Wikipedia is taking a ten day break from its exhausting, often times manipulative relationship with Congress by announcing a ten day ban on edits coming from the institution. Wikipedia: Congress’ edits ban are designed to gain attention According to an article in Fast Company, the ban is due to edits coming from Congress in a fashion that is designed to gain attention. This is down through a humorous Twitter bot titled @CongressEdits that sends out a tweet whenever someone from inside Congress makes an edit. Fast Company noticed some interesting trends. While edits were often mundane, such as changes to…
Wikipedia Bans Edits From Congress for Ten Days
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.