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How is Wikipedia useful?
While everyone snobs Wikipedia, I personally find it incredibly resourceful. I'd say I use it everyday. Not for the hard hitting news stories or for articles I can potentially use in essays, but for day to day information or whenever I'm curious about any sort of topic or person, I know I can rely on Wikipedia to get me what I want asap. Often when I go onto a Wikipedia page, I find myself going from link to link and it's interesting to see where one Wikipedia search can take me on the site - there's so much to look at.
Has anyone here edited Wikipedia? How hard is it?
I've never edited Wikipedia. One time, I tried - but the process of setting up an account seemed all too difficult and pointless when I didn't really care all that much. Was just trying to help out.
Why does Facebook work?
Facebook works because everybody either has it, wants it or at least knows somebody on it. It's everywhere and as long as its active everyday, we're all going to continue to use it.
What would it take for you to close down your Facebook account?
I've deactivated my Facebook account numerous times basically for the sake of my degree or my OP back in the day, but other than that I can only see myself closing down the account permanently if it was unsafe for me to have it.
Is citizen journalism the end of traditional journalism?
Definitely not. While citizen journalism isn't professional and not always accurate, it is still really beneficial and useful. There is no problem with people publishing new information before a professional journalist because nobody cares how hard-hitting urgent news is announced, people just want the information instantly. Let citizen journalists enlighten the world with immediate news and let traditional journalists present it to us with more reliable info and a nicer article to read.
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