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The name is a bit silly, I'm thinking about "how it's made" and various childrens books about how stuff works. The site doesn't strike me as a 'database' of so

The name is a bit silly, I'm thinking about "how it's made" and various childrens books about how stuff works. The site doesn't strike me as a 'database' of sorts, nor does the name now that I think of it. Site itself has a lot of whitespace and again doesn't feel like a database. I am also not sure people are passionate enough to actually edit stuff about some random tech guy or even some software. But for movies - people dedicate their lives to keeping up with those things, discussing them etc.

alanbernstein 11y ago
What would make it more "databasey"?
- wingerlang 11y ago
  I don't really know to be honest.
chaostheory 11y ago
We're definitely not positioning this as a datastore or database. I only mentioned IMDB because it's the website that's closest to what we do. "I am also not sure people are passionate enough to actually edit stuff about some random tech guy or even some software" TheyMadeThat has more than 'tech guys' and software. We have cars and mid-century modern furniture as well, and technically we can store data on books, music, and anything else that people are passionate about. We're pretty sure there are people obsessed with those things as well movies.
- wingerlang 11y ago
  So is it like wikipedia then?
  - chaostheory 11y ago
    Yes and no. It's like saying there's no point to IMDB since Wikipedia has the same data... or why do you need IM when email does the same thing? The subject matter is more limited and the display is way more consistent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fadell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fadell http://theymadethat.com/people/tony-fadell http://theymadethat.com/people/tony-fadell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pinkham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pinkham http://theymadethat.com/people/chris-pinkham http://theymadethat.com/people/chris-pinkham
  - chaostheory 11y ago
    Forgot. Unlike Wikipedia, we don't have a notability threshold. You don't need to be famous in order to have an entry for your work.

alanbernstein 11y ago

What would make it more "databasey"?

wingerlang 11y ago
I don't really know to be honest.

chaostheory 11y ago

We're definitely not positioning this as a datastore or database. I only mentioned IMDB because it's the website that's closest to what we do. "I am also not sure people are passionate enough to actually edit stuff about some random tech guy or even some software" TheyMadeThat has more than 'tech guys' and software. We have cars and mid-century modern furniture as well, and technically we can store data on books, music, and anything else that people are passionate about. We're pretty sure there are people obsessed with those things as well movies.

wingerlang 11y ago
So is it like wikipedia then?
- chaostheory 11y ago
  Yes and no. It's like saying there's no point to IMDB since Wikipedia has the same data... or why do you need IM when email does the same thing? The subject matter is more limited and the display is way more consistent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fadell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Fadell http://theymadethat.com/people/tony-fadell http://theymadethat.com/people/tony-fadell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pinkham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pinkham http://theymadethat.com/people/chris-pinkham http://theymadethat.com/people/chris-pinkham
- chaostheory 11y ago
  Forgot. Unlike Wikipedia, we don't have a notability threshold. You don't need to be famous in order to have an entry for your work.