On 6/18/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:16:11 -0400, "Daniel R.
Tobias"
<dan(a)tobias.name> wrote:
in those policy areas, there does seem to be a
fairly
cohesive small clique of people who have a disproportionate amount of
influence, and whose behavior seems to be practically immune to
questioning. This is not so much an "evil conspiracy" as it is the
natural social-networking tendencies of human nature; people tend to
form into clusters of friends, who help one another out and back one
another up.
I have heard this asserted before. The problem is, I am unable to
identify the members of the clique. Every time I think I have them
bang to rights, they go and disagree with each other about something
fairly significant.
Yeah, one would except human beings who think alike on some
issues to
think and act precisely alike all on issues, so any time they disagree
by one, it's proof .... Well, it's proof they're human beings.
KP
Maybe it's a human nature thing: the tendency to see a conspiracy
wherever a group disagrees with you. Or maybe there really is a
clique, and I am just very bad at spotting it. Or perhaps there are
actually a lot of individuals, some having been around longer than
others, and some of their values overlap in some areas.
One thing Jeff Merkey said which I thought was interesting: in his
vision of Wikipedia, teenagers would get less influence. I'm not sure
if there is an age correlation (old or young) in the supposed cliques.
Guy (JzG)
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