03-14-2006, 02:44 PM
Quote:At least 1,000 people packed the room for the South by Southwest Interactive keynote conversation in Austin, Texas on Monday between Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
If there was a theme to the conversation, it was that communities such as Craigslist and Wikipedia depend entirely on the general trustworthiness of their users, despite occasional problems. And despite constant growth, those communities are becoming more trustworthy, not less, though they require constant vigilance, Newmark said.
He said: "This wisdom of crowds thing - it may be a cliché but it's mostly true. What we're talking about here is a democracy, and it works, but you have to be careful before it gets out of control."...
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