Hi Juergen, That's an interesting hypothesis. Do you have any evidence to support it?
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Juergen Fenn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 04.06.2015 um 16:33 schrieb Samuel Klein <[email protected]>: > > > Context: reduced traffic on wikimedia-l. > > Is this a sign of poor community health? > > Reduced traffic on Wikimedia-l is mostly due to list moderation. All > critical content has been filtered for a while. I became aware of it only > recently when I posted a critical remark which was rejected. > > The Foundation has not only introduced Superprotect and Superban, it has > also got a firm grip on all communication channels whatsoever. This will > intensify as, we have just learned, new staff will be hired for > communication. The WMF no longer needs the community, it does all the > traffic itself (staff, chapters, etc.). > > Of course this shift from crowdsourcing to staff has to be paid for, hence > the interest in an ever-increasing flow of donations and hence the interest > in the Alexa ranking of Wikipedia. > > Best, > Jürgen. > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >
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