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by x-complexity
686 days ago
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It is no secret that high-value items/systems/services/etc. will inevitably find itself in the crosshairs of those that want to control it for their own ends. As shown by the Foundation, they have given themselves a wide berth to focus on narratives that they see fit, with no one being able to oppose such control without being labelled as The Enemy. The fact that they can use funds of the Foundation for projects that: - (a) aren't about keeping the servers/site up, and - (b) are often times politically biased shows the grown parasitism that now exists within the Foundation. Backup however many copies you can. *When* the Foundation collapses in on itself, it'll be because the parasites have drained it of all of its resources, and they'll scurry off to their next host to begin the cycle anew. All that will be left for us is a hollow husk of biased writings & rose-tinted lenses, funded with our tax dollars & well-meaning donations. |
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I think a collapse is unlikely to happen. Even if "parasitism" is the right mental model, these aren't parasites that kill their host.
What will likely happen is Wikipedia survives, remains extremely prominent, but becomes politically polarized and loses trust of those outside its faction.
> All that will be left for us is a hollow husk of biased writings & rose-tinted lenses, funded with our tax dollars & well-meaning donations.
That will be the view of some, but others will see it as a shining, righteous hammer to beat their opponents with.
The task to respond to that situation is an extremely difficult one 1) create fork that doesn't turn into an opposite-polarization cesspit, 2) burn away Wikipedia's goodwill, which is what makes it valuable to faction you call "parasites."