So the last post dealt with those identities that don't post much. What about at the other end of the scale? During the 5 months with the highest levels of posting(Feb, Jun, Sept, Oct 06, Apr 07), there were 4 posters who stood out from the rest in posting volumes.
The profiles of these 4 high-intensity posters are strikingly similar: Male; Founded their own organisation (institute, company); American (or have worked for a US multinational); 40+ (this is a guess) - 3 are also bloggers.
So with these characteristics in mind, the next identity I want to talk about in the ACT-KM ecology is dubbed the "alpha". This primarily about posting volumes rather than the specific input into threads. Some observations (please note the first two):
1. No one poster exhibits the alpha identity consistently.
2. The alpha is a valid identity within this particular ecosystem and can play a positive or negative role.
3. I suspect that 3 active alphas are the maximum ACT-KM can accommodate at any one time without drastically changing the diversity mix of other posters.
4. A high Gini coefficient may be an indicator of alpha behaviour on ACT-KM. How the alpha fits in with the ACT-KM archetypes is a moot point.
As Miguel & Jack are discussing, bloggers tend to like expressing themselves in a range of media - so it's not surprise that heavy ACT-KM posters tended to be bloggers. In fact 7 of the top 10 posters on the spreadsheet have blogged at one time or another.
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