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That’s more an argument that Wikipedia is a social network with a high barrier to entry than an argument that it’s not a social network. Facebook was a social
by akerl_ 1y ago
That’s more an argument that Wikipedia is a social network with a high barrier to entry than an argument that it’s not a social network.
Facebook was a social network even when the barrier to entry was “must have gotten in to an elite school”.
- b112 1y agoI didn't say it wasn't a social network. I was specifically addressing the conjoined "intellectual growth + participation" claim, by saying the 'growth' wasn't there. I even joked that it feels you're shrinking intellectually, to participate.