On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
I think I'm probably missing some elements of how Knol works... Anyone can create their own version of an article about something? And only pagerank and the starred rating determines which you see first? Won't they have an impossible noise problem?
Also, how do they deal with crap like this: http://knol.google.com/k/graham-colditz-md-drph/cancer-prevention/bzml3lSg/S... "Eight Ways To Prevent Cancer"?
Sorting through noise is exactly what made Google famous, and what they do best. Lack of signal might be a problem, but I don't think noise will be.
Lastly, whats the import of the Creative Commons license they use? The articles I've seen are all CC-BY 3.0 - we can reuse content under that license, can't we?
Sure, as long as you follow the license.