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Wikipedia is one of the few treasures of the internet. He can go fuck himself
I don't even get how xitter stays online. Didn't truth social take all their nutters?
Unfortunately the media, celebrities, and corporations still use that crap, so others do too.
never once used it, anyone i knew personally who used it was kind of vapid, self obsessed, or had a crippling only fans addiction.
not my kind of joint, lol.
Enshittification incarnate
Well I'm going to start my own Wikipedia, with blackjack and hookers!
And ketamine?
Cribbing means… ripping off? Copying?
Yep, did they not call a piece of paper you could copy off of during a test a crib sheet where you went to school? Or has that fallen out of use?
Friendly reminder that not everyone is American or in the anglosphere in general.
Yeah, that’s why I asked. I didn’t want to assume
I'm not sure that's an American thing as I've never heard of it. I assumed it was a European thing.
Well, a UK thing maybe. In German it would obviously be a Spickzettel and spicken, respectively.
I am the official spokesman of the UK, never heard of it
I am the official spokesman of the UK, never heard of it
Oh man, you may need to turn in your Brit Card to the King. The term was likely born in Britain, and used as a central part of the UK's success in WWII.
The usage "crib" was adapted from a slang term referring to cheating (e.g., "I cribbed my answer from your test paper"). A "crib" originally was a literal or interlinear translation of a foreign-language text—usually a Latin or Greek text—that students might be assigned to translate from the original language. The term "crib" originated at Bletchley Park, the British World War II decryption operation.
Like the office of Prime minister, the post of official spokesman is a revolving door and everyone leaves in disgrace
I'm American and I knew what it was, so it's a thing here too.
Nope, we called that a cheat sheet in Australia.
Likewise for copying, we called that copying.
Same in Canada. Crib is a card game. Cribbing is blocking that goes under heavy things or stuff that rolls to keep it stable or lifted.
Man Goebbels would be creaming his jeans if he knew of the propaganda potential that Musk and Trump have at their disposal.
Billionaires gonna plunder.
I don't understand what exact problem Grokipedia ^[1]^ is even trying to solve.
References
[…]"Grokipedia"[…]
The 'problem' where Wikipedia doesn't allow conservatives to edit in propaganda and disinformation as much as they'd like.
Yeah, this exactly. It's really hard to find actually credible sources for many of the rightwing "facts" they want to publish.
What do you mean? There are literally thousands of memes on Facebook, that back up every single claim. How is that not enough for you people? /s
You joke but their goal is to replace every institution with a ministry of truth. They've done it with the media, they're doing it with government institutions that used to be independent and evidence based, and they won't stop until they control all information.
I wonder if they allow Grok itself as a source
They feel it to be true. What more evidence do you need?
So basically what grok was trying to solve.
They have more influence on Wikipedia than people realize. Take note of how often wiki pages for famous people will say they are Jewish in the first two sentences.
Now trace the origin of these edits. Often it came from a username such as "OdinWolf88". Now look at their edit history. These accounts do nothing but add "he/she is Jewish" to the first two sentences of peoples Wikipedia pages.
That and they troll the pages of right wing mass murders and terrorist attacks.
Reality. They don't like reality.
There is already the Conservapedia doing the same thing. It allows YouTube and Twitter as sources. I once saw a sentence like "liberals believe _______" and the source was a tweet with like 40 likes.
There is already the Conservapedia doing the same thing. […]
Interestingly, the site is timing out for me right now ^[1]^, but I've been able to find some interesting archived information: for example, they have a page titled "Conservapedia:How Conservapedia Differs from Wikipedia" ^[2]^. To say the least, I take issue with some of their rationale.
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For a few additional quick references about Conservapedia, please see: Conservapedia:Quick reference and How Conservapedia Differs from Wikipedia.
Years ago I saw a page on that site about irrational numbers that was pure comedy. Basically they begrudgingly admit that irrational numbers might actually exist (whatever that means for numbers), but heavily implied that it's a liberal plot of some kind stemming from moral relativism or whatever. Just insane ramblings.
Again, that's the point. That's their angle. Dilute everything so you can't tell what is factually accurate, and then you have kids reading this dumb shit and assuming it is true.
It's gotten to the point where now if someone links to YouTube, I'll think they're more likely to be wrong than if they just asserted it with no link. Because if it was true, it would probably have a better source.
