DISQUS

VentureBeat: Google unveils Knol, its accountable take on Wikipedia

  • Butler Lampson · 1 year ago
    None of this shit is semantic, so wiki sucks, knol sucks. If you want to see something real in action, the first real progress in computer science in the last 30 years, see www.radarnetworks.com
  • novaspivack · 1 year ago
    Thanks -- I don't know if I can accept such adulation, but Twine is certainly worth looking at for anyone interested in collective intelligence on the Web.
  • Stu · 1 year ago
    == The name “knol” is “a nice, very simple word to remember, and it’s part of knowledge,” Manber tells Wired. ==

    Honestly I think it's a pretty bad name. Does it rhyme with mole or moll? I'm assuming that the K is silent, but that's another thing that will hurt its uptake of recognition. And with little recognition, you can't talk about it without spelling the word out so your listener knows what you're talking about. Meh. And try saying "nahl" a few times, I start feeling like I"m going to accidentally swallow my tongue.
  • MG Siegler · 1 year ago
    ha ha, i agree with that. I'm honestly not even sure the correct pronunciation. I've seen both "nole" and "knowl"
  • hypermark · 1 year ago
    Personally, this feels like a potential competitor to About.com, which has proven to be a really nice business for NYT.
  • MG Siegler · 1 year ago
    yeah people are throwing around squidoo and mahalo as well for comparisons, i think the spirit of the project is clearly going for wikipedia though.
  • Nick Stamoulis · 1 year ago
    It will be interesting to see how it fairs with Wikipedia.. we think overall - it doesn't quite stand a chance but then again, it's Google - you never quite know.
  • MG Siegler · 1 year ago
    yeah normally i'd agree, but those google search rankings can be tricky things and they certainly determine a lot of traffic :)
  • tlimongello · 1 year ago
    I guess we'll have to get working to revive the deleted wikipedia profile for the FailWhale on Knol and Twine, maybe wikimedia....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip...

    Tom
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