[Search-l] _Forbes_ - Andrew Keen - Down With Internet Democracy

[Seth Finkelstein]

On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 04:52:21PM -0400, L. Asher Corson wrote:
> Seth: you really lost me this time.

"[Disclaimer - Forwarding this article segment should not be taken as
unconditional endorsement. In fact, I have been critical of its author
in general in terms of writing going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket pandering]"

	My own view of Andrew Keen is that he writes by-the-numbers
conservative columns. But I thought it was pretty amusing to see
someone suggesting there would be sleeper-cell type programmers
involved in the project. That's not an opinion you see every day.
It's interesting to see his particular faction's viewpoint.

> I thought the debate about whether or
> not Wikipedia is accurate was settled a long time ago:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4530930.stm

	Not quite:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/23/britannica_wikipedia_nature_study/

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