Digital Universe a Wikipedia Alternative

Augustine J writes "A new alternative to Wikipedia called Digital Universe is the brainchild of, USWeb founder Joe Firmage and Larry Sanger, one of Wikipedia's earliest creators. This new site differs from Wikipedia by inviting acknowledged experts in a range of subjects to review material contributed by the general public. "The vision of the Digital Universe is to essentially provide an ad-free alternative to the likes of AOL and Yahoo on the Internet," said Firmage. "Instead of building it through Web robots, we're building it through a web of experts at hundreds of institutions throughout the world.""

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Re:I don't get it

[wannabgeek]

Like "It will be the Slashdot of the Information World." Of course what is meant by that?

That's easy. It means that resident expert will be beatles-beatles, and most of the articles will have dupes.