Re:Show HN: TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts
by gojomo on Thursday April 04, 2013 @04:49PM
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Based on observations and prior experience (esp. Bitzi), I believe the wiki approach of "correct-in-place" leads to better convergence and community than "downvote the errors, add a corrected entry, upvote the better entry".
(Voting democracy may help prevent people from being oppressed in certain ways, but it isn't much of a truth-discovery mechanism.)
(Voting democracy may help prevent people from being oppressed in certain ways, but it isn't much of a truth-discovery mechanism.)