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by rickydoo
The Internet was concieved as a knowledge sharing network from ARPAnet, and within a decade was saturated by commercial interests and snake-oil salesmen (spammers) because of it's inherent lack of controls. Since an Internet-K would be based on thesame framework, it would take a Hurculean effort to maintain content purity and would necessarily need some sort of commercial financial support (opening up abuse of information by "spinning" the knowledge base to the advantage of corporate sponsors) or be restricted to a paid-membership pool which would then restrict access to the "haves" i.e. credit card holders with the means to pay the dues, and excluding low or no-income earners trying to better themselves , or those who do not wish to be in debt to credit companies because of personal freedom or lack of willpower to stop buying (e.g. ME).
I'm not saying it can't be done, just that it can't be done purely. It will simply be an echo of the Wild Wild West that is the present Internet.
by dark flame
by been there
The only thing to get into a knowledge base sytem would be to require registration and verification. don't allow phoney names, require address for verification and update evey quarter by mail. If this is done and someone is dishonest then they couldbe banned or prosecuted. That would include threats, hacking ect. When setting up for use only allow first names with a key number. That way the sponser can trace evildoers.
Don't allow E-mail addresses to be shown unless the sender permits it. Keep all addresses confidential. Then it may fly.
by dark flame
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