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- Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -7/+64I've found Wikipedia to be a better information source than Google lately. And far more informative than IMDb, for that matter. It's like the ultimate encyclopedia of everything, and constantly updated.
- maffiou, on 10/12/2007, -5/+55@cirtusfizz:
I don't think they're talking of giving wikipedia away.
Just that if you want to do something wiki based, they'll get it up for you for free...
The title is misleading !! - wingnut21, on 10/12/2007, -8/+51Something seems to be wrong with digg's timestamping. This comment is clearly from 2 years ago.
- SLP1111, on 10/12/2007, -11/+50I'll take it...
- sscamatt, on 10/12/2007, -5/+40Did you even read the article?? He's not giving away wikipedia as your comment implies, he's giving away free hosting and software so that people can host thier own wiki's. I love it, 50 diggs, and nobody has even clicked and read the article.
- mattsidesinger, on 10/12/2007, -8/+33I totally agree, Wikipedia is by far the most informative source on the Interweb! For example, Wikipedia just told me that Africa's elephant population has swollen in the last few years. Who would have thought?
- citrusfizz, on 10/12/2007, -17/+41yeah.. think of what it costs each month to keep it going
- n8r0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Skip the article and just check out the site...
http://www.openserving.com/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18inaccurate title
- wisam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13The title is misleading. He didn't give "it" away. He's not giving his company away. He's merely providing free hosting and ads revenue to worthy websites.
- straxus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"Don't tar us all with the same brush."
Would it be okay if I tar some of you with gzip and others with bzip2? - cell00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Matt, where do you propose we look instead? What makes a random Googlesearch more informative and accurate than a Wikipedia article?
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Wikipedia is accurate, I'm just simply saying it's probably the best option there is. - GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Hello China?
That's right. All the tea. - judsond, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I wouldn't say better than google, wikipedia's search is crap. So, use google to search wikipedia :) Wikipedia is content, google is search, comparing them is a little shaky.
- gfnw, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16Wikipedia is not 100% accurate so that should clearly be taken to mean that it is in fact 100% inaccurate.
- paulmdx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Wikipedia has its place for accessing information you're not going to bet your career/education on. The most valuable lesson Wikipedia teaches us is to question the reliability of the source, and as cell00 points out, that's exactly the same on the net (and printed sources!) as a whole.
- 2L84ME, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@sscamatt:
Don't tar us all with the same brush. - cactushigh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5for those who don't like to read: they created mini digg built on Mediawiki, which anyone can apply for. We submit articles, not just links, for a given category (tech, politics), and the owner of the "openserve" makes money for nothing. How are they going to make money?
- incabulos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just so long as it's easier to rebuild than the Alexandria Library, I think we'll be good. =)
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No, I'm afraid you'll have to tar me with compress.
- tnwake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I thought you could only get "it" on ebay?
- aks123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Marked as accurate. Title is totally not misleading. Dugg up as cool. From a picky digg user. Who wishes to voice his opinions. In sentence fragments.
- VtmnR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey, they have a great way of doing things over there, I wouldn't mind using their interface for a startup.
- cactushigh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3digg v. open-source wiki digg? who would win? the people or the corporation?
- kawa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3There are many wiki-like and digg-like websites now, but most people still head to Wikipedia and Digg. I guess this is more for groups of community to carve out their own wiki/digg playground, which will serve more as niche topic rather than general info to compete directly with Digg.
Of course, with the right ingredient and a tipping point, any niche may become the next social web star- that's the best part of open source and web 2.0, it's not just all about capital investing anymore:-) - jerwong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Will there still be censorship?
- toolwerx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this is great as long as they filter the mediocre freeware from well programmed, polished freeware. If it were to get cluttered too much it would become not as appealing.
Im not dogging freeware at all. i think its great for people to contribute to the freeware scene, but there are a lot of buggy freeware progs out there that could make or break wikipedia's strategy. - rationalist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Confusing article. Is Openserving a different service, separate from Wikia, which will continue its current business model, or is Openserving, in essence, Wikia 2.0 (in other words, is Wikia morphing into Openserving?)
Also unclear is the account model for Openserving. One wiki per account or multiple wikis per account, one account per person (email/ip/whatever) or unlimited accounts, single administrative interface for all wikis under one account or separate login required for each wiki you administer?
The whole thing seems well-intentioned and potentially significant, but inarticulately announced and opaquely promoted. I want to root for Wales, but I frankly don't know what the hell he is getting at here.
Why does it have to be so complicated? Ward Cunningham, inventor of wikis, has shown that a highly skilled techie is capable of communicating simply and clearly in plain English.
Wales needs to follow the WikiWay in his language, too. - Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This looks like a digg competitor, not really along the lines of wikipedia. It's more content aggregation and articles with a community that can vote and bring articles to the front page.
- PhantomBantam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Yes, but the title is inaccurate. the description fixes it, though. It's better than most digg stories, but I did a bit of a double take after reading the title.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OR
Of course he's giving it away. Have you seen his ass? Who would pay? - jtrost, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4This title, "Wikipedia Founder Giving It Away For Free", is misleading. It makes it sound like Wales is giving Wikipedia away.
- canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2fair enough, and i can see where 'it' could be misleading. but jesus h., considering the crap in the headlines here on a daily basis, i didn't think this was that bad. i should have made it "Wikipedia Founder to Give IT Away" to keep the headline short enough and more accurate.
- AceTracer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He's made enough off Bomis that he can afford it.
When I first found out who founded Wikipedia I chuckled a bit. Bomis was part of a really sleazy industry I used to work in similar circles in when I lived in Florida. In fact, Wikipedia was hosted by Neutelligent, a company whose owners I knew very well, they were smut peddling ex-cons who also owned a couple strip clubs.
That arguably the most notable contribution of our generation would be thanks to these people, I found it...ironic. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Inaccurate! The title of this article implied that I may, at some point, actually care about something related to wikipedia.
And where is the NewSpeak? All Wiki related articles must be written in the latest Newspeak Dictionary. WikiDoublePlus Ungood! - jtrost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Since when is competition a bad thing?
- thodgson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Has Wikia ever heard of all the other free web hosting companies of the past? They are doomed to intense spamming and utter crap. I predict this new venture will fail miserably.
- Kirti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@b3mus3d
The title and description might be misleading, but the article is not inaccurate... - tawker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, bad digg title, good product though.
Openserving is good. WordPress is good. The two in harmony. Godly!
/me goes to congratulate Jimmy on the launch finding a freak time when he's online in IMland :) - hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it couldl enable less 'geeky' people to exercise their right to participate in producing content
- tho they might need to Remember to put opensource/net neutrality etc. above their Advertizing revenue sometime in the future!
'a free society is more important than good software' . i heard a guy with a beerd say in a documentary recently - squirlyblack, on 08/01/2008, -0/+0Wikipedia has been throughout the years more of a teacher than most of the teachers I had in school. Web 2.0 is the greatest thing to have appeared in the domain of articles that server studying, so, a little competetion never hurt anybody. https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/index.jspa?c ...
- seekandestroy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0dibbs
- wisie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0mmm mis-leading title?
- jsbarone, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Marked as innacurate. Title is totally misleading.
- canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5ok, quit all the whining about the title. YOU fit it in nicely. and for crying out loud, it's right there in the description exactly WHAT is being given away. if you read the summary, you know what is being given and you don't even have to read the article (since that is apparently too much work for some)!
- b3mus3d, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3This is terrible, the title implies that Wikipedia is being given away and the description implies that Wikia is being given away, whereas in fact it is neither of those things. It is nowhere near that monumental.
Please, everyone, mark this as innaccurate, because it sure as hell is. - BigKoala, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0This sucks. Means more competition for web enterpreneurs.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1 duuoohh.... its obviously slang
"giving 'it' away" = offering free sex - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2all thanks to colbert too
- jmz635, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4oops.. wrong post... bury me :)
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