Comments on: Web 2.0 — powered by numbskulls http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:14:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: نساء http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/comment-page-1/#comment-344117 نساء Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:15:14 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/#comment-344117 more care is required ;) more care is required ;)

]]> By: Nick Carr, the king of all trolls » mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/comment-page-1/#comment-9237 Nick Carr, the king of all trolls » mathewingram.com/work Thu, 25 May 2006 01:38:51 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/#comment-9237 [...] The latest post on “the death of Wikipedia” is a perfect example. Extreme position? Check. Straw man set up? Check. Lots of pseudo-intellectual claptrap? Check (actually, not as much as usual). And yet, at the risk of appearing slug-like, I just can’t help responding. In a nutshell, the post is a kind of shaggy-dog tale — a long, circuitous argument in which the real point is only apparent at the end. And the point? A variation on one of Nick’s favourites: that something like Wikipedia, which tries to take advantage of the “wisdom of crowds” is smoke and mirrors, and that only the traditional model of wise editors carefully organizing things for the plebians has any merit. [...] [...] The latest post on “the death of Wikipedia” is a perfect example. Extreme position? Check. Straw man set up? Check. Lots of pseudo-intellectual claptrap? Check (actually, not as much as usual). And yet, at the risk of appearing slug-like, I just can’t help responding. In a nutshell, the post is a kind of shaggy-dog tale — a long, circuitous argument in which the real point is only apparent at the end. And the point? A variation on one of Nick’s favourites: that something like Wikipedia, which tries to take advantage of the “wisdom of crowds” is smoke and mirrors, and that only the traditional model of wise editors carefully organizing things for the plebians has any merit. [...]

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/comment-page-1/#comment-2455 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 02 May 2006 03:10:38 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/#comment-2455 Wikipedia is not "democracy". It is a pet project of rich guy, who holds ultimate power over it, delegates lesser power, and can't ever be removed. Morever, "democracy" as a system of political organization is one thing, as a method of determining encyclopedia accuracy, quite another. Wikipedia is not “democracy”. It is a pet project of rich guy, who holds ultimate power over it, delegates lesser power, and can’t ever be removed.

Morever, “democracy” as a system of political organization is one thing, as a method of determining encyclopedia accuracy, quite another.

]]> By: The Wikipedia model — unicorn or camel? » mathewingram.com/work http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 The Wikipedia model — unicorn or camel? » mathewingram.com/work Tue, 02 May 2006 02:06:42 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/#comment-2452 [...] Web 2.0 -- powered by numbskulls [...] [...] Web 2.0 — powered by numbskulls [...]

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/comment-page-1/#comment-2448 Mathew Tue, 02 May 2006 01:29:04 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/28/web-20-powered-by-numbskulls/#comment-2448 Unfortunately, democracy is kind of like that too, but the benefits tend to outweigh the disadvantages. And as someone once said, democracy is the worst form of government out there -- except for all the others. Mathew Unfortunately, democracy is kind of like that too, but the benefits tend to outweigh the disadvantages. And as someone once said, democracy is the worst form of government out there — except for all the others.

Mathew

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