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Comment Infobitt (Score 1) 5

Infobitt grows slowly, by accretion, like a reef. The more high quality, informed people participate in it, the better will be. These changes are, however, incredibly incremental and they need to be continuously nurtured. Infobitt has a real chance if it gets the kind of attention and support other non-profit projects got.

Submission + - Is a "Wikipedia for news" feasible? (larrysanger.org) 5

Larry Sanger writes: Online news has become ridiculously confusing. Interesting bits are scattered among repetitive articles, clickbait, and other noise. Besides, there's so much interesting news, but we just don't have time for it all. Automated tools help a little, but give us only an unreliable selection; we still feel like we're missing out. Y'know, back in the 1990s, we used to have a similar problem about general knowledge. Locating answers to basic questions through the noise of the Internet was hit-and-miss and took time. So we organized knowledge with Wikipedia ("the encyclopedia that Slashdot built"). Hey, why don't we do something similar for the news? Is it possible to make a Wikipedia for news, pooling the efforts of newshounds everywhere? Could such a community cut through the noise and help get us caught up more quickly and efficiently? As co-founder of Wikipedia, I'm coming down on the "yes" side. I have recently announced an open content, collaborative news project, Infobitt (be gentle, Slashdot! We are still in early stages!), and my argument for the affirmative position is made both briefly and at length.

Comment Ubimark answers... (Score 2, Informative) 94

Great comments everyone, even if you are skeptical. A couple of comments. You can join Ubimark by simply commenting on our site. Comments will appear on the chapter web pages and will be available to anyone who scans the upper left corner codes. 2D codes are generated on the fly by the site. Users need not worry about this. 2d codes are a convenient, mature, existing tool that works well with the cell phones we carry in our pockets right now. OCR on the fly or other more sophisticated approaches would need to wait for the next generation of cell phones. Cuecats died because they required dedicated hardware. No need to buy anything here. Simply enjoy your book. Paper is better for reading books. For now, at least. Finally, my grandfather, a farmer with a knack for storytelling and making great plum brandy left me as family heirloom this story. There was a time when people had no knowledge of hangers. Clothes would get dumped on the ground. One day, a fellow drove a nail into a wall and hung his coat from it. The entire village came to see the 8th wonder of the world. After much discussion and debate the village blacksmith came to our fellow and told him: "Lad, to tell you honest, I could have made a better nail than yours, one with a hook! You know what, though? I never thought of it!" This is a conceptual project before anything else, so feel free to comment and interact with us either here or at http://ubimark.com/ . You can also follow us on twitter @ithinkblog

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