Comments on: Wikipedia power law http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2005/11/28/wikipedia-power-law/ Let's just see what happens Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ben Hyde http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2005/11/28/wikipedia-power-law/comment-page-1/#comment-10771 Ben Hyde Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:28:53 +0000 http://www.leahweinberger.com/johotheblog_wp/?p=2889#comment-10771 This kind of highly skewed distribution of contributions is found thru-out the world of social systems; open and closed. Thinking thru what that really means is one of the central questions in understanding these systems. More so because it has tremdous emotional power for those who have invested their loyalities with either the closed or open model. That makes the conversation about it incredibly difficult.

]]> By: joseph http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2005/11/28/wikipedia-power-law/comment-page-1/#comment-10770 joseph Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:26:02 +0000 http://www.leahweinberger.com/johotheblog_wp/?p=2889#comment-10770 Interesting, but we should make a difference between modification of spelling mistakes and broken links and modification of editorial content. The nature and quantity of modifications are not the same.

Of course some are more involved than others, it takes time to contribute actively. But I think also a question of interface, it is quite easy to read wikipedia, it is more difficult to compose under the wiki interface.

]]> By: Brad Hutchings http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2005/11/28/wikipedia-power-law/comment-page-1/#comment-10769 Brad Hutchings Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:08:18 +0000 http://www.leahweinberger.com/johotheblog_wp/?p=2889#comment-10769 You know what they say Dave… Hindsight is 80/20.

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