Helping wikis move away from Fandom

Post by BlueTemplar » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 2:53 AM UTC

mhink wrote: post #375

why_at wrote: post #254

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One thing I find interesting about playing video games in modern day is that with the proliferation of Wikis, there is assumed to be some kind of third party guide for every game. Especially in smaller/newer games it seems like developers sometimes don't bother putting necessary information in the game at all because they don't have the person-hours for it. For instance, back when I first played Minecraft in Alpha th…

> One thing I find interesting about playing video games in modern day is that with the proliferation of Wikis, there is assumed to be some kind of third party guide for every game. Especially in smaller/newer games it seems like developers sometimes don't bother putting necessary information in the game at all because they don't have the person-hours for it. While this may have become more of a norm in recent years,…

Post by Terr_ » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 3:26 AM UTC

chongli wrote: post #412

Terr_ wrote: post #387

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I'm assuming parent-poster means "publicly-traded corporations with limited-liability and low friction on transfers of ownership." However you're right that "capitalism" encompasses many potential different varieties and actors. For example, family-owned businesses are equally "capitalism", but they don't show up much in this kind of product-degradation story.

For example, family-owned businesses are equally "capitalism", but they don't show up much in this kind of product-degradation story. Family owned businesses can be sold to private equity just like any other. Instant Pot was a family owned business started by the inventor and it was famously sold to private equity who then proceeded to raid its assets and bankrupt the company.

Post by russelg » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 3:47 AM UTC

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xahrepap wrote: post #324

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I’ve wondered about this wrt public transportation. They keep raising prices, making it less affordable for people. Eventually basically no one is riding, so they … raise prices. It seems needlessly expensive to me to run empty busses. I’d like to see if cheaper transportation can actually make more money.

A couple states in Australia have experimented with fee reductions for public transport. In Western Australia, right now public transport is free for all students, and is free on Sundays for everyone. They also capped the cost of cross-zone travel to 2 zones, i.e. you'll never pay more than $5ish for a ride. Furthermore, unlike a lot of places, the airport train does not have any extra fare. In Queensland, right now…

Post by ogurechny » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 4:05 AM UTC

hombre_fatal wrote: post #54

Everyone complains about Fandom, but it's the only reason 99% of the communities on its site have a wiki. Take a random game like https://endlesslegend.fandom.com/wiki/Endless_Legend_Wiki That game is 10 years old and its wiki was built in the height of its popularity when it had people to build it. The developer moved on, the community moved on. If its wiki weren't on Fandom, then its wiki would depend on some rando…

Post by cxr » Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 4:40 AM UTC

ezrast wrote: post #396

Aachen wrote: post #297

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> it's in the CDN's interest for you to get a DDOS What kind of conspiracy is this? As if anyone charging for bandwidth hopes to get their infrastructure attacked

The whole point of systemic incentives is that there is no conspiracy. Nobody wants a DDOS and every large provider will have people genuinely working to avoid them. But every time there is an opportunity to allocate resources, the team that gets to frame their return on investment in terms of real dollars will always have an edge over one whose value is realized only in murky customer satisfaction projections. Over…