11-23-2010, 06:29 PM
Dustie Wrote:... and another thing -- when did it go from being cool to make fun of wiki for having lots of garbage content to being socialist to make fun of it? Where was I when the tectonic shift occured and we as a people all decided that Wiki was great info? Did I miss that Oprah where that was decided?
heh, I was mostly joking, but your statement was just kind of weird for a free market supporter. Technology makes many business models obsolete and die if they can't adjust to the changes. Yes, the content may not be as legitimate (altho I would argue at this stage there are many checks and balances put in to make the information pretty damn accurate) but it's easy access and it's free. And Encylopedia Brittanica still exists if you want more legitimate content (and has a lot of free online material with ads). One could argue wikipedia made them offer a better service for less money...capitalism!!