Welcome again to everybody. Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.
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Should I feel guilty for refusing to donate to Wikipedia?
The regular contributors tend to be jerks and the quality of content is notoriously variable, but the main reason that I keep ignoring their begging is that I suspect that Wikipedia already receives substantial donations from government agencies, since they’ve meddled in it before. There is no way that they’d let it go without a fight. So I think that the Wikimedia Foundation is only begging for donations so that government agencies don’t have to bail it out.
not at all; it’s primarily used to spread imperialist propaganda and IMO it’s done far more harm than good
I had forgotten just how severe the government interference was. (Somewhat odd, too, given Wales’s propertarianism.)
In 2020, it was discovered that the Scots language Wikipedia was almost solely edited and managed by a 19-year-old US citizen who did not speak a word of Scots from the time he was 12. He also used his administrative powers to block others from correcting his vandalism.[18]
Holy cow, that is almost upsetting to me since I think that Scots is a very interesting language.
a group of committed Wikipedia editors on the English instancce have been promoting a skewed version of the history of the Holocaust that is touted by right-wing Polish nationalists, whitewashes the role of Polish society in the Holocaust, and bolsters stereotypes about Jews.
This is a sad reminder that my work on informing others about Fascism remains necessary, as very few people in general talk about the Polish anticommunists’ collaboration with the Fascist empires. I can understand why many of us are uncomfortable approaching a topic where the subject is simultaneously a victim as well as a victimizer (like the Jewish Kapos), but this sort of evasion is motivated by something less innocent than that.
Wikipedia blocks the IP addresses of VPNs and other proxies, preventing users from mainland China from editing. […] Wikipedia often deletes articles about topics outside of the West. For example, Chinese Wikipedia deleted an article about the Xuzhou urban expressway while keeping an article about a 200-meter-long street in Hong Kong.
The hypocrisy is almost palpable.
The Wikimedia Foundation collects over $100 million per year even though only $10 million is needed to keep Wikipedia running. It raises money by lying that Wikipedia needs more money to avoid shutting down.[10]
Okay, now I definitely don’t feel guilty about ignoring their begging. These paskudnyaks are almost as disgusting as common scammers.
I always assumed they asked for donations so aggressively as an act of propaganda, to reinforce the idea that it’s a ‘grassroots’ outfit. I wonder how much of that $100 million is from ordinary people.
Somehow celebrating christmas with family has made me feel more lonely
i feel the same honestly :(
To noone’s surprise, after the GDF yt channel made much coverage around Israel and its influence over the US, you constantly see antisemitic conspiracy theories being pushed in the comments, unopposed. So fucking disappointing, you would think he would at least engage a little bit with BadEmpanada’s critique but no
I have been trying to stop drinking for a while now, and I was going fairly steady on. But on Christmas eve, I fell to the overbearing peer pressure and felt like shit all Christmas. I’ve grown to hate how ingrained alcohol is to this holiday in so many places, you can’t get away from it unless you have the restraint of a saint.
You’ve got almost a whole year to prepare for next christmas. You got this.
I’ve been desperate for a break for two months now, but now that Christmas break has arrived I’m bored out of my mind. Or maybe I’m just overwhelmed by options on what to do. I’ll try taking a full pause on computers and read a book or two.
Anyways, I wish joyful celebrations to all here.
The holidays got me feeling lonely again. I try not to dwell on it too much and keep doing things I enjoy, but they feel empty without someone to share them with.
Same 😔
Merry christmas to those who celebrate
is r/aboringdystopia also astro turfed
All of reddit is astroturfed. The question is when is going to start being obvious for the user subscribed to x subreddit.
I think the question is “how astroturfed is r/____?”
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I am new around here, just wanted to say hello!
yo
Hello!
welcome to lemmygrad! enjoy your stay :D
Thank you! I love this place already.
Welcome!
Thank you so much!
Hello
Hello, Oppo!
You have to send me a animal video now does are the rules
Alright, here it is:
Owls are without a doubt the best bird
I agree!
The PFLP Telegram channel has been banned in Spain, so much for freeze peach
How could the communist dictatorship of pedro sanchez do this 😞
You know what they famously day: “social democracy is the moderate wing of communism”
freeze peach antonio banderas leaning back gif
An Arab travel youtuber I follow posted a picture with Jolani in Syria on Instagram and the comments are all Iraqis flaming him for posing with a murderer of Iraqis lol
I hope you all have a nice week :D
You two! :D
derpn
I hope the same for you
thanks oppo! have a good week too :D :D :D
it is escaping :O
U2
thats a handsome fella
Have a nice week!
Typical Alfredo 🤦
I can’t be the only one who gets pissed when people go “muh why isn’t china launching all their nukes at israel!!! So disappointing!”
China could do more for Palestinians. The fact that they continue to trade with Isn’treal is disappointing. However, those who strongly criticize China don’t understand that Chinese policy is a manifestation of the desires of its population. The CPC won’t do anything that is not supported by a large majority. They have a non interventionist policy because that’s what their population wants. China isn’t the one enabling Isn’treal to carry out its genocide and it really isn’t their responsibility to put themselves at risk to stop it.
i found this youtube channel it’s fkn gold comedy
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“oagh. get a new computer :D” -King Harkinian, in Youtube video “YoutubePoop-The King has a new computer”
new laptop arrived yesterday, a lenovo because they’re pretty ok. i set up the linux on it and it feels good. almost like my older hp 250 g2 but beefed up to hell and back
