Digg, Instablogs, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy.
Will , Jacksonville: Feb 25 2008
Made Popular Feb 25 2008
Social-media sites like Wikipedia, Instablogs and Digg are celebrated as shining examples of Web democracy, places built by millions of Web users who all act as writers, editors, and voters. In reality, a small number of people are running the show.
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Prince Campbell
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Prince Campbell Feb 25 2008
New York, United States
This story in Slate is a complete fraud.
I think Nick Douglas of Gawker.com put it best.

Why does Jimmy Wales believe that only 500 people wrote everything of import on Wikipedia? With 2 million articles on the site’s English version, that would mean each core user wrote nearly 20,000 articles in the seven years since the site launched. That’s eight articles a day per user, and clearly physically impossible. Is Wales unaware of this math, or is he so bent on maintaining Wikipedia’s respectability that he can’t admit how innovative it is?

The real question is why we can’t vote Slate off the island?
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