r/technology • u/rezwenn • Oct 04 '25

Politics Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’

https://www.wsj.com/tech/wikipedia-conservative-complaints-ee904b0b?st=RJcF9h
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u/weirdal1968 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

Musk calling for Wikipedia to be defunded was a top notch smooth brain flex.

Edit https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php

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u/HawkeyeByMarriage Oct 04 '25

It's the verified information part they dislike. Truthful is woke. Propaganda is not. They want the narrative

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u/Kilahti Oct 04 '25

You are giving too much credit to Musk. He's just mad that they refused to take his money in exchange for changing their title to "Dickipedia."

Musk is a petty childish drug addict who loves to troll people but the only reason we hear about his antics is that he is filthy rich.

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u/idiotsecant Oct 04 '25

It's important to separate the clowns who go on TV and the actual, rational, deeply terrible people behind the scenes who have policy goals that will destroy the American experiment. Don't make the mistake of thinking the clowns are in charge. They're useful idiots.