[Gendergap] Wikipedia's gender gap: discussion on Metafilter

[Steven Walling]

I'm not exactly sure when it started, but I think the fee has been around for a few years. See: http://www.metafilter.com/newuser.mefi

Anyway, I do agree that the requirement to log in is a key factor in terms of evaluating the difference in community between the two. 

On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Steven Walling <swalling at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> Note the other huge difference at Metafilter: you have a pay a small fee
>> just to create an account, ...
> 
> 
> I may be old, but when I signed up ages ago, there was no such fee. I
> see a larger difference in that you cannot participate in MeFi without
> an account.
> 
> We should perhaps invite Jessamyn West to this discussion, btw - she's
> a moderator on MeFi and a Wikipedian.
> 
> -Ole
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Steven Walling
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