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@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ 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.
+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 these services in read-only mode, without
-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.
+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 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?