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davywavyPosted as an answer to one of Steve Claptons posts, but repeated here.
I think UKG has become of decreasing use and worth to the society as we have grown. It is handy as an annoucement board for games and society business, but I'd say that the quality of general debate has declined as the cam has grown, to the extent where it is now of very little worth to read long threads. Too many cooks spoiling the broth and all that. I'd say it's incorrect to use it as a gauge as to the feelings of the membership, as not only are most of the membership not on it, but most of the membership (even the ones who are on it) *don't care*.
Very often, it is the same people - perhaps a dozen or so - venting at one another and trying to score points. Perhaps the greatest use of UKG is to judging the mood of the society is that it gives a fairly accurate impression of what the 10% at the extreme end of any argument are thinking, and that most people are somewhere in between, clustering round the 'couldn't give a toss' pole somewhere in the middle.
To find out what people are thinking, I've always gone with Napoleon: "If you want an argument, get a group. If you want to know what people think, ask them as individuals." He was right.
I think UKG has become of decreasing use and worth to the society as we have grown. It is handy as an annoucement board for games and society business, but I'd say that the quality of general debate has declined as the cam has grown, to the extent where it is now of very little worth to read long threads. Too many cooks spoiling the broth and all that. I'd say it's incorrect to use it as a gauge as to the feelings of the membership, as not only are most of the membership not on it, but most of the membership (even the ones who are on it) *don't care*.
Very often, it is the same people - perhaps a dozen or so - venting at one another and trying to score points. Perhaps the greatest use of UKG is to judging the mood of the society is that it gives a fairly accurate impression of what the 10% at the extreme end of any argument are thinking, and that most people are somewhere in between, clustering round the 'couldn't give a toss' pole somewhere in the middle.
To find out what people are thinking, I've always gone with Napoleon: "If you want an argument, get a group. If you want to know what people think, ask them as individuals." He was right.
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Re: Hmph
Date: 2002-08-01 06:14 am (UTC)For the most part, people who have the time to put into the Cam as full-time officers, tend to be people who don't have full-time, responsible jobs. That means either students or people who can't get jobs like that - and usually that means they'll lack the skills.