Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agoThey use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.message-squaremessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down147
arrow-up1438arrow-down1message-squareThey use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.Daft_ish@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square138fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up48arrow-down8·10 months agoAnd interestingly it’s trustable because it’s got no central authority core that can be corrupted
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·10 months agoExcept there are defacto central authorities governing certain pages. Not only that there’s a turf war going on for control of them. Certain ahem religious organizations monitor a variety of pages and snipe any changes they disagree with. Businesses are doing it too.
minus-squarenot_a_bot_i_swear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoProbably all of them… Just a guess though.
minus-squareChais@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoI think the word you’re looking for is “trustworthy” but yes.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI consider it a separate concept.
minus-squareMetz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoyeah, apart from the admins that have absolute authority over everything and can do whatever the hell they want and make up arbitrary rules that disqualify your perfectly valid sources.
And interestingly it’s trustable because it’s got no central authority core that can be corrupted
Except there are defacto central authorities governing certain pages.
Not only that there’s a turf war going on for control of them.
Certain ahem religious organizations monitor a variety of pages and snipe any changes they disagree with. Businesses are doing it too.
And certain politicians
Which religious orgs?
Probably all of them… Just a guess though.
I think the word you’re looking for is “trustworthy” but yes.
I consider it a separate concept.
yeah, apart from the admins that have absolute authority over everything and can do whatever the hell they want and make up arbitrary rules that disqualify your perfectly valid sources.