[WikiEN-l] Twitterpedia will win

[FT2]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:22 PM, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com>wrote:

> Having only 140 characters to work with (or even 1600ish, as my example) is
> a limit which would require entirely different approaches.
>
> Writing smaller is harder - people able to wordsmith will move to the
> prominence somewhat.
>
> Identifying the 5ish key facts (who, what, when, where, why, etc) for any
> topic is probably easier than figuring out how to write a NPOV 10,000 word
> article on a contentious issue.
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
>

Very true. And hot on its heels, the predictable twitterpedia sequel
follows:

   - user#217869: pov warring!!
   - @83476238 not so!
   - @217869 is so!!
   - @83476238 not so!
   - @both: u blocked 24 hrs 3rr
   - @admin plz no?
   - @217869 o ok
   - @admin kthxbai
   - @83476238 u block I not u suxxor pov war!!!
   - @admin u involved,, @arbcom plzdesysopkthx?
   - @user no wai!!
   - ..........

FT2

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