I suppose I could have called this node "
Everythingolution", but I'll let somebody else have the
fun of coming up with a
ten-words-or-less
definition.
Nodes are like
DNA. If they
spawn more nodes, they survive; if they have what it takes to
attract readers who, through a
complicated sexual process, create the "spawn" nodes, then they are "
successful".
This
nodespawning is
accomplished in many ways, including:
1.
Seduction. The node can contain lots of
saucy links in potentia--links that aren't filled but which look like so much
fun that readers will
fill them.
2.
Love. The node can bring to light something
really new or
previously complicated that people are interested in
reading about and, later on,
noding about on their own.
3.
Prostitution. The node can
openly solicit new nodes, as in the case of Everything DataBases.
4.
Dwarf-Monkey Butt-Lovin'. Sometimes, a node is so
revolting or
stupid that it gets
thousands of spinoffs and
comments--this is the
NodeGods' sense of humor at work.
And lastly,
5.
The Spinster Whore. Against all odds of Everything Evolution, sometimes a node which survives to
successfully spawn lots of
baby nodes is one that
expressly spoke out AGAINST NodeSpawning. For instance, rants trying to
restrict Everything to
clean language or
the moral right or whatever sometimes end up getting more
action than nodes which openly support
E2-volution. I can't tell if this is the NodeGods
laughing again, or if these are simply the node-versions of those
assholes we all know who get laid all the time. Maybe it's those people
writing those nodes....!