September 13, 2007

Martin’s post on the meerkat photograph hoax got me thinking in relation to Paul’s stuff on wikis (previously blogged) . Newspapers aren’t interested in the past. We only have searchable archives because they’re easy to produce and have been shown to generate ad revenue. There’s no real interest in keeping them accurate as the journos are always looking to the next story. Wikis, however, are designed for archiving the past and ensuring information is as accurate as can be, even if the topic is no longer as interesting as it once was. There’s a difference here, one that can be complimentary. In other words, I don’t think wikis are the new blogs. I think blogs are the new newspapers and wikis are the knowledge base that feeds them. Or something. Lots of yummy thinking here.

(Further to the meerkat thing, I wonder if its plausibility was a side effect of the rise of the lolcat? If you believe a kitteh can ride an invisible bicycle you’ll believe anything.)

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