Blog v Wiki

        When I think of the difference between a wiki and a blog I find blogs to be more personal and less formal whereas a wiki is a community where factual information is presented. A blog is a place to post information as well but it tends to be more freely presented- where one might be passionate about a particular subject and wants to express their viewpoints on it. Described in How Can We Measure The Blogosphere? is how one characteristic on writing in a blog is someone having their own voice about something they feel passionate about. When I think of having a voice about a subject I think more along the lines of personal opinion as opposed to straight up facts. Along with the original blogger having a voice, other bloggers visiting that site have one as well as a blog allows comments.

" Bloggers write about topics that matter to them; their audience may be large or small. Some blogs are single person operations (one to many); others have a community of authors (many to many). They foster community and conversation by allowing readers to comment on postings, thus becoming an author in turn"(Gill).

        A wiki is intended to have factual information written that is connected to outside links and resources. According to Wikipedia, a blog is a website on which users collaboratively modify content and structure directly from the web browser. A wiki is somewhere one would go to write about solid facts or events instead of expressing one's opinion about those two things. A wiki also doesn't have any type of chronological order where a blog does. A blog's post are listed chronologically from earliest posts to the most recent. A wiki is just a community of information where anyone can go in audit, edit, and contribute information. Each wiki tends to be more solidly focused on a particular subject where a Gill mentioned a blog can be filled with a plethora of different thoughts and ideas where topics are as varied as the humans who blog.
         I think the biggest difference between a blog and a wiki is the sense of access to edit or contribute. Where a blog can be only open to a few, those connected to that blog whether it be public or not have options to add comments or posts but not edit someone else's post. The whole purpose of a wiki though is to distribute reliable information so that is why those who have access can edit the information presented in case the information is either incorrect or outdated. There are also no commenting on the information written on a wiki. As written on Wikipedia in relation to privacy and editing, Some wikis have an Edit button or link directly on the page being viewed, if the user has permission to edit the page. Simply put a wiki is a place to find information, not a place to foster conversation about information being written about.