As an avid user of wiki’s I didn’t really think I would learn anything new from the video. Unfortunately my suspicions were confirmed but the video only briefly touches on the usefulness of wiki’s.Wiki’s  can express topics upon many things–your favorite show,a baseball team, and even the history of mankind , if it exists there is likely a wiki for it that anyone can contribute to.This is also a double edged sword because there are always misinformed people willing to post in the wiki. Whether it be on purpose or completely accidental wikis can house wrong information.There are moderators of course but if the wiki is massive in articles(like Wikipedia) it is not humanly possible to catch every single mistaken, error ,and or biased contribution.In conclusion Wiki’s can be a great tool for knowledge but also the down fall of correct knowledge if not monitored carefully.Then again seeing how every one is being replaced by machines these days I would not be surprised if human moderators were phased out and replaced by Artificial intelligence, which honestly terrifies me.
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Finally; someone who shares my views. I too dislike the fact that wiki is used by so many people without even really knowing if it is a reliable source at all. Most people should at least know that everyone can change the information on it so easily. In ny eyes, wiki should be the last source of information to ever be used unless you want to use it just to check the info on other sources that are reliable. All in all, to find someone sharing the same views lets me know I am not alone in this.