Talk:Wikia unveils OpenServing


 * Questions can be asked on our new OpenServing Forum

I'm impressed: a Wiki-editable press release.
It might be worthwhile to comment in a little more detail on whether there are any intended restrictions on the scope of hosted content. For example, could I upload photos and videos from a recent vacation? Or is this intended solely for hosting blogs and collaborative Wiki's?


 * It's more aimed at news and opinion, at least during the beta phase. Angela talk 04:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It's a start
Initial feedback on the registration process: Buggy, and very limited Categories and Subcategories. None really fit what we do. How about a Nonprofits category? Or Citizen Media? I tried the "Essays" subcat of "Literary" several times, but kept getting bounced back to the Required Fields page. I think I settled for Fashion-Handbags. I hope I'll be able to change categories later.

I read the press release, and articles in the Post & Wired, but am still not clear on how OpenServing and Wikia relate, and how they're similar or different. Looks promising though. Thanks! - Leo|Talk 05:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The categories are going to be expanded. If you have suggestions for new categories, please add them to the OpenServing Forum. We'll post more on how the two relate soon, but basically, OpenServing is intended for bloggers to make a news and opinion site that is aimed at readers of their own blog, whilst Wikia is for large community-run wikis where articles are more lasting than news or opinion - like the difference between a book and a magazine in some sense. Angela talk 04:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Ad-free possible?
IMHO, the "next logical step" would have been FREE software, FREE bandwidth, FREE storage, FREE computing power, FREE content over the Internet, and FREE from advertisement. Will it be possible for OpenServing users to forego the possibility of "getting rich" and have their site ad-free? For OpenServing, it wouldn't make a financial difference, and it would make the project additionally interesting for all who want to have their free content on an ad-free site. --Spankart 12:30, 22 February 2007 (UTC)