http://steveclancy.com Web developer and sometimes blogger Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:32:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://steveclancy.com/2008/02/23/can-anyone-edit-the-wikipedia-and-digg/ http://steveclancy.com/2008/02/23/can-anyone-edit-the-wikipedia-and-digg/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:22:58 +0000 Steve http://steveclancy.com/2008/02/23/can-anyone-edit-the-wikipedia-and-digg/ Continue reading →]]> Slate: The Wisdom of the Chaperones. This article argues that Digg and Wikipedia are not as “democratic” as they suggest they are in concept, because both are tightly managed by a small group of super users. While this sounds bad, its not particularly surprising that the people who invest the most time on these sites exert the most influence. I would argue the democratic spirit of these sites, a la Anton Ego, is not that anyone can edit but an editor can emerge from anywhere. These sites have self-organized as pure meritocracies which makes them unique.

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