Re: Discursive Equality and Everyday Talk Online: The Impact of "Superparticipants"*
Ethan Carter <[email protected]>
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Joy Beeson <[email protected]> writes: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:01:31 -0000 (UTC), [email protected] > (Paul W. Schleck) wrote: > >> "In the context of Usenet discussion forums, Himelboim et al. (2009) >> have undertaken a detailed study of new thread creation. They found that >> many Usenet forums featured a small group of 'discussion catalysts' >> whose seed posts inspired a lot of debate. Interestingly, these users >> largely posted stories from elsewhere on the web with little or no >> comment - a relatively conservative approach to setting the agenda." >> >> https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/19/3/625/4067622?login=false > > > The abstract had a "water is wet" vibe to it. In any group, > you are going to find a small number doing and a large > number looking on. You got a point. Nevertheless, it's not such a bad publication. You know, not every paper must be an advance to the state-of-the-art. An observation of a phenomenon such as ``water is wet'' is still useful.