Comments on: Are Wikis Overused? http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2006/12/10/are-wikis-overused/ Analyzing And Reporting On The Social Media Revolution Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:38:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: David Weekly http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2006/12/10/are-wikis-overused/#comment-1257 David Weekly Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:45:32 +0000 http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2006/12/10/are-wikis-overused/#comment-1257 We're listening! Just this week we added a WYSIWYG interface that lets you pull in and display information easily from other services. We're very happy to listen to what you need to better serve conference planners. :) Cheers, David WEekly CEO of PBwiki We’re listening! Just this week we added a WYSIWYG interface that lets you pull in and display information easily from other services. We’re very happy to listen to what you need to better serve conference planners. :)
Cheers,
David WEekly
CEO of PBwiki

]]> By: Rob Safuto http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2006/12/10/are-wikis-overused/#comment-1255 Rob Safuto Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:39:51 +0000 http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2006/12/10/are-wikis-overused/#comment-1255 Thank you for your perspective Kevin. Transparency isn't the issue as far as I'm concerned. The issue is usability and functionality. I <a rel="nofollow" href="http://wiki.awakenedvoice.com/" rel="nofollow">use MediaWiki myself</a> so I'm definitely behind the idea of collaborative knowledge online. The bottom line from my perspective is the fact that the wiki software that exists today doesn't have a level of usability and functionality to completely support the needs of grass roots events planners. I think there's room for improvement, especially in the areas of user registration, levels of access and blog integration. Hopefully someone will step up and take their software to the next level. Thank you for your perspective Kevin.

Transparency isn’t the issue as far as I’m concerned. The issue is usability and functionality. I use MediaWiki myself so I’m definitely behind the idea of collaborative knowledge online.

The bottom line from my perspective is the fact that the wiki software that exists today doesn’t have a level of usability and functionality to completely support the needs of grass roots events planners.

I think there’s room for improvement, especially in the areas of user registration, levels of access and blog integration. Hopefully someone will step up and take their software to the next level.

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2006/12/10/are-wikis-overused/#comment-1249 Kevin Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:56:39 +0000 http://blog.awakenedvoice.com/2006/12/10/are-wikis-overused/#comment-1249 Robert, Sounds to me like you are still struggling with the whole concept of a wiki and transparency. As we all know, the more you try to "control" it the more you mess with the conditions which make the whole thing work in the first place. Wikis aren't for everyone. Some get it, some don't. It's not unlike any new technology since we've been researching this stuff. We are still at an early stage of adoption with wikis. To answer your question, yes they probably are overused but not for the reasons you site. Kevin Robert,

Sounds to me like you are still struggling with the whole concept of a wiki and transparency. As we all know, the more you try to “control” it the more you mess with the conditions which make the whole thing work in the first place.

Wikis aren’t for everyone. Some get it, some don’t. It’s not unlike any new technology since we’ve been researching this stuff. We are still at an early stage of adoption with wikis.

To answer your question, yes they probably are overused but not for the reasons you site.

Kevin

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