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>For any digital crowdsourced dictionary to be useful and viable I'm pro open licenses, but you're overstating things. The sheer usefulness and viability of Ur
by akoboldfrying 3y ago
>For any digital crowdsourced dictionary to be useful and viable
I'm pro open licenses, but you're overstating things. The sheer usefulness and viability of Urban Dictionary attests to the fact that most people don't actually care about licenses.
- lucideer 3y ago> The sheer usefulness and viability of Urban Dictionary attests to the fact that most people don't actually care about licenses. Urban Dictionary is indeed extremely useful, but I think making this out to be evidence that people don't care is oversimplifying things. As useful as it is, it's still pretty clear that the licensing (along with a few other lacks, open moderation, etc.) severely holds it back from being as comprehensive & accurate a source as it could be. It achieves usefulness through sheer volume: the vast majority of entries on it are nonsense, there's just so many that there are diamonds to be found in the rough.
- akoboldfrying 3y agoI only claimed that most people don't care (which is indeed borne out by UD's success) as direct evidence contradicting the claim I quoted. I certainly agree that UD could be even better, including through better licensing.
- vendiddy 3y agoI agree with you. The thought of licensing won't cross the mind of the vast majority of people. But yeah better licensing would still be nice.
- wodenokoto 3y agoIs it supposed to be an accurate source? It’s a bit of an in-joke repository.
- lucideer 3y agoIt's not supposed to be, but I wish it were. An accurate source of slang & contemporary language would be fantastic.