Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-08 04:44:10 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6E7F4FD1937A96D0D4995D5D299ED3773F34C8F9F3710E83BC6FBF8DEFE386EC
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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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