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@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ much as possible. Call me a fundamentalist, but I find it very disturbing to giv
 online identity to services whose conditions are established and changed unilaterally.
 
 The [[http://opendefinition.org/ | definition of open knowledge]] is still a subject of
 online identity to services whose conditions are established and changed unilaterally.
 
 The [[http://opendefinition.org/ | definition of open knowledge]] is still a subject of

-discussion. At this time, I generally boycot any online web services that make it
+discussion. At this time, I tend to boycot those online web services that make it

 intentionally hard bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users.
 intentionally hard bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users.

-Examples of badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and
-[[http://flickr.com | Flickr]].
+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.

 
 My current personal policy is to use these services in read-only mode, without
 
 My current personal policy is to use these services in read-only mode, without

-helping them collect even more information.
+helping them collect even more information. The Wikipedia, on the other hand,
+provides an interface to dump the entire database, including the history of edits.

 
 Call me a fundamentalist for going through these hoops, but I believe I'm acting in
 my best personal interest. I //do// care about my meta-self, and you?
 
 Call me a fundamentalist for going through these hoops, but I believe I'm acting in
 my best personal interest. I //do// care about my meta-self, and you?