241509 Resource 188081 173239 21 1253749028398 1253755799634 Controlled RE: Google Sidewiki: Do [No?] Evil

Yes and No...

Really interesting post.  Although I would argue that "loss of control" of the conversation by a published (blogger, web site, etc) is not  a "bad thing" per se.  Just as a publishers "owns" their content, readers have a right to "own" their feedback and comments. If you have something to say that is at odds with the web site owner - you may have no recourse to having your comments deleted.  You also may not find it easy to find all the comments you created across the web (unless sites are using Disqus or similar commenting services). But I would agree that there could be a problem with loosing focus - if conversations are distributed in too many places, it can leave some readers out of the loop. Hopefully, Google will make it easy to integrate SideWiki comments into the display of a page itself (of course, with additional moderation capability by the site owner). 10 application/xml false Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; GTB6.3; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 aseidl 68.40.167.222 241498 false true false false true 188081 blog blogsite/FASeidl/moderated