Until recently I never really understood the concept of how a wiki based site worked, but after playing around with Wetpaint today I’m finally beginning to understand its appeal. Wetpaint allows you to build a free website based on a wiki platform, (similar to Wikipedia), only the difference here is that it’s more socially oriented, and you can build your own personal community around any niche you’re particularly passionate about.

Creating a new wiki on Wetpaint is absurdly easy, and if I wanted to, I could create a new wiki for dating and promptly declare myself the supreme lovemaster who holds all the inner secrets to having a successful relationship. Of course, if I allow my page to be edited by other wiki members, they’ll probably do their best to keep me on the straight and narrow (such as correcting the somewhat misleading claim that Jessica Alba never was pregnant and in fact left her skanky male ho of a boyfriend to move in with me instead.)

On second thought, maybe this wasn’t such a great idea after all.

The good news though is that I can modify my settings to prevent any wiki page I make from being mass edited, leaving my claims unchallenged and untouched by those wiki weenies who aspire to keep Wetpaint created pages “accurate” and “truthful.” Pffttttt.

In any event, Wetpaint does seem good for a few hours of fun, especially if you want to get a good feel for how wiki based communities operate, so go check it out.