Elon Musk Takes Aim at Wikipedia

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-takes-aim-wikipedia-fund-raising-editing-political-woke-2005742

33 comments

  2. He’s just upset he can’t buy it and rename it “Xpedia”.

  4. Does this guy ever shut up? Every day we have to look at his inbred looking face with another news story about something he’s upset about.

  6. Fascists hate knowledge and billionaires hate things that are free

  8. Yes, get rid of the free and arguably best organized resource on the internet so that no one can do any quick research.

    I know Wikipedia gets hate from high school English teachers, but it’s a very accessible and easy-to-use form of information that a lot of people in the real world rely on. So of course Elon attacks it.

  11. Can this fucking piece of shit fuck off and move to Mars already

  12. Instantly went and donated £5 to Wikipedia for the first time in years. 

  13. Huh. Independently crowd-verified and carefully parsed accountings of facts end up looking “woke” to the wealthy elites?

    How strange, how strange.

  14. Wikipedia donations about to spike. Thanks President Musk!

  15. Orange man was right – this illegal immigrant wants to take over the world

  16. Elon speed running to the burning books stage of fascism.

  17. Never donated to Wikipedia before. Nazis and fascists tell their cults not to? Boom, my first Wikipedia donation. It wasn’t much but I had some spare change in my PayPal. I probably would have just lost it on DraftKings on a bowl game so what the hell.

    Seriously, do musk and libs of TikTok think their followers were the ones funding a free online encyclopedia to begin with!? Lofl.

  18. This is probably a good time to remind people that the entire Wikipedia database can be downloaded.

  19. I heard this yesterday: if an ax murderer is running against a school teacher the right wing will allege bias because all the articles about the ax murderer are negative.

  21. Free speech.

    Unless it tells the truth about fascists.

    Then they have to kill it/buy it.

  22. Donate to Wikipedia. It’s the ONLY thing I’ve EVER given money to. Please, it’s the most important part of the internet.

  23. I wish the media would stop reporting on what some inbred drug addict has to say every day.

  24. Does this fucking clown ever shut his ugly filthy mouth? Wikipedia is probably the most unbiased place you can get any information from.

  25. The problem is not that Wikipedia is “woke” or left leaning. The problem is that the right-wing narratives keep going more and more into insanity that anything that resembles actual reality is interpreted as lefty.

  26. I was going to add

    “Afraid of the free and open exchange of knowledge”, but his wiki page is locked. 

    What a weak little bitch this man is. 

  27. These guys have to ruin everything that is good, and serves the general population.

    What is it: do they just wake up in the morning and say “i know what I can destroy today! Something I dont use but other people love – a free online reference tool that is the go-to for information! That will make the world safe from socialism!”

    Asshole.

  28. Restore the editing balance? I gotta say, it really seems like the process in place for editing has really worked.

    But of course we know the truth doesn’t matter here and I will take a wild guess here that the vast majority of Fox News viewers do not use Wikipedia given its text you have to read and not a meme. They will immediately eat up that it’s woke and edited by woke people and never actually think about what that means or even care to try.

    These Trump voters are pretty obviously ignorant AF.

  29. He is trying to buy up all the media. Offered for ABC, Wikipedia. This is why we need to tax the rich heavily.

  30. Is he bored or something?

    Dude has like 8 jobs but spends an absurd amount of time tweeting, gaming, and taking selfies with Trump.

    Maybe he should talk to someone.

  31. From Grok when asked “which is a more factual source of information? Wikipedia or Conservapedia”

    >Conclusion:
    >
    >• For factual accuracy, Wikipedia generally has the advantage due to its larger contributor base, more rigorous citation practices, and efforts toward neutrality.
    >
    >However, it’s crucial to:
    >
    >• Look at the references provided in Wikipedia articles to confirm the accuracy of information.
    >
    >• Be aware of ongoing edits or disputes on controversial topics.
    >
    >• Conservapedia might serve well for understanding a specific conservative viewpoint on issues but should not be relied upon for a balanced or comprehensive factual overview due to its inherent bias.

    So even Musks own AI knows it’s bullshit.

  32. “Wikipedia was more likely to portray right-leaning figures negatively than their left-leaning counterparts.”

    Perhaps this is because a higher percentage of right wingers are a net negative to society.

  33. Wikipedia is literally one of the last holdovers from the peak of the golden age and rise of the internet. There are very few websites that exists from those days that provide the exact same content or service from that time. I was there.

    It has remarkably only gotten better, and has remained AD free and hasn’t been plagued with AI, it’s one of the first searches when you look up practically anything that isn’t a phrase, and is completely user based contributed and fact checked. Wikipedia should honestly be considered a historical landmark on the internet that could never be fundamentally changed and should be completely free and funded forever.

    I think a lot of people take for granted how important the site is as it contains practically the entire history of the world and everything and everyone historical or present you could possibly want to know information on. Its value can not be understated.

    For some billionaire to show up and try to purchase it just because it had unfavorable information displayed about them in a correct and accurately sourced and unbiased manner, (something you almost never see from internet users anymore) and want to censor or dismantle it is THE reason we should not have billionaires or allow people with money to buy conflict of interests businesses especially media.

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