cliquishness was Astronomical Errors (was:Clay Shirky on social software

[pippin_999]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" 
<drednort at a...> wrote:
> On 6 Jul 2003 at 23:05, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) wrote:
> 
> > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" 
<drednort at a...> 
> > wrote:
> > Perhaps they will be added to the list of worthwhile posters 
when  recommended by a known worthwhile posters who DOES 
read their posts, > or from becoming known in chat..
> 
> Yes, could happen - my point is though, that I think these 
things are  concerned and as I don't think most people want to 
see the list become  cliquish, it's something worth considering. 
> 

 People who want to limit their reading only to particular 
persons and/or topics can form another list very easily.  HPfGU 
has spawned quite a few groups of this kind, eg Snapefans, 
HP-fanfiction, and  of course OT-Chatter itself. 

 While this may create cliques in the HP fan community, 
and HPfGU itself had been accused of cliquishness, it does 
keep down the formation of cliques within a particular group

 Reading only posts by certain people doesn't isolate you from 
contact with the rest of the  main list  unless all of those people 
are following the same  strategy and never replying to anyone 
outside the selected group.  Since the moderation system 
assures that all newbie posts are read by an old hand, reading 
only old hands may actually mitigate against this sort of closed 
circle.

Pippin