Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-08 07:39:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 511A89207FD58B957417C13FF795CA68FF97C013E17D9B2D38951548D1E1370F
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Original Note:
The wisdom of crowds creates overconfidence in possibly false beliefs. Eg. Enabling a group of anonymous users to edit a Wikipedia page on a sophisticated topic like particle physics, will invariably produce an inadequate product. Wikipedia cannot be trusted. Ever. https://www.wired.com/2011/05/wisdom-of-crowds-decline/ https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2021/11/04/wikipedia-an-unreliable-source/ https://wikipediocracy.com/2022/08/11/wikipedias-credibility-is-toast/ https://internet.gawker.com/how-one-man-made-himself-into-an-aboriginal-god-with-wi-1692426415
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