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Blog Vs Wiki

Blogs and Wikis are two interesting tools that we use to communicate for our daily usage. Blogs tend to be more personalized and is often used as almost a modern day personal online diary. Blogs more or less represent a brand. A lot of companies also have blogs where they post information about something upcoming and or some promotion(Cook). A blog is like the soul of person but on the internet and visible to everyone. A wiki is more of an encyclopedia. It is a process of accumulating and maintaining information (Difference). It is a collaborative work between various groups of people. A wiki helps in collecting and sorting out information related to specific topic. It's like a never-ending cycle where you could go from one place to another on a wiki.

In today's world convergence has become a important aspect especially in the social media world. Companies such as Facebook buying Instagram and Whatsapp shows how important it is for companies and people to know where the information they are getting from and whether it is reliable or not. Uniformity of various ideas is trying to become the norm as it is hard for people and companies to know the credibility and reliability of the information they are receiving.

Blogs can be used for collaboration by people viewing the blog and leaving comments on it and the person in charge of the blogs making changes deemed necessary to them. I think wiki has almost been used every way possible by now. The only change it could possibly make is to become a tool that is fact checked and reliable to the extreme without any bias.

Sources:

Cook, Andy. “What Is the Difference Between a Wiki and a Blog?” Tettra, 29 Apr. 2020

“Difference Between Wiki and Blog.” AnyDifferenceBetween, 27 Jan. 2017


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