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> My reaction when I first heard of the concept of a "wiki" where everyone is allowed to edit some post (curiously before I heard about Wikipedia): I thought su
by cxr 3y ago
> My reaction when I first heard of the concept of a "wiki" where everyone is allowed to edit some post (curiously before I heard about Wikipedia): I thought such a system would immediately be ruined
There are people who think that today, despite well-known existence proofs we have to the contrary.
- pixl97 3y agoI mean a lot of internet places have been destroyed by vandalism and upkeep costs, what were seeing us just survivorship bias and survival of the fittest.
- cxr 3y agoIn other words, existence proofs that such systems won't automatically be ruined.
- pixl97 3y agoI'd disagree, they require a massive amount of moderation and clean up to keep running. The default state is ruined and only by herculean effort is it usable by others. It's like a park in a high drug use area. Quite often they are ruined, and only by massive expenditure of effort are is it even near safe.
- cxr 3y agoEven if your reply made sense as a response (it doesn't), I've been involved with multiple wikis, and your claims aren't true.