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bernie
<bernie@140.247.237.64>
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:13 +0000
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GeekiGeeki
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:13 +0000
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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
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. 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
-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 the 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?