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i think people underestimate the impact having access to wikipedia has had on the world. really an amazingly important part of the internet and the sharing of knowledge
Going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole is worse than going down a Street View rabbit hole. Ahh I can spend an entire day doing it!
Good old wiki walking, you never realize what you're doing until a few hours in, and even then you can't stop.
You're right, although if you ever get the chance to browse a real physical encyclopedia, it's a unique experience.
Not practical, but it's a bit like playing a record or playing a game on a real NES. It's a unique experience.
I have a full 2007 set of Encyclopedia Brittanica in the same room as my vintage computer collection. I browse it occasionally.
Oof, felt this right in the geriatric millennials.
Mfer I was doing assignments where I had to scroll through index cards to find the encyclopaedia, then hand write out the essay.
It’s weird when you go from being the disruptor demographic to realising that when your 5 yo kid jokes about the 80s it’s as far away in time to him as the 1940s we’re to me - for him it’s a 2d, pre-Alexa, analog dystopia.
And I’m only 42.
I bought several physical encyclopedias as a a result of my Wikipedia addiction. Having physical encyclopedias to fall back on is a plus, as their information can't be taken down by deletionists. I also got the Encarta isos off archive.org running in 86box.
I got suckered by an encyclopedia salesman when I was younger. It was one of the biggest wastes of money of my young life. I had no need for it at that time and later, when I could have used it, I had the internet (or Internet with a capital I back then) and college libraries.
I just love the fact that Jimmy Wales started Wikipedia using the money he made in softcore internet porn.
This is great to see. I love when big players make moves into the fediverse, because it educates the masses. I'm a nobody on the internet advocating for privacy, security, and ethical social media... and I can advocate til my fingers bleed.
But when companies, publications, celebrities, and others of influence do this, it creates awareness and opens their mind up a bit into the platforms, why they're important, etc. And even if they don't understand federation at first, at least it's a touchpoint. A bit of exposure into how we can have a better, open, and private web.
I'm just going to take the opportunity to talk about that Wikipedia is free, it doesn't have advertisement, all the data is freely accesible and your privacy is respected, is just maintained by donations and the community. Just looking around other platforms I think they do an amazing job, so consider to donate today to keep it that way.
they have more than enough money to keep the server running for decades. not to say you don't need to donate, but you don't need to impulse donate every time the big header appears.
To be fully transparent I donate 1 dollar a day, I just appreciate what they do, and I would like to have more services that are able to keep it that way, sadly that is not the case.
I donate about 100 USD a year, give or take. I figured it's worth it for as much as I use Wikipedia
As someone who can't afford to donate, I appreciate you.
When I get their email every year asking me to repeat my donation it seems like they are a bit in trouble. They are not?
That’s how they collect the surplus they have right now. Without it, they could be in much direr straits if funding were to be suddenly cut off.
I think all big orgs, NGOs, news agencies should do this.
Yes! Also Governmemt agencies.
The Dutch government had created a mastodon server
that's excellent! I wonder if they'll keep their WT Social network going. Does anyone use it?
I was wondering if they might port it to an ActivityPub instance
Great news!
Ooooh!! This is exciting!
I just realized it’s fediverse, I’ve been reading it as frediverse.
There should be an instance of just Freds that's called the Frediverse. You have to send them ID to prove your name is actually Fred and only Freds are allowed on the instance. I'd follow those communities as a non-Fred.
Would they be Frederated?
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Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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I have a Mastodon account since May 2022 but didn't really use it.
I recently tried to see if I find interesting accounts to follow but didn't find much that fit my interests.
Any advice on how to find good accounts to follow?
Search for hashtags first, like #TopicOfInterestToMe. Follow those. Then, look for people who post interesting stuff in the hashtags you follow. Follow them. The trick to Mastodon is to follow, follow, follow. This may also be a good starting point to find interesting people to follow: https://fedi.directory/
Curating your follows does take a minute in the beginning. This is a good starting point: https://discover.fedified.com/
Beautiful to see Wikipedia throwing their weight into it! Just beautiful to see this spiraling.
I hope custom algorithms become an option. I like chronological feeds but would love to have chronological feeds that show me a post based on my likes after 3 posts or so. It would make it much easier to discover new blender artists like is possible on twitter