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Metacrap
by cyantist at 3:02 pm EDT, May 23, 2003 |
A nice little piece by Cory Doctorow, even if it is
archival and a littledated. Here's an excerpt which --while not really representative-- I found to be keenly observant. ,----
| Take eBay: every seller there has a damned good reason for
| double-checking their listings for typos and misspellings. Try
| searching for "plam" on eBay. Right now, that turns up nine typoed
| listings for "Plam Pilots." Misspelled listings don't show up in
| correctly-spelled searches and hence garner fewer bids and lower
| sale-prices. You can almost always get a bargain on a Plam Pilot at
| eBay.
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RE: Metacrap
by Laughing Boy at 10:08 pm EDT, May 23, 2003 |
cyantist wrote:
] A nice little piece by Cory Doctorow, even if it is
] archival and a littledated. Here's an excerpt which --while
] not really representative-- I found to be keenly observant.
]
] ,----
] | Take eBay: every seller there has a damned good reason for
] | double-checking their listings for typos and misspellings.
] Try
] | searching for "plam" on eBay. Right now, that turns up nine
] typoed
] | listings for "Plam Pilots." Misspelled listings don't show
] up in
] | correctly-spelled searches and hence garner fewer bids and
] lower
] | sale-prices. You can almost always get a bargain on a Plam
] Pilot at
] | eBay.
] `---- Hmmmm... I think I'll start searching for "lazers" on ebay to get killer deals on gear! Laughing Boy |
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Metacrap: Putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia
by Jeremy at 1:48 pm EDT, Oct 13, 2001 |
(From a review: 'Why Johnny Can't Catalog' might be a more appropriate title for this strongly argued yet brief piece. Author Cory Doctorow casts doubt on the ability (or even willingness) of Joe Six-Pack content-creator to properly and honestly identify his online material. Librarians will be familiar with many of the author's complaints.) "A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be a utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities." |
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