[WikiEN-l] A thought on community dynamics

[David Gerard]

On 09/10/2007, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:

> In this case size does not matter when considering the negative friction.
> What does matter is the individual contributor's ability to interact in a
> constructive way with another contributor. You can have a group of a
> thousand persons, and, if each of these persons has the positive
> interpersonal skills to communicate with another, much can be accomplished.
> On the other hand, you can have a group of ten where the majority of them
> don't play well with others - and you will have a gridlock disaster.
> The problems are not with the Community, but with the individual members who
> make up that community.


Oh yeah. The fundamental problem of the Wikipedia method is that
massive collaboration is *hard*.


- d.