woensdag 19 december 2007

Wikipedia versus Brittanica


For quite some time now the renowned encyclopedia and the web 2.0 application have been caught up in a fierce battle that refers to the overall fascinating discussion on the true impact of internet on our world. I don't want to end up writing down a long and difficult story about longtails and statistics so I made up this figure. It points out the trends that refer to the way of gaining and sharing knowledge before internet and now. Before knowledge was perceived and shared by few nowadays its far more democratic in which quantity is the most important dimension that makes it work (in other words you make things worldwide without any problem or costs) . Both ways seem to be able to come up with a simular level but the first one completly relies on the few. Although Brittancia claims that wikipedia contains more mistakes because of its structure Wikipedia is defenitely the winner in the end Does it make any sense?



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