Citizendium Blog

Those of you who have been following this project may recall that Citizendium-L was absurdly active in its first several days. A similar phenomenon has occurred after Citizendium-Editors launched, a little more than a day ago.  Well over two-thirds of CZ editors–so, well over 100 very smart people–are subscribed.  The archives have 88 messages, and about a half-dozen of them are complaining about all the mail. Well, you can’t blame them. I’ve proposed that we wait a few days to see how things shake out. I think discussion will inevitably quiet down. The only question, I think, is whether we should move to forums. The Citizendium Forums are still going very well, and they were launched by the Citizendium-L excitement. Clearly, the question is not, “What active means of discussion can we create?” but “What configuration of means of discussion should we have?” This is something I really haven’t grokked yet, despite having thought a fair bit about it…