On 6/6/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
And so we end up with... well, groups of people who just appear to inhabit a different project, who came here thinking this was an experiment in online democracy or a neat social-networking site or a place to strike a blow against The Man, *and were never convinced otherwise*. By the time any group of different initial assumptions has grown large and old enough it looks like the old guard to new users, then the project's governance and culture is heading in interesting directions.
Well, by the time I came along there was definitely a defusion of governance. But I also observed a lot of more or less isolated groups owning various topics. Or in other words, it looks like an experiment in online tribalism and oligarchy, with the various policy discussions filling in for the League of Nations.