http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/04/25/commercialization-of-wikis/ Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me Thu, 17 May 2012 21:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/04/25/commercialization-of-wikis/comment-page-1/#comment-1647 Jeff Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:17:11 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/04/25/commercialization-of-wikis/#comment-1647 that's why I think they haven't had a lot of uptake on Amazon, because you can use their "user review" feature to add you .02 cents without going in to a wiki. I have always wondered what Amazon was hoping to achieve with wikis, they should be looking at buying guides and getting vendors or publications to step up. that’s why I think they haven’t had a lot of uptake on Amazon, because you can use their “user review” feature to add you .02 cents without going in to a wiki. I have always wondered what Amazon was hoping to achieve with wikis, they should be looking at buying guides and getting vendors or publications to step up.

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/04/25/commercialization-of-wikis/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 Zoli Erdos Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:39:21 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/04/25/commercialization-of-wikis/#comment-1644 I’m not really surprised.  As much as I am a wiki-fan I’ve always <a href="http://www.zoliblog.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/28/1788845.html" rel="nofollow">believed and said </a>that wikis are not some kind of magic wand to be applied everywhere.  They are ideal for any collaborative effort, where there is a common goal  among contributors.  Movie-, book-, product reviews are typical examples of a situation where the value is in presenting the diverse individual contributions, preserving their original content and sequence vs. trying to arrive to a synthesis of all thoughts; this is still best achived by using “traditional” forum/discussion platforms. Wikis applied in the wrong situation will lead wiki-wars (which .. hm.. can be quite entertaining), and in the long run I believe will not help the widespread adoption of this wonderful collaboration platform. I’m not really surprised.  As much as I am a wiki-fan I’ve always believed and said that wikis are not some kind of magic wand to be applied everywhere.  They are ideal for any collaborative effort, where there is a common goal  among contributors.  Movie-, book-, product reviews are typical examples of a situation where the value is in presenting the diverse individual contributions, preserving their original content and sequence vs. trying to arrive to a synthesis of all thoughts; this is still best achived by using “traditional” forum/discussion platforms. Wikis applied in the wrong situation will lead wiki-wars (which .. hm.. can be quite entertaining), and in the long run I believe will not help the widespread adoption of this wonderful collaboration platform.

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