this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2026
831 points (99.2% liked)

Technology

86879 readers
3714 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Continue using Wikipedia. They don't run ads so traffic doesn't translate to revenue for them. Just don't donate and their server costs will become unsustainable once they run out of cash in about 20 years

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wikipedia itself is still one of the best resources on the internet, and they actually make it pretty easy to back up their data, which is why there are so many clones out there.

If Wikimedia foundation died, somebody else would take over, and hopefully the quality wouldn't decline too much.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Reputability and reliability will absolutely take a deep dive.

The greatest asset of Wikipedia is not the trove of data (I have the copy on my computer), but efficient moderation, neutrality, and trust.

None of the clones are nearly as trusted, as they're edited at a whim of whoever owns them, or simply poorly moderated.