Re:Biographicon (YC Startup) Wants To Be Wikipedia For The N...
by staticshock on Sunday March 02, 2008 @10:41AM
(#127385)
it's safe to assume this will be more prone to vandalism, since each page will have less of an audience (and thus less chance of a vandalized page being fixed) than any given page on wikipedia
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Re:Biographicon (YC Startup) Wants To Be Wikipedia For The N...
by bobp on Sunday March 02, 2008 @01:54PM
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I agree. Despite the guidelines, I can see this potentially being used to spread rumors, gossip, lie, or just stuff that's plain unflattering on people. I doubt many people will be actively monitoring their Biographicon profile and this content could go undetected for a while, causing the subjects real harm.
Re:Biographicon (YC Startup) Wants To Be Wikipedia For The N...
by staticshock on Sunday March 02, 2008 @04:32PM
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i don't think it'll be particularly harmful. i think in the long term the wiki's reputation as a reliable source information may suffer. when something is well known not to be reliable, it doesn't have much of a way of inflicting harm.
Re:Biographicon (YC Startup) Wants To Be Wikipedia For The N...
by vlad on Sunday March 02, 2008 @04:39PM
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http://biographicon.com/view/l966v
There's somebody named Hairy Beaver linked to from a home-page featured profile listing.