diff --git a/thesis/2-Background.tex b/thesis/2-Background.tex index 234972d600dd0d5ae8204ccc8cfe722e6239b4b0..dccd5a1fa3522590af17b0a3de0f964efc08f644 100644 --- a/thesis/2-Background.tex +++ b/thesis/2-Background.tex @@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ unofficial and maintained by members of the Wikipedia community." \end{comment} -%TODO: gibts es vergleichbare concerns zu den Gamification concerns bei semi-automated tools bei anderen mechanismen? -% comment on botophobia for bots +%Concerns +To wrap up, people have been long sceptical (and some still are) about the employment of fully automated agents such as bots within Wikipedia. %TODO that's not exactly wrapping up.. +Above all, there is a fear of bots (above all syn such with admin permissions) running rampant and their operators not reacting fast enough to prevent the damage. +This led to the social understanding that ``bots ought to be better behaved than people''~\cite{Geiger2011} which still plays a crucial role in bot development today. + \section{Semi-automated tools} diff --git a/thesis/references.bib b/thesis/references.bib index 90ff41b4c61720215113c74f39944ddc6725a8a3..2758ea1c285d820b4bcd48094a6bebbcd8c42d6c 100644 --- a/thesis/references.bib +++ b/thesis/references.bib @@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ note = {\url{http://www.stuartgeiger.com/papers/geiger-wikisym-bots.pdf}} } +@incollection{Geiger2011, + author = {Geiger, R. Stuart}, + title = {The Lives of Bots}, + booktitle = {Critical point of view. A Wikipedia Reader}, + editor = {Lovink, Geert W. and Tkacz, Nathaniel}, + publisher = {Institute of Network Cultures}, + address = {Amsterdam}, + year = {2011} +} + @article{Geiger2014, author = {Geiger, R Stuart}, title = {Bots, bespoke code and the materiality of software platforms},