Posted by Dinah on January 23, 2005, at 7:25:48
In reply to Re: smaller groups, posted by gardenergirl on January 22, 2005, at 17:40:46
Unless I'm wrong (but... you know... I'm not), I believe Dr. Bob's interest is *in* the restrictiveness. That's why after the last hubbub when he introduced the idea of restricted boards, he instituted the newbie board and the student board, both of which are defacto restricted boards, but not based on choice.
If boards *must* be restricted (and I see no reason why they must be at all, or benefit to them being at all), having them align along subject matter seems less abominable to me than allowing people to choose teams like some grotesque caricature of the gym class scenario that enlightened schools have long past abandoned.
I assume this must be research related. "How the restricted community fits into a large online community. Does gating work?" For once my conclusions are that his motives are not as lofty as I might wish.
P.S. That's a Monk reference...
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