Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia
2 years ago by CobraChicken3000 to c/news
"This is not the first time Musk has gone after the site. In December, he posted on X, “Stop donating to Wokepedia.” And that wasn’t even his first bad Wikipedia pun. “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” he wrote, in an October, 2023, post. It seemed to be an ego thing at first. Musk objected to being described on his page as an “early investor” in Tesla, rather than as a founder, which is how he prefers to be identified, and seemed frustrated that he couldn’t just buy the site. But lately Musk’s beef has merged with a general conviction on the right that Wikipedia—which, like all encyclopedias, is a tertiary source that relies on original reporting and research done by other media and scholars—is biased against conservatives."
Hmmm...you might be on to something, I don't know
Still cracks me up that "fact-checking" is taken to be such an offensive act. "Oh, sorry for correcting your lies! I suppose being exposed as a fraud could interfere with your plans to exploit the public..."
Anyone that has a beef with sites designed to share objective, factual information is someone who benefits from lying or at very least keeping the truth under wraps
Their aggressive stance against fact checking betrays their default position of bad faith & lack of empathy because they have been indoctrinated to the point of absolute unwavering certainly, similar to a cult. They abandon objective reality at all of our peril.
I should donate to Wikipedia
I should donate to Wikipedia
I donate to Wikipedia
I should donate to Wikipedia
Already exists: https://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page
Holy shit, what a sad website. Just a few random snippets:
Marijuana is a highly addictive drug that causes (...) violence and violent fits
Marriage is the divinely ordained covenant between one man and one woman
The Bible, being the most comprehensive transcendent moral authority
🤮
Many vaccines, including the Covid vaccines, are based on aborted fetal tissue, apparently to try to increase public acceptance of abortion.
I’m not sure if this is Poe’s law in effect or if people are actually this stupid. I’m afraid it’s the latter.
Nope, it's deadly serious.
Hard to tell honestly. It is poorly maintained as two clicks in and I found a dead page.
I also choose to identify as the founder of Tesla.
There are right-wing US conservatives who are freaking out that other countries are boycotting Musk/Tesla, and calling it some left-wing psyOps.
Like Musk literally did the Hitler salute TWICE. The second time was in case you were mistaken.
republicans also thing that all the protests all over the world are paid for by democrats lol.
One thing I love in Wikipedia, is even pages whose interpretation I disagree with (and yes, Wikipedia absolutely has interpretation), tend to have enough detail that I can learn interesting things and get a feel for what we do know and what we don't. Especially if I stumble upon some adjacent pages that have a very different take!
Just donated. You should too.
I love donating to Wikipedia because there’s so few FREE things anymore, and it’s one that benefits every single person on the planet.
History is written by the victors.
"Hmm 🤔, I'm rich, that should make me a victor, ergo..."
“This is not the first time Musk has gone after the site. In December, he posted on X, “Stop donating to Wokepedia.” And that wasn’t even his first bad Wikipedia pun. “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” he wrote, in an October, 2023, post.
You can't buy it, but you can go create a conservative fork called whatever you want, and you can fund its operation. If people think that it's better, they can choose to use it.
There's a Conservapedia, which I would call pretty off-the-rails; people have tried this before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia
Conservapedia (/kənˌsɜː(r)vəˈpiːdiə/; kən-SU(R)-və-PEE-di-ə) is an English-language, wiki-based, online encyclopedia written from a self-described American conservative[2] and fundamentalist Christian[3] point of view. The website was established in 2006 by American attorney and activist Andrew Schlafly, son of Phyllis Schlafly,[4][5] to counter what he perceived as a liberal bias on Wikipedia.[6][7] It uses editorials and a wiki-based system for content generation.
Examples of Conservapedia's ideology include its accusations against and strong criticism of former US president Barack Obama—including advocacy of Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories[8]—along with criticisms of atheism, feminism, homosexuality, the Democratic Party, and evolution. Conservapedia views Albert Einstein's theory of relativity as promoting moral relativism,[9] claims that abortion increases risk of breast cancer, praises Republican politicians, supports celebrities and artistic works it believes represent moral standards in line with Christian family values, and espouses fundamentalist Christian doctrines such as Young Earth creationism.[10][11] Conservapedia's "Conservative Bible Project" is a crowd-sourced retranslation of the English-language Bible which the site says to be "free of corruption by liberal untruths."[12]
It's been a few years since I checked, but I do recall their page about irrational numbers being hilarious. Felt like it was written by a high school gym teacher who also taught grade 9 math , so he didn't really need to understand irrational numbers but was super irritated that they exist.
Of course he does, the site is filled with objective truths, which always makes him look bad.
Donate. How many times a day do you use Wikipedia? It would be shit if it became another Fandom style wiki. With an ad every 3rd word.
We use Wikipedia a lot, mostly to understand references from another country or culture, the rest to answer the question: "Who the hell is s/he..." The latter enquiries are often interesting, but rarely resolve the real issue, which is "... and why is s/he famous?" At any rate, we send a goodly annual donation, because without Wikipedia, we'd be even more out of touch than we already are!
Fascists always have problems with publicly available knowledge.
Conservativism is rooted in vibes and feelings, and false narratives to support those feelings. This is why they hate knowledge and people who attain it.
It's a disease of the mind, it's like they would rather be animal than human
Enjoy my small donation Wikipedia.
I happily donate to Wikipedia every year :)
You can download Wikipedia and other stuff for offline access here.
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Could it be he has issues with freedom of speech/opinion (actually freedom in general) ? Asking for a friend
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