On 2/18/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
Matt Brown morven@byz.org wrote:
I think to a degree Wikipedia has reached that stage Usenet did, where suddenly the influx of new people is beyond the rate at which they tend to acclimate to the older culture. There are so many newbies that a newbie-culture can develop without having to join the existing one.
Is this true? It's a fairly bold statement...is there evidence for it?
Only anecdotally, and personal experience/feeling. However, having lived on Usenet before Things Changed, I get a "I've seen this before" sense.
Not saying the result has to be the same, of course, but I think things are changing here.
-Matt