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> at least somewhat helpful information is infinitely better than having nothing at all

Maybe, at least as long as we still have a good ratio between reliable and unreliable info (whatever that ratio may be). But as long as someone can piggy-back on this reputation, and most people simply take all that info for granted, the effect of a disingenuous Wiki article is far higher than your average FB "fake news". It's that implicit trust that makes a Trojan horse more dangerous.

There is no action being taken to make this process of correcting information more open and transparent, and out of the hands of a few people. Especially since it's been shown in the past that this kind of power was sold for money in PR campaigns, or used for revenge edits.




> the effect of a disingenuous Wiki article is far higher than your average FB "fake news"

Wikipedia doesn't profit by weaponizing misinformation. That's FB's business model.

All those people who stormed the capital. You think they were FB users or Wiki users? The thought of them diligently reading encyclopedia entries and becoming radicalized has me cackling.


Well, they could have been reading conservapedia




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