An article in the Wall Street Journal this morning says that Wikipedia’s volunteer corps is declining. Since it’s subscriber content, here’s their short video on the trend.
Is it too hard for folks to post content? Maybe. Has everything been written about? Maybe. Is there too much spam and graffiti? Maybe. Or it could just be that now that there are three million (and counting) articles on Wikipedia, it’s no longer the latest, greatest thing. Crowds can get tired. And since most of the volunteer editors on Wikipedia are 28 year old men, maybe they’re just moved on.
Popularity: 30% [?]
