https://mobile.twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318

I guess three years was a good run: https://mobile.twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1043859278774370305

  • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    My favorite absolutely baby-brained response on that thread is "who are you to decide for me what's relevant on the internet?" What the fuck do you think the point of a search engine is?

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      When people stopped paying for TV and print media, all those propaganda voices had to go somewhere. It also pisses them off so, so, so much that the open internet just let's you view primary sources about life outside the "international rules based order" rather than tall tales about what evil Big Bad's regime is spreading all over the globe with the source "trust me bro, we're good for it".

      • ancom20 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        This! It's still a problem in academia also, I remember at university they would not let you (and afaik still don't) cite Wikipedia. Has to be all "academic", in other words institutionally approved sources (books, official statements etc).

          • ancom20 [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            Agree, the point was more about only "legit" sources being acceptable. Which do have their own biases. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-security-wikipedia-idUSN1642896020070816

        • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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          3 years ago

          That's less a bias issue than it is an issue with what kinds of sources in general are appropriate for citation in academic writing. The issue is not with Wikipedia itself, but rather with the fact that Wikipedia is a tertiary source, like any encyclopedia. I think most professors on the younger side recognize Wikipedia as a generally reliable source for information (with some exceptions). It's a great place to start your research, but it's usually far too general to be of use in constructing a good paper. It's useful for orienting yourself, getting a 10,000 meter view on a subject, or learning what the general professional consensus is about some issue (again, with some exceptions--it's much less trustworthy when it comes to current events and politics than it is when it comes to quantum mechanics), but it should be a jumping off point, like any other tertiary source.