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Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, what is stopping anonymous bad actors from manipulating it? The same can be said of anything on the internet, largely contro
by mgh2 4y ago
Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, what is stopping anonymous bad actors from manipulating it?
The same can be said of anything on the internet, largely controlled by big tech, what is stopping them from manipulating information for profit?
- leetcrew 4y agonothing really, but for some reason I trust an army of unpaid pedantic nerds over editors at actual newspapers. you still see some heavily slanted articles on wikipedia from time to time, but rarely do they trip my bias meter as hard as your average NYT or Reason article.
- noxer 4y agoThese "unpaid pedantic nerds" have as you can imagine common interests, opinions and ideas. Its only logical that they also have the same or similar biases. And the more they align with yours the less likely they will trip your bias meter.
- kornhole 4y agoState and corporate actors do employ many of these editors. I am suspect of any Wikipedia pages covering some topics or people.