Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-07 Thread Christophe Henner
In Wikimedia trolls are memes. So we're at our rightful place :) Christophe --Message d'origine-- De: Svip Expéditeur: foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org À: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Répondre à: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Objet: Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-07 Thread Florence Devouard
On 10/7/10 12:52 AM, Svip wrote: On 7 October 2010 00:44, Florence Devouardanthe...@yahoo.com wrote: Ok, maybe that's just me but I could not find us ! Where are we ? (north west ? south east ? ) Between Troll Bay and Sea of Memes. Heh, that felt silly to say. ouarf. Well, yeah,

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-07 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Actually, my favorite is this one: Godwin's law: http://xkcd.com/261/ Ziko 2010/10/7 Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com: On 10/7/10 12:52 AM, Svip wrote: On 7 October 2010 00:44, Florence Devouardanthe...@yahoo.com  wrote: Ok, maybe that's just me but I could not find us ! Where are we

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:43 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website territories is determined by the size of their userbase activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/ a) it's

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Amory Meltzer
social communities I think most would argue that porn is inherently anti-social. I don't see a lot of social communities made up of just one person (probably half of IRC). On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:55, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: Pretty neat; maybe porn isn't on the map because there is

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Nathan
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Amory Meltzer amorymelt...@gmail.com wrote: social communities I think most would argue that porn is inherently anti-social.  I don't see a lot of social communities made up of just one person (probably half of IRC). That's a good point, but it does include

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread David Goodman
At the NYT and similar sites, I notice a pattern where the are are a few readers who rather frequently comment on more than a single article, and consequently get to know each other, though not necessarily in a favorable sense. . On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
phoebe ayers, 06/10/2010 17:43: b) look at how tiny wikimedia talk pages are! Did he consider Project namespace (RfD, RfA...) and so on, or only namespace 1? In the Troll bay there's also xkcd which is almost as big as Wikipedia talk: a bit suspicious. Anyway, you're not considering that the

Re: [Foundation-l] xkcd's map of the internet

2010-10-06 Thread Florence Devouard
On 10/6/10 5:43 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website territories is determined by the size of their userbase activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/ a) it's hilarious b) look at how tiny wikimedia