Hi Juergen, That's an interesting hypothesis. Do you have any evidence to
support it?
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Juergen Fenn <jfenn(a)gmx.net> wrote:
Am 04.06.2015 um 16:33 schrieb Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com>om>:
Context: reduced traffic on wikimedia-l.
Is this a sign of poor community health?
Reduced traffic on Wikimedia-l is mostly due to list moderation. All
critical content has been filtered for a while. I became aware of it only
recently when I posted a critical remark which was rejected.
The Foundation has not only introduced Superprotect and Superban, it has
also got a firm grip on all communication channels whatsoever. This will
intensify as, we have just learned, new staff will be hired for
communication. The WMF no longer needs the community, it does all the
traffic itself (staff, chapters, etc.).
Of course this shift from crowdsourcing to staff has to be paid for, hence
the interest in an ever-increasing flow of donations and hence the interest
in the Alexa ranking of Wikipedia.
Best,
Jürgen.
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