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by akolbe 1659 days ago
> What's remarkable is that WP is as good as it is. But I'm not happy with the idea of one website becoming the touchstone of human knowledge.

Exactly. It's a remarkable constellation of interests. People are invited to exercise anonymous influence on the most widely propagated information source on the planet, on condition that they work for free. Big Tech profits from the free content thus produced.

I love Wikipedia, but it's a very human project. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, all mixed together.