingly continue to spend more time with social media sites than any other type of site.

"Walk Through Paradise With Me" by Melveen Leed

For information contributors (da Two Centers,) the benefits of participating in social media have gone beyond simply social sharing to fellow dancers and building good reputation. The concept was for users to create their own blogs within the overall blog, da Guest Authors.

Today, there are many other social media sites that are extremely popular and world wide if you are interested. These sites include: Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. These sites also allow people in a wide range to stay in contact, whether it is through pictures or writing.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Bruddah Iz

Print Media is still good. I get Western Stories every month and  I get Tamura Specials twice per month. Can you imagine Western Stories twice per month and Tamura Specials in the centerfold. A mini Midweek. And the Waianae Coast would get closer to being third city. And I am willing to help in the Public Relations Department.

Blackpool International Standard Rising Star Champions featured in

"GANGSTERS DOLLS," a "Speakeasy" Showcase.
Boy, do we have a Party for you!!!
On Saturday, December 6th, 2014 the Sheraton Waikiki Ballroom will be turned into a roaring 20s "Speakeasy" dance mecca, filled with the carefree exuberance of the Flapper era.

This year, Divino Ritmo Dance kicks its 6th Annual Grand Ball into high gear! In addition to student presentations, Lucas Yanna will be introducing to Hawaii a very special show by International Standard Champions, Artem Plakhotnyi Inna Berlizyeva.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to catch a spectacular show AND party with us!
Mahalo,
Marie

Dancing on Oahu

By Wesley Wong: Wahiawa

Ballroom dance music is so graceful and good sounding fun that even die hards enjoying listening to it. When you get into dancing you can become even more enthralled by the music. And you will itch to dance to it. The Waltz, the Rumba? Never left us.

We do not always get what we want but we should know
there are so many that do not have what we have."

When you attend any dance of any kind, all the dances you love and know from our ballroom bands around the world will be available for you to dance to. The Rumba, Waltz, Cha Cha Cha, Swing, Fox Trot, Tango, Samba - you've heard them all and you can dance them over and over again in sheer ecstasy. Anybody ever heard of the "Oldies but Goodies?"

Ballroom dance music is enjoying resurgence across the United States due to televised competitions. And it is happening on Oahu too. DJs are now get into the act themselves by getting a few ballroom dance songs that their favorite competitors are moving to, for their select audiences.

"With A Song In My Heart by Frankie Laine

We're sure that once you hear this music, you'll want to keep pace with the rhythms of ballroom dance, if they allow us to use the term. Whether the sound is romantic and passionate or classic and dignified. As new places for dancing in the West are opened, you can become infected with the bug.

In the Email: - Man who dances, drinks and carouses,

wishes to meet lady who dances, drinks and carouses.

Object; dancing, drinking and carousing.

Micros or regular blogs?

Microblogging, such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr is a broadcast medium that exists as a form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregated file size and each person handles the entire post from getting in, publishing and getting out.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain

of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."

In our regular dance blogs in Hawaii, we have a few Information Contributors which email the information including photos and posters to be blogged by a Guest Author. They have no commitments and contribute only when they want to. That sharing with their friends, relatives, neighbors and fellow dancers is key. We need more of these (Two Centers) because we can see it plainly in the hits recorded. The hits go through the ceiling and all they have to do is email it.

"Penny Lane" by the Beatles

Microblogs allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links, micro to micro. These small messages are sometimes referred to as microposts. As with traditional blogging, microbloggers post about topics ranging from the simple, such as "what I'm doing right now," to the thematic, such as "sports cars or dancing."

Commercial microblogs also exist to promote websites, services and products, and to promote collaboration within an organization. Some microblogging services offer features - alternative ways of publishing entries besides the web-based interface. These may include text messaging, instant messaging, E-mail, digital audio or digital video.

"Sh-Boom, Life Could Be A Dream." by the Four Aces

Several studies, most notably by the Harvard Business School have tried to analyze the user behaviour on microblogging services. Several of these studies show that for services such as Twitter and Facebook, there is a small group of active users contributing to most of the activity. Surveys based on millions of users, shows that 10% of Twitter and Facebook users account for 86% of all activity. That is commercial activity, "to whom it may concern."