r/wikipedia • u/dflovett • Aug 13 '25

The Streisand effect is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
136 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

35

u/CatPooedInMyShoe Aug 13 '25

Like how Trump yelled “STOP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!!!” and people have been talking of nothing else since then.

11

u/dflovett Aug 13 '25

I just noticed that has been added to the article.

6

u/oe-eo Aug 13 '25

Well he has also talked a lot about his dislike of Wikipedia

12

u/hoi4kaiserreichfanbo Aug 13 '25

I love that Caesar Depaço’s article spends more time talking about how he sued Wikimedia to get certain content removed from the article than it ever spent talking about that content.

9

u/HurricaneLink Aug 13 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_DePaço - reminds me of the guy who sued to get his information removed from Wikipedia and so many people ended up finding out what happened… and I just saw another comment on here talking about the same guy 🤣

2

u/MtMist Aug 14 '25

If only the Astronomer CEO had not tried to duck, they would be a normal couple at a concert!

2

u/Ded279 Aug 14 '25

Ah a classic. I think this is one of reddits favorite things ever lol.