Holy crap this is awesome. Mahalo, the "human powered search engine", now lets the general public edit parts of its pages.
For the uninformed, Mahalo is a for-profit installation of MediaWiki founded by notable blowhard Jason Calacanis and backed by Sequoia Capital. They're aiming to be a hand-vetted search engine to compete with Google. Right.
Anyway, now you can edit their pages anonymously. Since they're a capitalist version of Wikipedia, they need to pay people to review edits, so they aren't too quick on the uptake. Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Search for something at mahalo.com
For the uninformed, Mahalo is a for-profit installation of MediaWiki founded by notable blowhard Jason Calacanis and backed by Sequoia Capital. They're aiming to be a hand-vetted search engine to compete with Google. Right.
Anyway, now you can edit their pages anonymously. Since they're a capitalist version of Wikipedia, they need to pay people to review edits, so they aren't too quick on the uptake. Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Search for something at mahalo.com
Step 2: Click the 'edit' link
Step 3: Add your verbiage. Remember, this is MediaWiki syntax, so you can link to other Mahalo pages.
Step 4: Hit 'save' and collect your winnings
A search engine that anyone can edit. What could possibly go wrong?
Step 3: Add your verbiage. Remember, this is MediaWiki syntax, so you can link to other Mahalo pages.Step 4: Hit 'save' and collect your winnings
A search engine that anyone can edit. What could possibly go wrong?
