Re: [flalug] Dvorak - "Eventually, wikis will go downhill."

From: Khepri (khepri@perennialwisdom.com)
Date: Tue Jul 19 2005 - 01:55:17 EDT


Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 09:13:43PM -0400, Khepri wrote:
>
>>It was John C. Dvorak, columnist at PC Magazine....:)
>>
>>He's never been shy about writing controversial articles....keeps people
>>reading I suppose.
>
>
> He doesn't seem shy about writing articles that make him look like a
> pretentious ignoramus, either.

Yeah, that too....LOL

> He's displayed, in that one article, a
> thorough lack of understanding of A) Wikipedia's social mechanisms, B)
> US culture in the aggregate, C) psychology, D) the behavior of both
> vandals and knowledge-seekers, and D) the proper use of several terms.
>
> That's okay, though. People like him make the rest of us look good by
> comparison.

The more articles that appear attacking wikis, the more I wonder what
"money" and motivation is behind it?

Especially when a potential hack at PC Magazine joins in the chorus...

Are Encartas sales on the tiolet?...LOL

Chris in St.Pete

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