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by southerntofu 1702 days ago
Any form of curation, whether human or automated, will have biases and opinions. For example, historical encyclopedias were strongly in favor of the status quo. Even Wikipedia, which does a much better job, still has quirks and biases:

- the source reputability criteria prevents much of popular knowledge/culture to be referenced (police abuse example: first-hand witnesses are not considered reliable sources unless quoted by a big newspaper)

- the topic reputability criteria prevents many interesting figures from being referenced (see previous HN discussions about why women scientists are mostly absent from Wikipedia)

Neutrality is a lie. Everything is subjective. We can try to provide broader interpretation and critique, but no single entity can cover every aspect and worldview. In my view, that's a feature and not a bug.