Large Scale Collaborative Editing

An anonymous reader writes "3D17.org is a website designed to allow large-scale collaborative document editing. Unlike tools like Wiki, any changes made to a 3D17 document must go-through a moderation-like voting process to see which should be applied to the document. Possible applications include allowing a large community to draft letters, emails, and faxes in a way that everyone can contribute. 3D17 even eats its own dogfood - its FAQ can be user-modified just like any other document."

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boring

[CGP314]

any changes made to a 3D17 document must go-through a moderation-like voting process to see which should be applied to the document. Possible applications include allowing a large community to draft letters, emails, and faxes in a way that everyone can contribute.

Yeah, but those documents will be so boring to read that the letter from any 'large community' will have no effect on the recipient.

Re:Slashdot (hey, here's a suggestion...)

[gosand]

No, for that you'd need a spelling checker, which is beyond our puny 2003 tech. It's the stuff of madmen's dreams.

I am pretty sick of people blaming spell checkers for their ignorance. A spell checker won't be able to tell the difference between "your" and "you're", just like most stupid people. Hey, instead of relying on spell checers, learn how to spell. Why is this such a hard thing? If you don't know how to spell a particular word, you can look it up. Typos are different, they may happen because of fingering mistakes. Ignorance can be corrected, if you aren't too lazy to put forth a little effort.

In short, learn how to friggin spell. I have always complained about it, but the other day I realized how bad it had become. On MTV I saw another common mistake on the name of a video that was playing. The name of the song was "Harder To Breathe", but it was spelled "Harder To Breath". All the bad spellers out there like to yell "Stop being so anal! Spelling isn't important if you understand the meaning!" Hey, you are the ignorant one, not me. I am surprised at how many people are proud of their stupidity these days.