My latest Netflix confirmation e-mail had this:
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My first thought was that they were going to start suggesting areas of Wikipedia internal politics for me to get involved in. "You showed an interest in the debate over the BADSITES policy in the past. Our recommendation engine indicates that it is likely you would be interested in the SPAM-BLACKLIST debates going on now."
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On 16-02-2009, at 10:18, "Daniel R. Tobias" dan@tobias.name wrote:
My latest Netflix confirmation e-mail had this:
Get personalized recommendations from our wide selection in Drama. The more movies you rate, the better your recommendations will be.
My first thought was that they were going to start suggesting areas of Wikipedia internal politics for me to get involved in. "You showed an interest in the debate over the BADSITES policy in the past. Our recommendation engine indicates that it is likely you would be interested in the SPAM-BLACKLIST debates going on now."
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Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
My latest Netflix confirmation e-mail had this:
Get personalized recommendations from our wide selection in Drama. The more movies you rate, the better your recommendations will be.
My first thought was that they were going to start suggesting areas of Wikipedia internal politics for me to get involved in. "You showed an interest in the debate over the BADSITES policy in the past. Our recommendation engine indicates that it is likely you would be interested in the SPAM-BLACKLIST debates going on now."
Our actors create drama; they don't rate it (except for some when "rate" is used in the sense of "to merit"). It reminds one of the old speech: "All the world's a wiki." :-)
Ec
But is it a tragedy or a comedy?
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
My latest Netflix confirmation e-mail had this:
Get personalized recommendations from our wide selection in Drama. The more movies you rate, the better your recommendations will be.
My first thought was that they were going to start suggesting areas of Wikipedia internal politics for me to get involved in. "You showed an interest in the debate over the BADSITES policy in the past. Our recommendation engine indicates that it is likely you would be interested in the SPAM-BLACKLIST debates going on now."
Our actors create drama; they don't rate it (except for some when "rate" is used in the sense of "to merit"). It reminds one of the old speech: "All the world's a wiki." :-)
Ec
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Kevin Wong wrote:
But is it a tragedy or a comedy?
That depends on your proximity to the events. From within it is high gothic; from without it is pure slapstick.
Ec
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
My latest Netflix confirmation e-mail had this:
Get personalized recommendations from our wide selection in Drama. The more movies you rate, the better your recommendations will be.
My first thought was that they were going to start suggesting areas of Wikipedia internal politics for me to get involved in. "You showed an interest in the debate over the BADSITES policy in the past. Our recommendation engine indicates that it is likely you would be interested in the SPAM-BLACKLIST debates going on now."
Our actors create drama; they don't rate it (except for some when "rate" is used in the sense of "to merit"). It reminds one of the old speech: "All the world's a wiki." :-)
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Kevin Wong wrote:
But is it a tragedy or a comedy?
That depends on your proximity to the events. From within it is high gothic; from without it is pure slapstick.
Heh, remembering the epic battle between you and Angela over the redirects of years (which curiously enough is not even currently present at [[WP:LAME]] despite richly deserving it - involving me at teh sidelines and finally bringing in both Tim Starling and Brion VIBBER), I can attest that your sentiment is better phrased:
"From within it is high Gothic; from without it is Greek tragedy, and far removed in either concern or time, it is pure slapstick."
Yours,
Jussi-Ville