While watching The Colbert Report, my favorite show, I enjoyed Colbert's bit on Wikipedia and his chosen word of the day, Wikiality. He discussed the ever-changing Web site and the everyman's ability to update pages on the free encyclopedia as they like, no matter if the material they are uploading to the masses is true. He then said that in about 15 minutes, his TV show's page will be updated with the tidbit of him talking about Wikipedia on his show.
Well, it took less than that. Within a couple of minutes, this was on his page:
"Wikiality
Stephen creates this word in his segment on Wikipedia on his July 31st show. It refers to changing meanings on wikipedia"
Now there are even more references to the show. There's also a warning on the page saying that because of recent vandalism, editing of the article by anonymous or recently registered users is disabled. Maybe too many freaks like me immediately went to the site and tried to throw their two cents in.
In a few more minutes, a video of his broadcast will surely be on YouTube.com. The information cycle seems to be speeding up. It's freaky, but oddly comforting. Maybe it gives us the feeling that somehow we're contributing to pop culture, spreading its messages along. We appreciate the art, and now we can instantly own it, manipulate it and send it to someone else. Or maybe we just think it's cool. Either way, I like it.
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