Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia
Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia
Lately, Musk’s beef has merged with a general conviction on the right that the site is biased against conservatives.
"This is not the first time Musk has gone after the site. In December, he posted on X, “Stop donating to Wokepedia.” And that wasn’t even his first bad Wikipedia pun. “I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” he wrote, in an October, 2023, post. It seemed to be an ego thing at first. Musk objected to being described on his page as an “early investor” in Tesla, rather than as a founder, which is how he prefers to be identified, and seemed frustrated that he couldn’t just buy the site. But lately Musk’s beef has merged with a general conviction on the right that Wikipedia—which, like all encyclopedias, is a tertiary source that relies on original reporting and research done by other media and scholars—is biased against conservatives."
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Facts don't care about your feelings, Elon.
Donate to wikipedia.
They're just mad that reality has a left-wing bias.
Conservativism is rooted in vibes and feelings, and false narratives to support those feelings. This is why they hate knowledge and people who attain it.
It's a disease of the mind, it's like they would rather be animal than human
'which is how he prefers to be identified' ... hmnnn - so he CHOOSES to IDENTIFY as one thing and doesn't like it when people don't allow him to use his preferred identificaiton?
Donate. How many times a day do you use wikipedia? It would be shit if it became another Fandom style wiki. With an ad every 3rd word.
We use Wikipedia a lot, mostly to understand references from another country or culture, the rest to answer the question: "Who the hell is s/he..." The latter enquiries are often interesting, but rarely resolve the real issue, which is "... and why is s/he famous?" At any rate, we send a goodly annual donation, because without Wikipedia, we'd be even more out of touch than we already are!
Fascists always have problems with publicly available knowledge.
Shit like this is why I donate to Wikipedia.
Fuck off and die, nazi scum.
Started a monthly 3 dollar donation when baby Nazi started shit talking Wikipedia some months ago.
Me too - they need it now more than ever when Trump and Musk starts focusing on Wikipedia.
Just donated. You should too.
I love donating to Wikipedia because there’s so few FREE things anymore, and it’s one that benefits every single person on the planet.
Have been donating to them yearly for a few years after they started their donation campaign. I forget how much I donate, but I'm considering raising my yearly donation now xD
I appreciate you.
Still cracks me up that "fact-checking" is taken to be such an offensive act. "Oh, sorry for correcting your lies! I suppose being exposed as a fraud could interfere with your plans to exploit the public..."
Anyone that has a beef with sites designed to share objective, factual information is someone who benefits from lying or at very least keeping the truth under wraps
Their aggressive stance against fact checking betrays their default position of bad faith & lack of empathy because they have been indoctrinated to the point of absolute unwavering certainly, similar to a cult. They abandon objective reality at all of our peril.
Could it be he has issues with freedom of speech/opinion (actually freedom in general) ? Asking for a friend
Hmmm...you might be on to something, I don't know
Just donated to Wikipedia. Will do every time this fuckers brings it up
The fascists want to shut down any information source that can prove they are lying.
a billion dollars he could fund his own nazipedia.org
Already exists: https://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page
It's like the Incel Bible, King Trump Edition lol
Wtf these people literally live in a different reality
I happily donate to Wikipedia every year :)
Unfortunately, Elon Musk doesn’t know you can’t “identify as a founder”. Your gender is valid ; this is not.
Can't shake the feeling Musk doesn't like Wikipedia because Musk only likes facts he can use.
Enjoy my small donation Wikipedia.
Of course he does, the site is filled with objective truths, which always makes him look bad.
*has a problem with facts