Comment by kzalesak
3 days ago
I think that the biggest advantage of the spreadsheet is that it can be modified easily, even democratically and also on the go. No website offers that kind of ease of use for _adding_ information
3 days ago
I think that the biggest advantage of the spreadsheet is that it can be modified easily, even democratically and also on the go. No website offers that kind of ease of use for _adding_ information
You may be right, but it's still an indictment of the web. After all, the first browser was an HTML editor as well as viewer.
Wikipedia is literally a website that does this and has existed for >2 decades at this point.
### Regular _users_ cannot edit [Wikipedia](<url>)
Refusal to learn != can't
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Yes, let me just go pop my personal contents and insurance details on wikipedia as myself and my family track, update and modify the structure of the page.
Not sure why you feel justified in this level of snarkiness, given that i responded to a very specific claim:
>No website offers that kind of ease of use for _adding_ information
Obviously Wikipedia isn't great to upload your social security number to, but it does allow democratic adding of information which I cited it as an example of.
Please read the HN guidelines. You seem to require a refresher:
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
>Don't be snarky.
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Most wikis are not very user friendly (UI, not about the rules and moderation), most people have used Word / Google Docs before so it's much more natural.
Have you heard of Wikis?
Have you tried to edit just a tiny section of a Wiki while being updated by thousands of Wiki editors?