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One of the reasons I love wikipedia is that its neutral and no ads. Google Im sure will have plans to stick in some adsense and share revenue with the author. W

by bigbang 18y ago

One of the reasons I love wikipedia is that its neutral and no ads. Google Im sure will have plans to stick in some adsense and share revenue with the author. Why should I contribute to an article bcos of which the original author might get paid. Even if there willbe no ads , with the author's profile there, any contribution I may make doesnt feel like, Im part of it. I love all contibutors being annonymous in wikipedia I vote this me-too project down.

wmf 18y ago
Obviously Knol is structured to reward/encourage authors, not contributors. Hopefully the result will be not a Wikipedia-killer but something with a different flavor.
- bigbang 18y ago
  Wont it be more like a blog then? Except ofcourse worrying about how to get traffic
  - wmf 18y ago
    Yeah, Google needs to add some kind of benefit that you can't get from just posting an article on your blog. The real name verification is interesting but hardly compelling.
    - ars 18y ago
      They pay you a piece of ad money from your page. (If you want. You can also disable ads.)
      - wmf 18y ago
        Blogs also have this feature.