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12.6.2004
More and More Open Source, Perhaps Too Much
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Gentle readers, today we have a lesson in the consequences of an over-enthusiastic application of open source. Specifically, a puzzle regarding the open source blog known as "Unity." No one has been posting to it (I didn't say it was a hard puzzle). In the words of the Unity founder, in a comment on Crooked Timber:
The inspiration for Unity actually came from an ongoing conversation over at another Crooked Timber post. It’s a simple idea: Unity is a completely open-source blog. Anybody may upload posts and articles… and anybody may alter or erase them. It’s a place where you can punish deliberate falsehood or disrespect by the simple expedient of erasing it. The playing field is as level as it could possibly be. Of course, right now it’s also a very empty playing field. :) I’d appreciate your support.
[emphasis added]
Hint: Consider economics. The costs of deleting are lower than the costs of posting.
posted by Solveig Singleton : 12/6/2004 10:35:41 AM
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