#195 – This week, we talk about Benjamin Mako Hill's (possibly now a Dr. Benjamin Mako Hill's??) paper "Almost Wikipedia: Eight Early Encyclopedia Projects and the Mechanisms of Collective Action," which essays to explain why Wikipedia succeeded where other, similar projects did not. We also talk about using Wikipedia in its early days, and which kinds of Gloomhaven playing-pieces organizational strategies is best. It's another episode of Downers!

Plugs this week:

• Thanksgiving dinner from BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANT and pumpkin pie from OUTER CAKE SHOP (Kate)
• THE FLOOR IS LAVA (Jack)
  • Seconded by Kate
  • Thirded by Hao
• Giving your sweetie a kiss (Hao, ex post facto)

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