Blogs and Wikis

Almost everyone today has come across a blog or even has one themselves. It is used as an outlet to talk about things that interest you or to keep people in the know about something. Anybody can have a blog and there is no limit to what a blog can be. It can be used to share your favorite recipes or your photography with other people. You can follow other blogs that interest you or subscribe to them to get email updates when they make a new post. And everybody knows about Wikipedia. We’ve all used it before. You can find just about anything from famous people to  plant species. The video on wikis was more informative for me than the video on blogs because even though I’ve visited wikis before I never quite did know exactly what they were and how they were different than any other kind of website. The video  helped me understand a little better on what exactly a wiki is and what it does. It allows pretty much anyone to be able to edit a web page with information unlike a website where only the person who runs it is able to make changes. People can add updated information or edit information that was already there.  Because of that it allows many users to add their own input instead of a sole person with a single view. This can be a good thing because if you see information that is not true it can easily be edited. On the other hand though since almost anyone can edit a wiki sometimes its validity has to be questioned on whether the information on there is true or false unless it is backed up with facts or a source. I know sometimes when reading something on a wiki page I read something that I know is definitely not true and sometimes people like to add things to be funny. In the example given in the video with the friends planning a camping trip you can see just how helpful a wiki can be.