Re: What a modern collaboration toolkit looks like

[Richard Stallman]

    You do gradually gain status by being available when you're needed.  And 
    you do lose influence when you're not around for a while.  But there's
    no cliquishness about it -- all you have to do to have a place in the 
    discussion is show up, really.

I'd prefer a culture in which status comes from being willing and
able to do the hard jobs.  It sounds like that is a reason to mainly
stick to email.