On 10 Apr 2018, at 9.58, Michael Snow
<wikipedia(a)frontier.com> wrote:
On 4/9/2018 11:14 PM, Leinonen Teemu wrote:
On 10 Apr
2018, at 7.02, Erik Moeller <eloquence(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Wikimedia projects are social networks, but they are purpose-driven
social networks [1] where participants are more strongly connected
through their overlapping interests than through pre-existing social
connections.
I agree. I however, see that if the movement is interested in to be _the_
ecosystem of free knowledge, a social media where the overlapping interest is actually the
free knowledge itself and not some area of knowledge is not a bad idea.
I am wary of the idea that we would have interest in being _the_ ecosystem of free
knowledge, certainly if as this implies, that's ecosystem of free knowledge in the
singular. I believe we want to be a part of such an ecosystem, but hopefully a very
diverse ecosystem, as is necessary to its success.
Hear hear. I was also surprised about the expression "the ecosystem" in the WMF
strategic direction. On the other hand, I am worried that there are not that many species
in the “free knowledge” ecosystem, in addition to the projects, products and chapters of
the Wikimedia. So, as relatively large (and powerful) movement (we cold do better, too),
we could take a leadership in here and cherish these other species of the ecosystem. For
this purpose a free knowledge social media service could be a smart move. :-)
- Teemu