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Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

arstechnica.com Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.

Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

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I recall people in the past spending their day reading random Wikipedia trivia. Overal the knowledge is rather useless.
- Useless? Knowledge for its own sake is worth pursuing.
  
  Is it though?
  
  Depends on what you're into, what you do, etc... Could be the difference between winning Final Jeopardy and not. Or being able to identify Alessandro Gazzi by name in a police lineup, for example.
  
  I mean you can just swipe if it’s not your jam. I think this is a great idea.
  
  There is no knowledge that is not power.
- Useless knowledge is still better than tiktok https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07067437221082854
  
  Information > misinformation
- Maybe, but you will win more pub quizzes and it's better than brainrot content
- As opposed to spending the day reading social media where the knowledge is useful?
- Knowledge is a good in and of itself
- Because Tiktok is so much better.

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