Scrapbox is a flow-type wiki

Scrapbox could be classified as a Wiki, but it’s a flow type, not a stock type (if anything) Scrapbox Effects Illustrated - Evangelism Institute Blog

While does not agree with this opinion, I think it is an important angle.

• The argument about whether it is stock or flow type False dichotomy. - stock is a false dichotomy
• Some people use the Wiki-like service only for stocking purposes.
  • I would write a page with neatly arranged, sectional headings.
  • And the effort to clean up the page is exhausting.
  • as a result
    • I know I have to write the documentation, but it’s tedious…”
    • ‘I read it because I thought it was correct because of the nicely arranged documentation, but it was actually outdated information! Why aren’t they maintaining it!”
    • this tragedy takes place
  • In wikis that allow hierarchical organization, unless you explicitly create a “place where you can put anything”, the process tends to be “first create the page in the right place”.
  • The problem stems from the use of Scrapbox Philosophy as a “warehouse for dead text,” to use their words.
• Scrapbox allows chat-like [real-time communication
  • The term “chat-like” is a misnomer.
    • Chats line up information in one dimension.
    • Scrapbox is arranged in a tree-like structure.
  • Achieved through strong collaborative editing capabilities.
    • It could be said to be a Tree Board that can be edited collaboratively in real time.
  • This allows for “flow-like” use, such as chatting, and the logs are stocked.
• Using a wiki as a means of communication is nothing new.
  • The concept of ThreadMode in Cunningham’s C2Wiki, which created the Wiki
    • see Wiki mode
      • I don’t know when it first appeared, but at least it was used without explanation in a presentation at a symposium on wikis in 2005
        • https://www.opensym.org/ws2005/proceedings/paper-09.pdf
      • The term ThreadMode is also used in “Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom” (2008)
    • Discussion in a thread with a notation, then moving on to an unnamed commentary.
  • The misfortune is that in the process of popularizing wikis, more and more people are using them as a mere CMS.
    • I forgot to use it as a means of communication.

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