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Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the 'Antithesis of Wikipedia' (www.404media.co)
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Christ, I miss when I could click on an article and not be asked to sign up for it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    You know, I remember way back in the day when…

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    …and that’s why I’m no longer welcome in New Zealand. Crazy!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    As I have adblock mostly because of the abuse of trackers, I understand people trying to monetize their work.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Journalists monetizing their work is totally reasonable. The problem for me is that it seems unfair to ask that literally everyone trying to read an article have to sign up. Maybe I’m missing something.

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