a million monkeys
Apr. 24th, 2009 06:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
healingmirthI don't think I've ever clicked on a Google ad in my life, and then suddenly the past couple days, the gmail ads have looked really interesting. (Which makes sense I suppose, if they're mining the bulk of my inbox, rather than whateverthehell I'm doing on the other sites that use their ads. At least I assume that's what they're doing, even if it's scary.)
Today's offering: http://www.1000000monkeys.com/
This site attempts not only to harness the literary power of one million "monkeys" typing but also to generate some truly wonderful texts and social networks. It is part Exquisite Corpse, part Choose Your Own Adventure, and it works by having multiple authors work on the same stories with each adding their own segments. Each segment (or snippet) will have the opportunity for 3 offshoots — those that are ranked highly will gain offshoots of their own, and those that are ranked poorly will wither and die.
Today's offering: http://www.1000000monkeys.com/
This site attempts not only to harness the literary power of one million "monkeys" typing but also to generate some truly wonderful texts and social networks. It is part Exquisite Corpse, part Choose Your Own Adventure, and it works by having multiple authors work on the same stories with each adding their own segments. Each segment (or snippet) will have the opportunity for 3 offshoots — those that are ranked highly will gain offshoots of their own, and those that are ranked poorly will wither and die.
