X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=about;h=17c38d46ba1691906c2f8b21a10c94876a5c947c;hp=d11d69e8e4c73922bd5892f68399d97177444b8f;hb=6a8bf3e18fe0a9a0beba78db44c37119a2710696;hpb=1f392c76d7158043896d522eda5da4dd0da51413 diff --git a/about b/about index d11d69e..17c38d4 100644 --- a/about +++ b/about @@ -25,12 +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 -mode, avoiding to help them collect even more information from me. +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