Is creator/partner feedback engaged more than ordinary players' — or does that vanish once you control for reach & verification?
The headline
On raw engagement, partner/creator feedback looks ~2.1× more liked than players'.
But normalized per follower, ordinary players' feedback actually resonates
0.5× more — the raw signal is mostly reach, not merit.
Blue-verified replies also draw ~4.7× the likes regardless of tier (an X-algorithm boost, not Epic valuing them).
🎯 The strongest signal: who Epic staff actually reply to
Tier
Staff replies
% of staff replies
% of all authors
Attention vs. their numbers
epic_staff
299
5%
0.1%
72.4×
former_staff
50
1%
0.0%
23.3×
epic_partner
1,998
36%
2.3%
15.9×
news_leaker
77
1%
0.1%
15.5×
player
3,045
55%
65.3%
0.8×
A reply from an Epic dev is the clearest "we heard you" — stronger than likes. The last column is each tier's share of replies ÷ its share of authors: >1× = Epic engages them more than their numbers warrant.
🗣️ What each tier talks about — do creators ask for different things?
Beyond how much each tier is heard: which topics they drive. Baseline share of clustered posts — players 82.0%, creators 12.0%. The factor is a tier's share within a topic ÷ its share overall, across 60 topics (≥40 posts). >1× = that tier over-indexes here. Click any topic.
Topics creators over-index on
Topic
Creator %
vs baseline
LEGO Fortnite "Expeditions" Content Update & Teaser Ca
744 posts
28.1%
2.3×
Community Engagement & Content Speculation
450 posts
26.9%
2.2×
Community Engagement & Content Reaction to EpicTofuChr
937 posts
23.4%
1.9×
Team Ice King Dominance & Post-Event Narrative Resolut
637 posts
21.8%
1.8×
Community-Driven Item Distribution & "Pass-It-On" Mech
403 posts
20.8%
1.7×
Community Appreciation for Recent Content & Lore Decis