Why do some social web platforms catch-on (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia) while countless others don't? [more inside]
posted by GIMG on Feb 13, 2009 - 15 answers

I can't connect to a couple of sites from any browser. One of them being Wikipedia. [more inside]
posted by Gyan on Jul 12, 2008 - 11 answers

I would like to automatically generate hypertext links from a list of text. Ideally this would mean pasting a series of comma separated words into some online tool and having the system turn each word into a relevant google/wikipedia link... Does anyone know any sites/tools that will do this? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on May 4, 2007 - 8 answers

Some jerk on Wikipedia is getting a little possessive with an article. [more inside]
posted by bamassippi on Nov 26, 2006 - 14 answers

What is this web revolution I see before me? [more inside]
posted by Smarson on Jun 29, 2006 - 29 answers

What is the label for an entity or idea which began as nothing and came to have identity through its own fictionalisation? That is, notions diametrically opposed to 'simulacra' - in that the entity has no referent to begin with... [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Feb 21, 2006 - 20 answers