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  • That’s a super dumb take.

    Just because something is wrong, doesn’t mean it wasn’t a valuable contribution on our journey to a truth.

    The general accusation to conspiracy theorists is that it’s all wrong and all super ridiculously obviously wrong, like flat earth. A “medium severe” conspiracy theory like “it’s rich people who are kidnapping and raping kids” barely gets attention.

    It’s also making the mistake of treating “conspiracy theorists” as a monolith, which they’re not.

    Finally:

    Until something is officially declared a crime and a legal accusation is made, people are officially, legally innocent. Which means everyone saying “Epstein didn’t kill himself” or “Donald Trump is involved in a child trafficking operation”, is a conspiracy theorist.

    Which probably means you too.

    What it comes down to is this: the next time you hear something ridiculous, but evil about the government, do you dismiss it, or do you research it? Because we know who will tell you to “move along” and there is “nothing to see”.






  • If I search “Iron” on wikipedia I’m looking for facts

    Not what I meant.

    The point is: there is an established group of editors, with established rules and preconceptions, an established interpretation on what good sources are and what a neutral perspective is and isn’t, and there is no chance of changing those and that is why I have no interest in interacting with wikipedia in any constructive way.

    I could talk about politics too, I picked video games because I know those articles are also bad.



  • Yes.

    Yet behind the celebrations, a troubling pattern has developed: The volunteer community that built this encyclopedia has lately rejected a key innovation designed to serve readers.

    But not that one, because rejecting AI 1) is not a generational rejection and 2) it is correct to reject it.

    What I think is or will be the generational problem: the community that maintains it and decides what is being accepted or rejected is an “in group” that it is impossible to break into with conflicting ideas. For example, I do think the gaming, game mechanics and game development related pages can be vastly improved. But I don’t think the people responsible for those pages are interested in the changes I would suggest.

    All the wikis for different games could just be on wikipedia. But they’re not, probably because they were rejected, because it’s “not relevant”. Well, some people decided they were relevant after all and they made their own wikis for those. The outcome is tribalism based fragmentation, because of differences in opinion of who values what and what should be preserved and what shouldn’t.






  • In short, this is a social faux pas that you didn’t know about, because you’re new to asking questions online.

    And as you can see from the existence of that wikihow page: it’s a common problem and you are not the first or the last to run into this. Sorry.

    https://www.wikihow.com/Ask-a-Question-on-the-Internet-and-Get-It-Answered

    Learn the culture of the forum. Every community on the internet has its own style and set of rules (both written and unwritten). Spend some time reading through other posts before making your own. This will help you learn the etiquette for that specific forum. Knowing how to ask your question in a way that fits in with that culture can really help you get the answers you need.

    Make your title a succinct version of your question.

    Go into detail in the body of the message. After writing the title, explain the details in the body. List specific problems and what you have tried so far.

    Describing what you have tried so far, is extremely important.

    Writing it out can make you go through the thinking steps necessary and you will answer your own question in the process of asking it. That’s so common it’s called “rubber ducking”. Everyone does it. But if you don’t do the writing, people can be cross because you’re asking a question you didn’t need to ask.

    Keep an open mind. There’s a chance that you won’t like the answer you receive. There’s also a chance that the answer that you don’t like is the only available option. Make sure to keep an open mind about your responses, and try to avoid getting defensive.

    Don’t give up. If you don’t receive any responses, or the responses are not satisfactory, take some time to examine your question. Was it specific enough? Did you ask too many questions? Was the answer easily obtained through a web search? Is the question even answerable? Rework your question and ask it again, either in the same place or a new one. Never believe that you are entitled to an answer. Responders volunteer their time to help out other users. No one owes you an answer, so you should avoid acting like they do.

    There are different kinds of communities that have different levels of professionalism and question asking culture. You picked one at random at the wrong level.

    I promise you not every community online is like that. Try a different one.


    And also, you didn’t do your research for this question either. Or you could have found the wikihow page. 😜