User:Ottawahitech/WB: Yahoo Groups vs wikiland

WB: Yahoo Groups vs wikiland

COMMON

content: volunteer provided

admin tools: supplied through software provided by owner

admin tools: allow for different levels of control

DIFFERENT

number of online-jurisdictions: YG had lots more groups than wikiland wikis (100s of thousands vs circa 1000 )

ownership: public corporation vs non-profit foundation
 * public corporation
 * administered by a board of directors who represent 	shareholders
 * non-profit foundation
 * administered by a board of directors who represent community of users

website administration:
 * YG: volunteer Owners and group managers for each YG
 * wikiland: local admins for each wiki (volunteers) + global admins for the website (volunteers+paid staff)

administrators appointed by:
 * YG Owners (a volunteer who started / promoted / built up the Group and appointed Group Managers)
 * wikiland:
 * a local wiki community of users
 * global : the community of users of all of wikiland

YG history late 1990s

wikiland history early 2000