“Interesting pov on “social software” from Don Park.” Link via Scripting News.
A disturbing example of how societies can fragment and balkanize and take on irrational ideas. While I have enjoyed the successes of some high-flying communities over the years (CompuServe’s IBMVENDB, FoxForum and currently MSDevApps, Ed Leafe’s ProFox list), I have also see communities where the ethos never fully developed or the ground rules were never clear.