Dina Metha vraagt zich in haar weblog Conversations with Dina (waarin heel veel informatie over de zeebeving van tweede kerstdag) af of het bij nader inzien niet slimmer was geweest om bij de start van SEA-EAT (South East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami) voor een wiki als platform te kiezen.

… We now have 28 contributors at last count, and every few moments one if us gets asked if someone can pitch in and the answer is most always yes.  Because its a community that is open, a community of people wanting to pitch in and make a difference as we watch the horror unfurling in this part of the world.  We know the magic of community in coming together for a cause.  Perhaps a wiki might have captured the spirit better?

As a result, there’s lots of great stuff coming in, and as blog posts roll back into the archives and disappear from the front page, some amount of duplication too.  Moreover, we did not set categories as we didnt know where we were going with this except that we wanted to gather resources together into one space.  And i only just realised that Blogger doesnt allow categories ! …

Ze stipt precies die punten aan waarop weblogs in een aantal gevallen mank gaan, zeker als het gaat om community-building.

» Blogs or Wikis … What’s the best platform for building a collaborative disaster-relief resource on the web? N.B. » SEA-EAT (South East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami – platform)