Peer Production

"Wikipedia is the best thing ever.
Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject.
So, you know, you're getting the best possible information."

I think the best known example of peer production should be the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. I hate people saying the don’t trust Wikipedia thing because everyone can participate, everyone can make it wrong.

First, I believe in the wisdom of crowds. It is because so many people are involving in one article that the article is rich of knowledge, or even valuable knowledge. Next, anything under the sun is being monitored, so does the Wikipedia. Think about how things will turn out if Wikipedia is not that open. Worry is redundant. Plus, the openness more or less creates a competitive environment for the participants. They’re challenging each other, I may say. In another way, the information on Wikipedia is getting even more precise and precious. Lastly, I can’t imagine the world without Wikipedia. People in Hong Kong have already been naïve and lazy. If this large think tank disappears, we have no way to know more. Well, maybe there is… but I’m too lazy to find out.

If Wikipedia disappears? That will make information on the internet spreads loosely; people keep sharing their wisdom, but no one bother to edit it or acknowledge it. At that time, no one will talk about the reliability, because there is not. And this will only leave endless arguments to people who participate, and countless questions to people who read.