Baidu Knows () is a
Chinese language
Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the ...
collaborative
web-based
collective intelligence by question and answer provided by the
Chinese search engine Baidu
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. Like Baidu itself, the knows is heavily self-censored in line with
government regulations.
The test version was launched on June 21, 2005, and turned into release version on November 8, 2005.
Introduction
A registered user(member for short) puts a question (should be specific) and motivates other members to supply answers using credits as an award. Meanwhile, these answers turn to search result of the same or relevant questions. That's how knowledge is accumulated and shared.
Question and answer together with search engine makes it possible for a member to be a producer and consumer of knowledge, which is the so-called
collective intelligence.
Knows's Principle
Questions or answers containing the following types of content are removed:
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Pornographic
Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults, ,
violent
Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened ...
, horrible and uncivilized content
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Reactionary content
# Personal attacks
# Content against morality and ethics
# Malicious, trivial or
spam-like content
References
External links
Baidu Zhidao
{{Baiduproducts
Baidu
Question-and-answer websites