New culture
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The new culture is a term that describes the predominance of the "order and purpose" strain of RationalWiki editors, compared to the "fun and games" variety. The poles of this contradiction are likely Ty and Doggedpersistence (or Blue and Ace McWicked, if you want), with everyone else who has an opinion on site politics falling at points on the gradient in between. The "new" culture refers to the perception that, in recent times, consensus has - if tentatively - endorsed the "order and purpose" perspective. It's important to remember that despite the rhetoric, the vast majority of editors who are vocal in this debate do really want the best for RW.
In other words, it's an insidious effort by saboteurs and jack-booted thugs to subvert the utopian, anarchic ideals of the "Old RationalWiki" with a vast, sprawling bureaucracy designed to crush the very life of the wiki and its users.
[edit] Other way of looking
The above is written in the present tense which is really very timelessly accurate - though the names will need to be updated. As users come and go there is a constantly "new culture" at RW. Until such time as the user base becomes significantly larger and user retention improves there will be a "new culture" every nine months or so.
[edit] Other uses
In the theme of "not your circle jerk anymore," Brxbrx used the phrase "new culture" in one of many arguments with Ace McWicked, saying that he was part of a "new culture" to which Ace did not belong.[1][2] Maratrean also endorsed Brxbrx's conception of the idea.[3]
