this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2024
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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] Tylerdurdon 62 points 2 days ago

Elon takes aim and the media are right there to make his job easier. Thank goodness there's reporting on everything he wants.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

If you didn't buy a bunch of hard drives on Black Friday, ya probably should've.

Information is about to get restricted. Authoritarianism is coming down the pipes.

Buckle up, buttercup. Encrypt that shit and hang on.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 days ago

Guy who owns biased platform claims other platform that has negative views on him is biased. Someone tell Elon that if he donates enough he can have controlling shares of Wiki. He can't, but he doesn't have to know that.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

This parasite is doing his best to lead humanity further down the path of annihilation. He needs to go.

[–] Thrillhouse 40 points 2 days ago

Ah yes, any platform that may contradict his obvious attempt to dominate America through propaganda must be removed.

[–] JiveTurkey 30 points 2 days ago

Made a donation just to spite him. Fuck you Elon.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Just like he's increasing Secular Talk viewership he's also increasing Wikipedia donations.

I hope lots of folks also download copies of Wikipedia, just in case. Elon is a sore loser type with too much money and free time.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

~~The reaction to this completely neutral article says it all. Right-wing snowflakes gonna ❄️.~~

Edit: Or not... see @ChairmanMeow's response.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago

Btw.

In January 2024, David Rozado, an associate professor in computational science at New Zealand's Otago Polytechnic, published a study that found: "Wikipedia was more likely to portray right-leaning figures negatively than their left-leaning counterparts."

The real question is not whether Wikipedia is biased, but whether it's fair. In politics not everybody is equally right. And there are some real shit heads on the right. In other words Elon Musk is not entitled to a positive Wikipedia page.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I think this is just a case of unclear UI. This is the default stance of the meter, before you've entered a vote. After you vote it shows the most common answer underneath the meter.

I voted just now, and the most common vote was "fair/center".

Note how the needle is also off the meter, instead of pointing at one of the segments.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The "Every article is written by Vladimir Lenin until proven otherwise" approach.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

wow that is truly awful UI you’re right

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for your reply. That's a really bad design.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Oh, that reminds me I have to renew my donation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Was going to donate to wikipedia a while ago but didn't because they didn't have any fees. Hosting doesn't cost that much for them and their current fund will have them set for a long time. Because of this, I might have to donate.

[–] anonymous111 3 points 2 days ago

Does anyone know what the equality money is spent on?

Is it things censorship bypassing or something else?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
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