Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy
A propósito da Wikipedia estou postando um artigo que encontrei no site do MSN - Slate The Wisdom of the Chaperones Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy. By Chris Wilson Posted Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at 6:11 PM ET It's getting harder to be a Wikipedia-hater. The user-generated and -edited online encyclopedia—which doesn't even require contributors to register—somehow holds its own against the Encyclopedia Britannica in accuracy, a Nature study concluded, and has many times more entries. But even though people are catching up to the idea that Wikipedia is a force for good, there are still huge misconceptions about what makes the encyclopedia tick. While Wikipedia does show the creative potential of online communities, it's a mistake to assume the site owes its success to the wisdom of the online crowd. Social-media sites like Wikipedia and Digg are celebrated as shining examples of Web democracy, places built by millions of Web users who all act as writers, ...