Comment online trust (Score 1) 407
"Basically what I think works in a wikis is to trust people to do the right thing, and trust them as much as you can possibly stand it, until it hurts your head and makes you scared for what they're going to break. Because that is what works."
What the man said. It's become more and more difficult to trust anything on the net, with all the people trying to make a fast buck and all the endless scams, all the media stories about people taking advantage.
But somewhere between the Pollyanna attitudes of the pre-boom (and during-boom) years, and the more recent/current attitudes of cynical distrust and ironic distance -- somewhere remains the truth, that the net still remains a new place where good people can sometimes invest their hopes, and give some good honest work to genuinely help other people. Where good new resources can still arise.
Bravo to Jimmy Wales and all volunteers of the various Wiki projects. They're earning back the trust they give, and all of us are better for it.
-madmagic
