Hi, I'm Jaime and I've been working for 8 years for the Wikimedia Foundation. The following are personal views and do not represent in any way the position of the Foundation (I don't and cannot speak on behalf of it). However, you may have seen this question by Mr. Musk and I wanted to respond A π§΅:
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Thankfully it seems that no one but MAGA / incels sees him as being trustworthy
Wikipedia is often my first source of info when I need a quick overview on a topic of interest.
Happy to be contributing annually for the past several years.
Maybe a WP: page that lists a variety?
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/ would be cool if the filter could create RSS feeds (which seems like it should be possible given the platform but it resolved to a generic /feed for me.)
I didn't know that Wikipedia host their own servers but just the bandwidth needed to serve a huge client base has massive impact on cost.
Ofc elmo, once again, show he know nothing
Another massive factor that impact cost
*shrug*
Don't feed the idiots...
If you go to this site and switch on your audio, you can actually "hear" live Wikipedia edits π΅:
http://listen.hatnote.com/
We use it when going read-only mode (it goes silent).
Inquiring mind wants to knowβ¦
He doesnβt handle pushback well (see the whole Thailand submarine affair).
I'm setting up a monthly donation after budgeting things out this weekend.
* We had a cat back in the 1970s who thought cantaloupe rinds were the bees knees and would gnaw on then if he could get at them.
FWIW, I know the mere existence of Wikipedia has had ripple effects on encouraging opening and sharing content.
And probably enraged past rationality by the suggestion that there's something he could not buy.
He was just throwing shit in the dark. Now he will go after wikipedia on purpose.
he is not going after wikipedia because people reacted, he is going after it because he is on a mission to destroy truth and wikipedia is the next obvious target
My two rules of thumb are follow the references and never quote anything that doesn't have any. π
Saying that he is seeking to destroy truth gives him far too much credit. His motivations are far more basic and pathetic.
I would guess he was just mouthing off about something that irritated him for a momentβ his history doesnβt suggest his thinking is organized enough for him to be on a mission.
Either way, getting us liberals to react in a protective way will add more juice to his urge to destroy.
<3
this was such a cool thread!
That's worrying. That asshole wants to make everyone as ignorant, foolish, and misinformed as he is.
We need to push back against that.
BS not yet federated, one of the other platforms has, but it just sort of blends into all the other servers.
It would be great if you could put that excellent thread up there, because many have complained to me that they can't see it because they are not on Bsky.
No idea what's gone wrong π
If you still cannot see it, here is a video where it summarizes my points, more or less: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkTj2NHKITE
Confirms & expands greatly, on the utterly reprehensible musk fly by.
Tho guess not really a surprise.
Bs we have come to expect.
Undermining & damaging as he swings by.