Thanks Svper, good read. It makes a lot of sense to me, I have thought this to mysef in the past. He talks about two groups with negative associations (gangs and terrorist cells), but I would go further and say that any group where you can choose membership/apply should probably have some common dynamic. Think about school/uni clubs, sports fans, how they react/feel when a member doesn't conform, how they choose their compatriots.
Not sure how insulting him helps; anyone who can accurately model a group dynamic has pretty strong grounds imo.
Also, I myself have experienced 'gang' type situations in larger offices, where a department gets into a silo mentality, you have to play football on thurs nights to be 'one of the boys', all that, so I do not dismiss it on those grounds either.
WoW would be a very convenient way to pose as a member and study such a group. Respectfully; to dismiss the opportunity because of the computer game format would be as blinkered as some of the posts I have just read, and more on par with the WoW boards than these imo.
Ah hah ha.. did you see the first few comments on the article?A bit sick, but lol!Need crazy bomber - PST stats & achievement (no noobs)
And this: http://xkcd.com/435/
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