Forwarding this into the list so (01)
a) everybody in the group sees it
b) the ensuing conversation makes it into the archive (02)
This message is from Eugene, I'll followup in a moment. (03)
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From: Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@blueoxen.org>
To: esinclai@xxxxx.com, michael@xxxxx.net, earth@xxxxxx.org, ademoor@xxxx.nl,
Chris Dent <cdent@xxxxx.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:32:23 -0800
Subject: H2O evaluation
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Hey guys, (05)
Now that the H2O discussion is complete, I'd like to hear what you all
think. I would very much like it if, after our sharing our thoughts,
one or two of you (perhaps Aldo and Brian?) would summarize the
results of this little experiment as a Note or Working Paper. (06)
Here are my thoughts. First, the obvious disclaimer. This was
obviously an unscientific, self-selecting experiment, and we'd need to
play with it some more to do it proper justice. That said, H2O is
definitely not well-suited to small, motivated teams, which we were.
None of the threads reached resolution, and I suspect a big reason was
that we were not given a choice as to which threads to respond.
Rotisserie's theory of maximizing participation seems to be a good way
of encouraging many voices, but a poor way of reaching resolution. (07)
Second, despite the self-selecting nature of our group, two people who
signed up (Eric and Michael) did not participate at all, and two
people (Aldo and Chris) didn't participate in later rounds. I'd like
to know why. Note that this is not criticism; merely curiosity.
Rotisserie is supposed to discouraging lurking, and yet, in our small,
motivated group, a third of us still managed to lurk. So perhaps the
hypothesis has some flaws. (08)
Finally, I think there were some excellent posts, and I'd like to
continue those conversations (perhaps in another medium) and reach
some resolution. I agree with Brian about the notification -- I liked
it -- and I also liked the enforced pacing. (09)
-Eugene (010)
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