Consumerium itself: Difference between revisions
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This is the standard name for links that describe the mission of the entire project. | |||
''Changing this name is very ill advised. A bad, strongly protested, move to [[Consumerium:Consumerium itself]], was being made repeatedly in 2005. This was an example of [[sysop vandalism]]. It simply moved things from well defined readable names where they can be found, to bad names where they cannot be found. Names no one could guess.'' | |||
== fate == | |||
Consumerium itself, as a service, is in flux. It was unavailable for editing for many months, and has no mechanisms nor [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] in place to ensure that contributions will not be wasted or pages frozen and thus fall out of date. | |||
Also, the [[ecolabel]] movement has matured to the point where Consumerium needs to converge strongly with it, and there seems to be no will to do so, nor even document in the [[FAQ]] how ecolabels and Consumerium must converge to provide actual services. | |||
In Japan, [[keitai]] uses are emerging to challenge the role of services such as those defined by Consumerium. For instance, to [[compare price via barcode]]s is now common using cell phone cameras. Obviously, '''Consumerium itself''', to be relevant, would need to offer services such as the [[price premium]] calculation at that critical moment. | |||