Slashdot | The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia, Part II
The focus on the encyclopedia provided the task and the open content license provided a natural motivation: people work hard if they believe they are teaching the world stuff.
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The focus on the encyclopedia provided the task and the open content license provided a natural motivation: people work hard if they believe they are teaching the world stuff.
2008, anarchism, authority, collaboration, culture, emergence, essay, ethos, history, motivation, opennes, politics, purpose, usability, vandalism, wikipedia saved by: meryn
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