User blog comment:Jake R/Rocks is awesome/@comment-3432330-20110529215044/@comment-1874924-20110529231641

Yes, we have some fairly popular users who either don't write or don't write much. The proven ways for a nonwriter to get popular, in order of decreasing effectiveness are:
 * 1) Read and comment on a lot of stories;
 * 2) Be a good artist who does request work; and
 * 3) Participate heavily in blog discussions (at least gets you well known, if not necessarily popular).