I always just assumed that "a view from the hive" was Jimbo.
Was I wrong? After all, we all know
he can't be real...
I sometimes get the impression that some of the younger admins are realizing that the HiveMind pages make it much easier for admissions offices and potential employers to find out about their online activities, by simply Googling their real names. And IMO they have good reason for concern, too - certainly if I were choosing incoming freshmen and new hires, I'd probably stay away from Wikipedia admins like the plague, given the amount of time they'd probably spend editing Wikipedia when they should be either attending classes or working.
Then again, a company and/or university might gain some advantage from having a WP admin around, if that person were willing to help promote the company and/or university on WP, marketing-wise... I wonder if Microsoft actually has multiple admins on the payroll already, and maybe that whole paid-editing "scandal" was just a clever smokescreen, to alleviate suspicion when it comes time to use them more aggressively? (IMG:
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So I really don't know what to make of it, to be honest. Either way, it hasn't resulted in an opt-out policy for BLP subjects, so I guess it's still not enough.