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A much better WebMD would like like Wikipedia. Hint: it’s Wikipedia.
by FounderBurr 4y ago
A much better WebMD would like like Wikipedia.
Hint: it’s Wikipedia.
- Workaccount2 4y agoIt's annoying that google has been forcefully pushing down wikipedia at least for medically related things. I don't want to have to go to the second page to get an article that isn't scared to use a word longer than 6 letters.
- davidrupp 4y agoIf I want information on medically related things, Wikipedia is my go-to. I skip Google (actually, DuckDuckGo) altogether and just start my search on the Wikipedia home page.
- ciphol 4y agoI would say that WebMD is better than Wikipedia. Anyone can edit Wikipedia, and in practice this means content often comes from idiosyncratic people with axes to grind. Wikipedia pages vary immensely in correctness, completeness, objectivity, clarity, and usefulness. WebMD, in contrast, is pretty consistent in all those ways; its flaws (wordiness, lack of reference to detailed research, catering to the customer) are of minor consequence to the typical person searching for medical information (we at HN are not the typical person). The best Wikipedia articles are better than the best WebMD ones, but the worst Wikipedia articles are worse, and in medicine it's the floor you care more about.