Re: Old directions in social media.

[Michael Thomas <[e-mail]>]

On 1/6/21 4:58 AM, Keith Moore wrote:
> On 1/6/21 2:56 AM, Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
>
>> The good thing is that there is no real problem here. In most working 
>> groups a limited number of people actively participate. Those people 
>> know how to contribute. For those who just browse through groups from 
>> time to time it got more difficult to see where the center of 
>> attention currently is.
>
> I would claim that what you describe *is* a real problem.   IETF works 
> best when it benefits from a wide range of input, including 
> "cross-area" input and input from generalists.   When working groups 
> consist of a small number of people who do whatever they want in their 
> narrow areas of concern, groups have a greater tendency to work at 
> cross-purposes with one another.
>
I disagree. Most of the time the soi-disant "generalilsts" are just 
self-aggrandizing and like to hear themselves speak. I remember when we 
were creating the DKIM working group we had a whole bunch of them and 
their "input" ended up contributing nothing at all other than delay.

Mike