| 2004-05-25 20:00:12
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| 20:00:12 | Lucifer | this week's topic is "The merits of elitism" |
| 20:00:30 | Lucifer | Is it better to appeal to the masses or the special few? |
| 20:00:38 | Lucifer | with special reference to the CoV |
| 20:01:00 | Lucifer | any opinions off the bat? |
| 20:01:16 | Ophis | Do we have sample scenarios or a more formal definition of elitism? |
| 20:01:40 | Rotaerk | I agree...every discussion must begin with a definition of the topic.. |
| 20:02:00 | Lucifer | well, currently we are elitist by accident or by design |
| 20:02:08 | Lucifer | in that noobies have trouble getting started |
| 20:02:28 | Rotaerk | we being CoV? |
| 20:02:36 | Lucifer | We are also in the process of formalizing a hierarchy |
| 20:02:37 | Rotaerk | and noobies have trouble getting started with what |
| 20:02:40 | Ophis | Is that a lessons learned from Matt_Arnold? |
| 20:02:53 | Lucifer | Already a Virian needs a reputation of 6+ to contribute to the wiki |
| 20:03:02 | Lucifer | Yes, I had Matt_Arnold in mind |
| 20:03:14 | Lucifer | I think he is doing a good job so far of pointing out some shortcomings |
| 20:03:26 | Ophis | http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=8;action=display;threadid=29504 |
| 20:03:49 | Lucifer | Newcomers have to get past two hurdles initially, the name of the church and the name of the domain that hosts it |
| 20:03:53 | Ophis | I'd say that the problem here is more one of velocity than one of elitism |
| 20:04:03 | Lucifer | Many don't get past that initial hurdle |
| 20:04:09 | Lucifer | it is impossible to tell how many |
| 20:04:34 | Lucifer | velocity? |
| 20:04:39 | Nik|gone | It's a selection pressure. The first two hurdles are pretty low; they weed out the closed-minded. That's a good thing in most ways. |
| 20:04:44 | Nik|gone | Nik|gone is now known as Nikolai |
| 20:04:59 | Lucifer | Nikolai, yes that part was designed |
| 20:05:32 | Ophis | If we had thousands of members posting hundreads of posts per week and changing their reputation votes on a regular basis, it'd be easier to be noticed. |
| 20:07:11 | Lucifer | another thread>> http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=30346 |
| 20:07:31 | Lucifer | ah, so the velocity is too small |
| 20:08:11 | Ophis | A good example of the lack of velocity is that I haven't filed in a vote for Matt_Arnold yet. If I was a more regular reader and if I had more opportunities to read M_A's posts, I might be compelled to vote him up. |
| 20:08:32 | Lucifer | * Lucifer nods |
| 20:08:46 | Lucifer | unrelated but new poll>> http://virus.lucifer.com/bbs/index.php?board=3;action=voteResults;idvote=64 |
