Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/business/media/wikipedia-ai-elon-musk.html

by cdrnsf • 16 days ago

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aeternum• 16 days ago

Wikipedia's own founder can no longer stand how biased the site has become

sfx77• 16 days ago

100%, Wikipedia is a joke.

etempleton• 16 days ago

Yes, but Larry Sanger of 20 years ago wouldn’t believe who he has become either. I don’t say that with prejudice, just that he has a very different set of guiding principles now than he had at the time and that influences his perspective on the site.

add-sub-mul-div• 16 days ago

Is it possible that whatever the instability that got him kicked out early on, it's the same thing that's made him what he is today?

vrganj• 16 days ago

Wikipedia's own founder is a fascist that wanted to launch a far-right takeover.

bad_username• 16 days ago

The surrender of Wikipedia to indoctrinated gatekeepers is one of the saddest chapters of the Internet history. I hope one day Wkikpedia gets back its own soul.

manarth• 16 days ago

https://archive.is/HRtOz

3dedb728-3f77• 15 days ago

But, is it?

tistoon• 14 days ago

Unbiased equivalent is now https://www.grokipedia.com

Wikipedia Is Battling for the Soul of the Internet

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