Comments on: Wikipedia used for viral marketing http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html making connections where none previously existed Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chandani http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html/comment-page-1#comment-11418 chandani Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:30:21 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html#comment-11418 The new distributed viral forum/blog/wiki/classified/etc viral advertising engine is here. Spread the word about your product or service in short amount of time to millions of people. Get residual traffic and increase search engine visibility by using long lasting backlinks. Low cost, no pay per click fraud issues and great ROI. <a href="http://widecircles.com?imt=3" rel="nofollow">http://widecircles.com?imt=3</a> The new distributed viral forum/blog/wiki/classified/etc viral advertising engine is here. Spread the word about your product or service in short amount of time to millions of people. Get residual traffic and increase search engine visibility by using long lasting backlinks. Low cost, no pay per click fraud issues and great ROI. http://widecircles.com?imt=3

]]> By: iKhayyam http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html/comment-page-1#comment-11417 iKhayyam Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:22:53 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html#comment-11417 you know about MySpace, right? the way they Sell marketing from details collected by the forums on there to ... all sorts of people, certainly Music Labels. "this music really speaks to me" - some kid thinks (yeah it was written for you.) I think that's worse than some BBC employee's actions. But BoingBoing haven't devoted a post to it yet :( Anyone got further details? you know about MySpace, right? the way they Sell marketing from details collected by the forums on there to … all sorts of people, certainly Music Labels. “this music really speaks to me” – some kid thinks (yeah it was written for you.)

I think that’s worse than some BBC employee’s actions. But BoingBoing haven’t devoted a post to it yet :(

Anyone got further details?

]]> By: Sean http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html/comment-page-1#comment-11416 Sean Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:11:30 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html#comment-11416 Remember that non-open-source textbooks also increasingly <a href="http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/public/math_texts.html" rel="nofollow">fall victim</a> to marketing messages. The difference is that anyone can put their message on Wikipedia and anyone can cry foul and fix damage; only rich corporations can poison the textbooks and it's very difficult to fix the damage because textbooks don't have Wikipedia's self-healing mechanism. Certainly the content in Encyclopedia Brittanica isn't sprinkled with Nike and M&M's propaganda (yet?) and I agree with many of your arguments about Wikipedia. But not this one. Susceptibility to marketing messages is a weak point here because in theory the more people see a piece of wikispam, the faster it will be fixed. Remember that non-open-source textbooks also increasingly fall victim to marketing messages. The difference is that anyone can put their message on Wikipedia and anyone can cry foul and fix damage; only rich corporations can poison the textbooks and it’s very difficult to fix the damage because textbooks don’t have Wikipedia’s self-healing mechanism.

Certainly the content in Encyclopedia Brittanica isn’t sprinkled with Nike and M&M’s propaganda (yet?) and I agree with many of your arguments about Wikipedia. But not this one. Susceptibility to marketing messages is a weak point here because in theory the more people see a piece of wikispam, the faster it will be fixed.

]]> By: Ken http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html/comment-page-1#comment-11415 Ken Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:50:54 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html#comment-11415 It must be the heat. I'm not normally this "challenged." My apologies for the echopost. It must be the heat. I’m not normally this “challenged.” My apologies for the echopost.

]]> By: Ken http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html/comment-page-1#comment-11414 Ken Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:36:39 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html#comment-11414 Perhaps, but I just noticed a similar story on Boing Boing: <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/13/bbc_punks_wikipedia_.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/13/bbc_punks_wikipedia_.html</a> Perhaps, but I just noticed a similar story on Boing Boing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/13/bbc_punks_wikipedia_.html

]]> By: vincebowdren http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html/comment-page-1#comment-11413 vincebowdren Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:40:08 +0000 http://ubuntu.my/wp30/archives/2005/08/14/wikipedia_used.html#comment-11413 Sounds like a troll. It is known that companies do try and skew wikipedia entries in their favour, but they also tend to get noticed and fixed pretty quickly, so far at least. Sounds like a troll. It is known that companies do try and skew wikipedia entries in their favour, but they also tend to get noticed and fixed pretty quickly, so far at least.

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