Apparently we're the next Microsoft after Google:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20051201WikipediaistheNextG...
Good fucking God.
And dig CBS News' way with a headline:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2005/12/01/publiceye/entry1092784.shtml
- d.
actually, I've never seen any two of those three in a room together... ++SJ
On 12/2/05, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Apparently we're the next Microsoft after Google:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20051201WikipediaistheNextG...
Good fucking God.
And dig CBS News' way with a headline:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2005/12/01/publiceye/entry1092784.shtml
Not to be a nit. But it's interesting that the CBS poster criticizes accuracy, but consistently spells "John Siegenthaler [sic]" incorrectly throughout his blog post. If only there was a way that people could edit and correct such mistakes... hmm...
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
Well I would say: people are trying to write about wikipedia and do not really care about what they write (it is a "hot theme" actually ... this is shown by many articles that are against Wikipedia or for Wikipedia - most articles are written to be sold - or to become known as a good reporter or whatsoever.
So just take the articles as what they are (ways to make buzz) and go ahead working on the projects without caring too much about that.
Please note that negative articles are not always really negative. People react more to negative news than to positive ones - so having negative news means that more people will look at "that page" mentioned in an article - and if that page is good they will say to themselves "I don't know what this guy has ... it is ok" ... so the negative news has/had a positive effect in the end.
Consider how you react to news ... do you really believe anything or do you have a look at things and then decide?
Just my 2 ct's on this :-)
Ciao, Sabine
David Gerard wrote:
Apparently we're the next Microsoft after Google:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20051201WikipediaistheNextG...
Good fucking God.
And dig CBS News' way with a headline:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2005/12/01/publiceye/entry1092784.shtml
- d.
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Sabine Cretella wrote:
Please note that negative articles are not always really negative. People react more to negative news than to positive ones - so having negative news means that more people will look at "that page" mentioned in an article - and if that page is good they will say to themselves "I don't know what this guy has ... it is ok" ... so the negative news has/had a positive effect in the end.
It's a reminder of the old quote, (with apologies that I can't CITE the source. :-) ), "You can say anything you want about me as long as you spell my name correctly."
Ec
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Sabine Cretella wrote:
Please note that negative articles are not always really negative. People react more to negative news than to positive ones - so having negative news means that more people will look at "that page" mentioned in an article - and if that page is good they will say to themselves "I don't know what this guy has ... it is ok" ... so the negative news has/had a positive effect in the end.
It's a reminder of the old quote, (with apologies that I can't CITE the source. :-) ), "You can say anything you want about me as long as you spell my name correctly."
Indeed. "Please don't go to that appalling site wikipedia.org. That's WIKIPEDIA DOT ORG. And especially don't enter a search for anything you might be interested in or want to look up, and REALLY don't hit the 'Edit this page' link. They're MAD, BAD and PERVERTED! Especially don't look up the scholarly and encyclopedically-toned articles on [[penis]], [[clitoris]] or [[autofellatio]], kids!"
- d.
David Gerard wrote:
Apparently we're the next Microsoft after Google:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20051201WikipediaistheNextG...
Good fucking God.
And dig CBS News' way with a headline:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2005/12/01/publiceye/entry1092784.shtml
King Disrupter III! We've come a long way since Socrates was a mere gadfly.
Ec
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