manucode 166 points 3 years ago

I'm rather sceptical that this can work as a good alternative to Wikipedia. Wikipedia's content moderation system is in my opinion both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. To create a better Wikipedia, you would have to somehow innovate in that regard. I don't think federation helps in any way with this problem. I do though see potential in Ibis for niche wikis which are currently mostly hosted on fandom.org. If you could create distinct wiki's for different topics and allow them to interconnect when it makes sense, Ibis might have a chance there.

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Cethin 10 points 3 years ago

I'm going to use your comment to tell people to download Indie Wiki Buddy. It's a plug-in for your browser that redirects Fandom to independent alternatives. I highly recommend it.

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shalien -16 points 3 years ago

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deegeese 65 points 3 years ago

If you think a centralized organization governed by legalism is opaque, just wait until you see a thousand islands of anarchy.

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Rolder 23 points 3 years ago

Considering some of the ungodly biased wikipedia alternatives I see tossed around on Lemmy, I’m not too confident Ibis will end up any better.

Besides, first I’m hearing of Wikipedia losing trust.

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