Difference between revisions of "WikiSquatting"
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| − | The [[WikiWikiWeb]] | + | The [[WikiWikiWeb]] defines [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiSquatting WikiSquatting] as follows: "WikiSquatting is when someone develops one's own separate community in the WikiWikiWeb." It also says: |
:This wiki doesn't provide a technology: it's a community using a technology. If you're not here to participate in the community - and since this community discusses programming and related topics, it seems that you're not - please obtain your own wiki and start your own community. | :This wiki doesn't provide a technology: it's a community using a technology. If you're not here to participate in the community - and since this community discusses programming and related topics, it seems that you're not - please obtain your own wiki and start your own community. | ||
| − | WikiSquatting was a tag introduced on [[WikiWikiWeb]] pages that were considered off topic. | + | WikiSquatting was a tag introduced on [[WikiWikiWeb]] pages that were considered off topic. [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiSquatting WikiSquatting] is like using someone else's bulletin board: |
:You're from the music department. One day, you come across this board. You're not really into computer science or anything, but you find the idea of this board quite intriguing; you want to bring this concept to your friends and peers; you believe that this is just what the music department needs. | :You're from the music department. One day, you come across this board. You're not really into computer science or anything, but you find the idea of this board quite intriguing; you want to bring this concept to your friends and peers; you believe that this is just what the music department needs. | ||
