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Building a tool that just enables further development of cliques seems not so great. Of course it's great for you, since you get to be in on all the cliques, on
by natch 16y ago
Building a tool that just enables further development of cliques seems not so great. Of course it's great for you, since you get to be in on all the cliques, one way or another, if not by membership, by having a birds-eye view of all the data. Personally cliques rub me the wrong way, not just because of jealousy, but also because open exchange with others outside your comfort zone leads to more opportunities.
- petercooper 16y agoIt's only a problem when people confine themselves to their cliques. I'm in a few invite-only communities online but I don't define myself by my membership and I take part in so many other communities that I get the bigger picture and the "open exchange" you mention too. You really can have the best of both worlds. Some things benefit from being slightly locked down. For example, I'm a member of a paid marketing and SEO forum where people share ideas, tips, and observations that often takes months to hit the blogs (or never at all). While anyone can join, merely having that "curtain" encourages people to say and share things that they don't want coming up in Google.