On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Peter Gervai <grin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 17:43, Gerard Meijssen > <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wikipedia should be more like a social network. It provides us with the > > well wikipedia is about to create value for long term - social > networks are about to create worthless things for the moment. > > g > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > +1 As you mentioned earlier, Peter, most things on Facebook are in-the-moment and do last in any sort of repository of things people want to read for educational value. There is some entertainment value in places like lamebook.com, but that humor generally isn't above the brow (there is some witty banter, though). Our talk pages, on the other hand, provide insight in the archives on how the social dynamics shaped the creation of a product as well as provide general institutional knowledge. Wikimedia social networking features such as talk pages, mailing lists, and IRC channels produce millions of lines of collaborative work. This is what makes our system valuable. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
