X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=about;h=17c38d46ba1691906c2f8b21a10c94876a5c947c;hp=69753dfa826f90e77d0d4ba355dc41f8ae3b6cca;hb=6e3f1932c6e89916db03ed3302dc80298569a663;hpb=6b2c1f45bbdcb9c82bfc650462656052ba2876b3 diff --git a/about b/about index 69753df..17c38d4 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. +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, thus avoiding to grow their information base with my help. -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? +Promoting users' autonomy is in the long-term interest of a free Internet. \ No newline at end of file