>Despite all of its shortcomings, Wikipedia has been a relatively successful model. It is decentralized with an army of volunteers that try to stick to reliable sources. It leverages the fact that honest participants greatly outnumber malicious ones.
Still results in some segments of the site becoming captured. For example, the Leftist political commentator Kyle Kulinski was a frequent target of deletion on Wikipedia from what appears to be his criticism of the Democratic establishment. This effort to delete him was ramped up during the 2020 election and was successful. I lost a lot of trust in Wikipedia editors.
It exposed the possibility that older editors have spent the time building up a reputation only to be used later on when it is needed to silence some view or person. I had never thought of this attack vector before the 2020 election but I suspect dishonest actors are building up this database of "trusted people" on all platforms.
Despite him being re-added in 2021 after the election season died down, the anger I experienced during the 2020 election when this happened has altered my thoughts on Wikipedia. I personally have committed to never donate to Wikipedia ever again because I have just lost (at lease some) some semblance of trust in their editors.
Still results in some segments of the site becoming captured. For example, the Leftist political commentator Kyle Kulinski was a frequent target of deletion on Wikipedia from what appears to be his criticism of the Democratic establishment. This effort to delete him was ramped up during the 2020 election and was successful. I lost a lot of trust in Wikipedia editors.
It exposed the possibility that older editors have spent the time building up a reputation only to be used later on when it is needed to silence some view or person. I had never thought of this attack vector before the 2020 election but I suspect dishonest actors are building up this database of "trusted people" on all platforms.
Despite him being re-added in 2021 after the election season died down, the anger I experienced during the 2020 election when this happened has altered my thoughts on Wikipedia. I personally have committed to never donate to Wikipedia ever again because I have just lost (at lease some) some semblance of trust in their editors.
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