Questioning Yahoo Answers
by Anorak | 11th, December 2007
THE other Wikipedia: “The blockbuster success of Yahoo! Answers is all the more surprising once you spend a few days using the site. While Answers is a valuable window into how people look for information online, it looks like a complete disaster as a traditional reference tool. It encourages bad research habits, rewards people who post things that aren’t true, and frequently labels factual errors as correct information. It’s every middle-school teacher’s worst nightmare about the Web.”
Posted: 11th, December 2007 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
