[WikiEN-l] Jimbo interview

[WJhonson at aol.com]

On the subject of what comes after wikipedia, or what successful forks there 
are.

My experience in this regard with knol is interesting.  Knol allows of course 
POV, and OR, the idea being that the best ones will percolate to the top by 
getting lots of ratings.  This doesn't exactly seem to be what's occurring.  I 
would say that the best ones are percolating to the top by getting lots of 
VIEWS which is quite a different thing.


Very few of my knols, even the most read ones, get any sort of editing, even 
though they are marked "moderated editing".  Does this mean that most people 
would rather just write their own from scratch?  Or does this mean people don't 
want to add edits if I'm getting the revenue share? (which is pennies a 
month)

Or does it just mean that Knol hasn't yet gotten the critical weight ?

Or maybe my knols are so perfect nobody can think of any edits.

Will Johnson





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