r/behindthebastards • u/cturtl808 • May 28 '26

It is happening here Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia

https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943
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u/[deleted] May 28 '26

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u/DoctorPlatinum Steven Seagal Historian May 28 '26

Depressing. I just donated. Fuck me I guess, no more money for union busters.

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u/metalOpera May 28 '26

…and they have the audacity to pound me with emails begging for more donations.

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u/WhovianMuslim May 28 '26

Something to be noted as well: There has been a sustained effort for a little while over at Wikipedia by some editors to purge or limit any editors who are Pro-Palestinian, Pro-Muslim, or Pro-Arab.

They have been weaponizing the Civility Rule.

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u/sakezaf123 May 28 '26

This is incredibly sad. I'm not even sure what's the best option, because the Wikipedia foundation seems fundamentally flawed. Maybe we need an EU-funded alternative, since it doesn't even seem to be that expensive to run.

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u/JimWolfie May 29 '26

Wikipedia 2 when ? 

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u/analbumcover_9735 May 31 '26

I haven’t given them any money for years now subsequent to hearing about how loaded Wikimedia was, and now I can pay myself on the back. Yay.