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Rochusyesterday at 8:49 PM1 replyview on HN

As I said, at some point the bueraucracy took over. In the good days of Wikipedia we just added or improved what interested us, no "authority" or bueraucracy involved. Here in Switzerland, we have a fitting expression for the present behavior in face of obsolescence: "schön sterben" (to die beautifully).


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cygxyesterday at 8:54 PM

In the good days of Wikipedia we just added or improved what interested us, no "authority" or bueraucracy involved.

Such approaches rarely scale: When the Eternal September rolls in, you tighten the reins or get swept away...

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