From: bernie Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:52:13 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Edit page about X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1f392c76d7158043896d522eda5da4dd0da51413 Edit page about --- diff --git a/about b/about index 69753df..d11d69e 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. 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?