i can see this becoming very popular, particularly for students in school/college who could very quickly populate it with their circle of friends one thing: what will happen with people who have the same names?
disambiguation pages of course!
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#12that feeback button is everywhere!
It's undeniably the hot trend if you're a responsive and loving site curator. :)
Then again I'm biased since I have a user feedback focused startup and we're hoping to be putting those tabs on a lot of people's websites.
example.uservoice.com
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#13Biographicon's interface is just plain slick. I see the site being popular for people who care about celebrities.
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#14I had this idea several years ago. I gave up on it due to the possible legal implications.
you thought up wikipedia several years ago? should have went for it. aaron swartz did. twice.
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#15To the founders (Ethan and Daniel?): will you reserve any editorial control? I guess the most obvious factor that could led to the entire site's corruption is bad data (e.g., Han Solo, God, etc.) or particular data that a party may not want public (e.g. Oprah's home phone number). Or has there been some clever thinking done to resolve that problem? I've read the guidelines and they seem quite cogent.
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#16it's safe to assume this will be more prone to vandalism, since each page will have less of an audience (and thus less chance of a vandalized page being fixed) than any given page on wikipedia
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#17one of the simlplest and clearest web app interfaces i've seen so far. who did design? it's great!
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#18Are there any editors? I wonder if an inner circle will develop like on Wikipedia to keep the peace.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/04/wikipedia_secret_mai...
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#19This has been done: wikiyou.com
Good luck guys!
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#20it's safe to assume this will be more prone to vandalism, since each page will have less of an audience (and thus less chance of a vandalized page being fixed) than any given page on wikipedia
I agree. Despite the guidelines, I can see this potentially being used to spread rumors, gossip, lie, or just stuff that's plain unflattering on people. I doubt many people will be actively monitoring their Biographicon profile and this content could go undetected for a while, causing the subjects real harm.