[WikiEN-l] Viral marketing?

Sean Barrett sean at epoptic.org
Mon Aug 15 14:52:49 UTC 2005


Ben Yates stated for the record:

> Still, someone wrote into boingboing with the following:
> 
> "I can't say who I am, but I do work at a company that uses Wikipedia
> as a key part of online marketing strategies. That includes planting
> of viral information in entries...."
> 
> How well can wikipedia protect itself against this unfamiliar sort of
> systemic bias?

Check, delete, publicize, ban, lather, rinse, repeat.

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