Thursday, 9 July 2009

Class system on wikis

Warning: rant.

If there's a class system in normal societies, then surely on an Internet society (like a wiki) there's one too. It looks something like this...

Upper class: Founder, 1st wave contributors

Middle class: 2nd wave contributors

Lower class: New users, or "noobs"

The question is: Is there social mobility?

We could actually conduct a sociological experiment on our own humble wiki.
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8 comments:

  1. Harry Yack9 July 2009 at 20:59

    I like to think we're all equal, and I'd hate for our users to think we rule with an iron capitalist fist.

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  2. Anonymous10 July 2009 at 10:01

    silence you fool! We don't want the serfs to get independance again

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  3. Anonymous10 July 2009 at 15:22

    Hindleyite must be one of the most democratic admins of any wiki so far

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  4. Ben.10 July 2009 at 17:25

    Do I class as second wave?

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  5. Harry Yack11 July 2009 at 12:33

    I like this idea, Bob. We could make it into Sociology Magazine if we play our card right.

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  6. Anonymous12 July 2009 at 10:25

    This arouses the anonymous

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  7. Harry Yack13 July 2009 at 12:40

    Ooh, it's like a murder mystery - who IS Mr. Anonymous user?

    Testicles?

    Seppster?

    Fred Fuchs?

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  8. Raggle Fraggle King21 July 2009 at 02:18

    i joined in feb 2008, so im middle class

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