Part of a MySpace Blog from Matthew: "I've decided to rant about Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a great site. I'm tired of people discrediting all of its integrity just because of that fact that anyone can sumbit data. I'll admit it, there are flaws in this system. However, if your not completely incompetent and have the ability to use reasoning to realize that Macaulay Culkin wasn't ever in NWA, its a useful site. I'm not proposing that anyone uses it as a reference on a research paper. I'm simply stating that if you need to find trivial information fast, it's the best way."  Matthew

Good job MySpace. I can see the entry is longer by looking at the RSS  feed, but can't read it because I don't belong to MySpace, making your blogs less valuable that other blogs. Yes, I know the world is out to get MySpace, and that your IT nerds are just protecting it from people like me who want to read what your members are blogging.

What is the Internet for? FaceBook, MySpace, YouTube, eBay, search engines, homepages, and Wikipedia (WP). How did WP end up leading this "Trivia Parade"? Was it dumb luck, or did it position itself like a politician who figures out where people are going, and then jumps out in front to lead them?

Looking at the leading sites mentioned above, what are they about? FaceBook: Me. MySpace: Me. YouTube: Me. eBay: Me. Wikipedia: Saving the Planet. Yeah right. WP does have a "Me" element with its internal battles. I think most good editors on it have a good level of self worth. Self worth and things like it may be what motivates them.

As a good capitalist, I'm in favor of Wikipedia seeing what people want, and giving it to them in the most efficient manner. Go, Wikipedia, Go! TM  I think a realization of what makes WP dominant, and it's not that it's better than Encyclopedia Britannica, is important to its continued relevancy. Encyclopedia Britannica is not a player, then or now, because it doesn't do enough trivia. Sanger may never catch up, if he doesn't include a Trivia Delivery TM element. I don't think Wikipedia's original mission was Trivia Delivery TM, but there you are, I accept trail and error results, and think we generally should.