[LINK] HD-DVD and Digg/Wiki

Michael Still mikal at stillhq.com
Wed May 2 22:18:20 AEST 2007


Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 07:53 PM 2/05/2007, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>> An interesting phenomenon is occurring right at this minute in the
>> world of online collaboratively-edited websites: take a look at
>> digg.com (or even wikipedia) to see how a democratic news sites react
>> when the owner threatens to remove posts, block or delete users, or
>> otherwise protect the interests of the site due to the user-provided
>> site content.
> 
> Thanks, Ivan. The full link:
> http://digg.com/tech_news/HD_DVD_key_fiasco_is_an_example_of_21st_century_digital_revolt
> 
> is pretty funny in the comments section. Loved the one about trying to
> take pee out of a swimming pool, the various forms of the code, and the
> numbers from Lost.

http://searchengineland.com/070502-071132.php

Has a nice follow up summary as well.

Mikal



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