Wiki spam: Difference between revisions
Consumerium's special concerns - being skewed by commercial promoters and spin doctors
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All [[large public wiki]]s get [[spam]] - unsolicited commercial content which, in [[wiki]]s, is typically inserted randomly in articles by [[anonymous edit]]s. | |||
[[Consumerium Services]] must be especially watchful of commercial activity since the [[Consumerium buying signal]] directly influences buying decisions! Any removal of accurate negative data, or insertion of inaccurate positive data, or any [[systemic bias]] in demoting or promoting some commercial service or product over another, would seriously degrade trust in that buying signal and the whole [[healthy buying infrastructure]]. So it is important to really understand '''wiki spam''' and all the ways [[funded troll]]s might provide some advantage by manipulating or altering the overall [[Publish Wiki]] and [[Research Wiki]] mechanisms that, end to end, affect the [[price premium]]s and [[green light]]s. | |||
Here are some references on the generic problem of public wiki spam: | |||
* CommunityWiki http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/community/WikiSpam | * CommunityWiki http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/community/WikiSpam | ||