Infotopia 1 & 2

This passage made me consider, like we have mentioned in previous classes, the idea of "general consensus" on the web. If a web community agrees that something is true or fact, then it is because of the power of the majority. The best example of this is obviously Wikipedia because its very existence depends on the idea that the agreement of the majority is truth. I think this brings up some really interesting questions about social misconceptions--for example, if the majority of society defines a word the wrong way (a common example might be the definitions of liberal and conservative) does that mean that the real definition of the word no longer has meaning? I think its a scary thought that the majority defines knowledge--but then again, what makes something true if the majority doesn't agree?