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Amon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

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Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

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Amon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.
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    I recall people in the past spending their day reading random Wikipedia trivia. Overal the knowledge is rather useless.

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      Useless? Knowledge for its own sake is worth pursuing.

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        There is no knowledge that is not power.

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        Is it though?

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          Depends on what you’re into, what you do, etc… Could be the difference between winning Final Jeopardy and not. Or being able to identify Alessandro Gazzi by name in a police lineup, for example.

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            I mean you can just swipe if it’s not your jam. I think this is a great idea.

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      Still better than endless tiktiok scroll, me thinks

      Due to shitty company pokicies where I worked, I once had a 6 month stint of reading Wikipedia 4-6 hours a day out of boredom and fuck yeah did I learn a lot of bew things. Sure, not everything sticks, but it’s enough

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        deleted by creator

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      Useless knowledge is still better than tiktok https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07067437221082854

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        Information > misinformation

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      Maybe, but you will win more pub quizzes and it’s better than brainrot content

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      As opposed to spending the day reading social media where the knowledge is useful?

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      Knowledge is a good in and of itself

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      Because Tiktok is so much better.

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