Re: (Aussensaiter) Neusaiter, Diskussionskultur, Diskutierbarkeit

Beitrag von micha vom Februar 28. 2003 um 14:50:57:

Als Antwort zu: (Aussensaiter) Neusaiter, Diskussionskultur, Diskutierbarkeit geschrieben von Woody am Februar 28. 2003 um 13:44:03:

Moin.

Da ist mir auch letztens was ins Postfach geflattert, ganz interessant:

the natural life cycle of mailinglists

Every list seems to go through the same cycle:

1.Initial enthusiasm:
people introduce themselves, and gush a lot about how wonderful it is to
find kindred souls.

2.Evangelism:
people moan about how few folks are posting to the list, and brainstorm
recruitment strategies.

3.Growth:
more and more people join, more and more lengthy threads develop, occasional
off-topic threads pop up.

4.Community:
lots of threads, some more relevant than others; lots of information and
advice is exchanged; experts help other experts as well as less experienced
colleagues; friendships develop; people tease each other; newcomers are
welcomed with generosity and patience; everyone -- newbie and expert
alike -- feels comfortable asking questions, suggesting answers, and sharing
opinions.

5.Discomfort with diversity:
the number of messages increases dramatically; not every thread is
fascinating to every reader; people start complaining about the
signal-to-noise ratio; person 1 threatens to quit if *other* people don't
limit discussion to person 1's pet topic; person 2 agrees with person 1;
person 3 tells 1 & 2 to lighten up; more bandwidth is wasted complaining
about off-topic threads than is used for the threads themselves; everyone
gets annoyed.

6. Finally:
1.Smug complacency and stagnation: the purists flame everyone who asks an
'old' question or responds with humor to a serious post; newbies are
rebuffed; traffic drops to a doze-producing level of a few minor issues; all
interesting discussions happen by private email and are limited to a few
participants; the purists spend lots of time self-righteously congratulating
each other on keeping off-topic threads off the list.
OR
2.Maturity: a few people quit in a huff; the rest of the participants stay
near stage 4, with stage 5 popping up briefly every few weeks; many people
wear out their second or third 'delete' key, but the list lives contentedly
ever after.

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