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Amazon Goes Wiki

Posted by Zonk on from the no-ruining-this-like-the-last-one dept.

StWaldo writes "Amazon.com has added a 'ProductWiki' to some of their item pages. Wikified items seem to be limited to certain categories, DVDs being one un-wikied realm. Adding Wikiness to the site is just the latest in new participatory activities Amazon has adopted, along with tags and customer discussions." From the article: "So Amazon's gradually allowing you, along with your Wish List, your purchases, your clickstream, and, if you sell anything on Amazon, how good your reputation is--to build up a pretty detailed database of what you like (or don't) and what's important to you. I don't know what Amazon will do with this--fortunately, it seems to have a pretty light touch with how it uses what it knows about you--or what it will allow us to do with all this data. But as it grows, it could become a pretty powerful profile."

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  1. And in other news... by DrYak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Tomorrow headline :
    Amazon is granted patent for wikis and files suit against Wikipedia

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    "Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
  2. Saddly funny moderation by DrYak · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Amazon is granted patent for wikis and files suit against Wikipedia


    I think the best (the most ironic ?) part is that I got modded "Redundant".
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    "Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
  3. tomorrow by penguin-collective · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Tomorrow, we'll learn that Amazon has patented the Wiki. After all, they invented it, and even if they didn't invent it, they have given us so many other inventions that we should just shut up and let them get away with this patent.

    Amazon sucks. Buy somewhere else. If you can't kick the amazon.com web site habit, use it for finding what you want and then buy somewhere else. BookBurro makes it simple and usually gets you a cheaper price as well.

  4. The Amazon way.... by zanderredux · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now Amazon will try to patent the Wiki concept. And we complain about Microsoft?!