I don't hate #ElonMusk. I have very mixed feelings about what he has done in the world, and what his goals are.
But if he has attacked #Wikipedia in any way, that's too much even for me.
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@tripu did he attack them? Only thing im aware of is him offering them a billion dollars.
To me, this amounts to an attack:
* https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1716342871916257739
* https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1716102436123783175
* https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1716099814264328390
I have much respect for #Wikipedia as a project and as a community. And about the #Wikimedia #Foundation, I doubt those veiled accusations against it are substantiated.
The first one doesnt seem like an attack at all. Its a true statement of fact (wikipedia **is** hierarchical). He compared it to his own company and why he thought his was a better approach.
While he certainly is likely to be wrong about his own company being better, I hardly see what he said in this comment as an attack.
Second one just seems like a joke regarding the wording of the donation header... nothing there seems like an attack to me either.
The third one seems marginally like an attack. Now he is making a legit accusation, one that probably isnt founded. That said non-profits do tend to be insanely wasteful. He **could** be right, i never reviewed their spending.. but its an attack they deserves checking on and I can understand it leaving a bad taste in ones mouth I suppose...
The fact that jimmy doesnt take a salary is at least suggesting this one is BS
BTW the notes thing sounds super cool... It is unlikely to produce the quality wikipedia does, as "both sides" doesnt always work well in science... but I could see that being a very interesting resource if done right. The idea of needing consensus from opposing groups and that the result will be the overlap where all sides agree sounds quite interesting, id be curious to see where that goes.
That said I kinda expect Elon to screw it up.
