Dave Winer, a famous blogger who pretty much invented the concept of RSS and who’s work has led very directly to what so many of us (including me) do for a living, published his own view of what is wrong with Wikipedia.

As Winer puts it, Wikipedia is devalued because the content on it can be gamed by people with an agenda. He uses the example of his own bio on Wikipedia, which has been edited by other, anonymous people who just like to play around.

The unfortunate truth is this: there are many people in the world (certainly not a majority, but enough to make an effect) who basically want to tear down others. They do it for fun. They do it because they can. Perhaps they’re bored. Perhaps they are, under the surface, actually SCARED that others will rise above them. Continued