From: bernie Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:55:19 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Edit page about X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=97c14cc7ebff6ccc46cb7a75895ea36188bf0329;p=wiki.git Edit page about --- diff --git a/about b/about index d11d69e..fdf9a91 100644 --- a/about +++ b/about @@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ discussion. At this time, I tend to boycot those online web services that make i intentionally hard bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users. Examples of such badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and [[http://flickr.com | Flickr]]: both have been created by us, but try downloading -substantial portions of their data, if you can. The [[http://wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]], -on the other hand, provides an interface to dump the entire database, including -the history of edits. This is what we should +substantial portions of their data, if you can. On the other end of the spectrum, +the [[http://wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]] provides an interface to dump the +entire database, including the history of edits. This is what we should demand +from any online resource built collaboratively. -My current personal policy is to use the non-reciprocal services in read-only +My current personal policy is to use those non-reciprocal services in read-only mode, avoiding to help them collect even more information from me. Call me a fundamentalist for going through these hoops, but I believe I'm