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If all you’ve been hearing lately (even here!) is news about Facebook, Google, and Wikipedia, it’s about time to mention some alternatives I’ve been tracking.
Citizendium: a wiki for people who can’t stand the rules of engagement established by Wikipedia’s founders about NPOV or” neutral point of view.” This alternative doesn’t let people use pseudonyms such as “WizardDuck,” and welcomes the general public and experts –meaning those who represent organizations, including professional communicators, PR agencies etc. It has lofty goals, to “soon attempt to unseat Wikipedia.”
Mahalo: The human-powered search engine as it calls itself. “Say goodbye to spam, mediocre content and deceptive sites,” it says, taking a thinly-disguised whack at Google. Search results are built in a “greenhouse” where style guides and part-time guides manage content.
One more alternative if you’re thinking about creating your own Wiki.
WikiSpaces: Despite the goofy logo, it’s an easy to create wiki for any personal project. Just like PBWiki, and Wetpaint, but with a lot more intuitive functions.
File this under “what were they thinking.”
People, or even organizations –or someone creating a Facebook profile on behalf of one– uploading stupid pictures of themselves. I am sure many universities see a lot of this, and you have to wonder how these kids expect to enter the job market in a few years when every HR person will conduct some due diligence on social networks. (BTW, good article in WIRED this month on border agents using Google!)
A recent case makes the point. Recruits of the Canadian Border Services in Quebec posted images of themselves, um, imbibing, posting lots of comments unbecoming of any organization, let alone a government agency. An investigation is going on.
Earlier this year an RA at Ohio State University found out that his Facebook pictures could cost him his job and his dorm room.
And we haven’t even touched on the stupid things people upload to YouTube.
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