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In a distributed open hypermedia where the dominant quality
is the speed of distribution of an assertion, one cannot
rely on the wisdom of crowds. One must be able to
get notification based on the seriousness or consequences
of the assertion itself.
The semantic web has uses. Services have uses. One of
these will be an ontology of personal importance. What
we learn (or knew) about the Internet as a medium is that
it speeds up signal distribution but has no means to separate
truth and superstition, something the mammals are often
bad at with or without technology. The wisdom of
crowds is only as good as enough people care and comment.
If an assertion is read but not vetted, it is just an
opinion. The problem is not in finding the number of
links but in using the number of links joined to the
seriousness of the assertion to create automatic notifications
to interested parties. Authority is not in owning the
assertions but in verifying them. A record of authority is
the statement of that vetting and verification.
If you ever have to implement an internal affairs module,
the utility of those concepts is obvious.
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