[Search-l] Mahalo Greenhouse

[Jason Calacanis]

>  I don't have a moral problem with that or anything, but I feel the same way
> about it that I feel about dmoz:  too closed.  And I think most folks that
> this project attracts will feel the same way.  Part of the attraction of
> Wikipedia is the the nonexistent barrier to entry.  Many of the complaints
> about dmoz are about it being a closed system (in spite of having many
> volunteer editors), including the decisions about what's in, and what's not.

Well, we're not finished with Mahalo yet... so, it's still evolving.

Right now anyone can suggest links to the pages on Mahalo and every
result has a message board (aka discussion board) to debate the
results. I'm not sure you can put an open system like Wikipedia uses
against search--there is too much at stake and the "bad actors" would
destroy the system.

> Now, if you took a Mahalo style approach, and opened it completely up - I'd
> guess that would be something like the "head" results of Wikia Search.

Not sure what the "head" results of Wikia Searh are.. is there a URL for that?

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