Re: [Marxism] List Demographics: February 2005

["Carlos A. Rivera" <cerejota@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Les Schaffer" <schaffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> also, though the scientist in me jumps at the opportunity to "measure" the
> group here, i am not at all clear what would be learned from such
> measurements.

The scientist in me would be specially interested in class make-up,
self-definition and geographic location in terms of sampling the use of the
internet by marxists and fellow travellers. This list is a long with
trainspotters probably the biggest left-wing discussion list on the
internet, and hence, it does provide a significant sample to have hard data
as to the real, not imagined, content of the radical internet. (In this
sense one field I would add is ethnic origin.)

It would certainly serve a purpose of a deeper understanding of the nature
of political radicalism on the internet, which needless to say, to any
revolutionary is invaluable data.

sks


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