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This is the | This is the official wiki for eBay users. eBay had the good folks at [[JotSpot]] aid in the design and customization of their standard wiki engine and as you can see, the result is a slick and well functioning wiki which combines eBay's look and feel with Jot's collaborative technology. The site is in beta, but it is already a [[:category:Vibrant|vibrant]] wiki. This is because eBay users are already such a large group, and wiki's thrive where there is already a community. | ||
In looking more closely you will notice that there isn't a traditional "recent changes" page. I had the pleasure of speaking with Ken Norton at Jot and he explained that the home page area showing "most recent articles" replaces that function. It doesn't detail every single change, but it does algorythmically calculate which new articles are most likely to be interesting to readers and bubbles them up. This is better for users who wish to quickly see what's happening. I wonder, however, why there isn't a traditional recent changes also? | In looking more closely you will notice that there isn't a traditional "recent changes" page. I had the pleasure of speaking with Ken Norton at Jot and he explained that the home page area showing "most recent articles" replaces that function. It doesn't detail every single change, but it does algorythmically calculate which new articles are most likely to be interesting to readers and bubbles them up. This is better for users who wish to quickly see what's happening. I wonder, however, why there isn't a traditional recent changes also? | ||