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Day 021: Article in the H2g2 Post
Posted Aug 26, 2000
An article based on the Journal entry below was published in the 21st August edition of the H2g2 Post [http://www.h2g2.com/A421020].
Thanks again to Shazz and others for encouragement and support.
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Day 007: Review of h2g2
Posted Aug 12, 2000
The following is based on initial reconnaissance of the site. It is included here for future comparison, and in the hope other newcomers to the website will find it useful. If there are any inaccuracies herein, then it is reality that has got it wrong.
H2g2 consists primarily of The Guide, and the community of regular visitors to the website (A.K.A. researchers) surrounding it. The Guide is in essence a cross between an encyclopedia, travel guide, and general compendium of human experience. It features an astounding range of entries, is written by researchers who use the site, and is updated constantly [or whenever the Guide's editors are at work, at least].
The researcher community consists of interconnected networks of communities. A sense of kinship pervades, with occasional outbreaks of pedants. Dynamic communities generate numerous campaigns, alliances, power struggles, societies and meeting places, fuelling the site's active discussion forums. Personal space, shared entries, [e.g. the h2g2 Post] central forums and meeting points form the hubs of communication.
An informal community hierarchy exists; from ordinary [in the loosest sense of the word] researchers, to Assistant Community Editors, Sub-editors and permanent staff. Certain communities and individuals have higher profiles than others, both in terms of the links to them and volume of postings to forums.
Many researchers have been with www.h2g2.com since the outset of the site, and dislike recent changes to the website's interface. Many other researches are new and don't know what the established researchers are talking about. Many established researches don't know what other established researchers are talking about either.
H2g2 is both a fascinating, amusing distraction and an invaluable source of information, trivia, and first-hand experience. This entry has merely scratched the surface...
Anyone reading this should feel free to comment, with a view to amending Guide entries for newcomers.
Many researchers have been with www.h2g2.com since the outset of the site, and dislike recent changes to the website's interface. Many other researches are new and don't know what the established researchers are talking about. Many established researches don't know what other established researchers are talking about either.
H2g2 is both a fascinating, amusing distraction and an invaluable source of information, trivia, and first-hand experience. This entry has merely scratched the surface...
Anyone reading this should feel free to comment, with a view to amending Guide entries for newcomers.
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Day 002: Preliminary Analysis - www.h2g2.com
Posted Aug 8, 2000
User Community: Scale-free network of cliques. Societal membership prevalent. No overall guide; several pages function as conversation hubs. User sites range from the sublime to ridiculous.
Edited Guide: Promising encyclopedia of human experience. Continuum of entries; useful, amusing, and definitively inaccurate.
Further research necessary.
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