[Foundation-l] Social networking (was: Analysis of lists statistics: community in decline)

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

> Hi,
>
> What do people think of the idea of asking the "social networking"
> type *communication* extensions to be enabled on meta?
>
> I was thinking about this, and talking to Gerard, and he pointed out
> that unless it was integrated into MediaWiki most people wouldn't use
> it, and I think he is probably right.
>
> Meta makes the most sense, since it is already supposed to be used for
> coordination, and maybe if it has some extra functionality that will
> even encourage people to use it more.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Brianna
>

Do we actually WANT people use it? The argument goes that the more they
(we) use it, the less they (we) have time for writing articles.

Cheers
Yaroslav