Reading 8--CHEN XINLEI

 Summary 

When mentioning Wikipedia, the first thing people think of is Wikipedia, which promotes it. But in fact, the word "wiki" has a broader connotation. As a community-oriented collaborative writing tool, it exists in various fields of the Internet today. Wiki means participation, openness and cooperation. It is technology, and it also means the convergence of culture and information.References to Wikipedia in popular culture have been widespread. Wikipedia has also become culturally significant with many individuals seeing the presence of their own Wikipedia entry as a status symbol.

“According to Stephen Colbert, together "we can all create a reality that we all can agree on; the reality that we just agreed on". During the segment, he joked: "I love Wikipedia... any site that's got a longer entry on truthiness than on Lutherans has its priorities straight." Colbert also used the segment to satirize the more general issue of whether the repetition of statements in the media leads people to believe they are true. ”

What makes a product powerful is not its scale and power, but its culture, a solid value and belief, and this kind of thing goes up to the designer of the product, and everyone in the participant agrees with it and can clearly understand it. Pass it on to everyone. Wikipedia has transformed from a mere encyclopedia to a recognized symbol in the process of development. This is its magic, even if someone denigrates Wikipedia, it cannot deny its influence in various industries.

Interesting point

The comedy website Something Awful once featured Wikipedia's article on Knuckles the Echidna as an ALOD (Awful Link of the Day), satirizing the amount of detail that sometimes goes into seemingly irrelevant topics.

Discussion

Andrew Keen's 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture asserted the proliferation of user-generated content on Wikipedia obscured and devalued traditional, higher-quality information outlets.Do you agree with this view?

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 29, 2023 at 7:17 AM


    I agree. Modern people are exposed to a vast amount of unfiltered information, unlike in the past. This can cloud the waters of knowledge and there is a concern that errors may accumulate as future generations inherit too much unfiltered information.

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