FiddleDeeDumOct 24, 2023
James Gleick

“The sight of Elon Musk charging towards Wikipedia with his trademark guile and delicacy was so predictable that it was almost relaxing. He saw a collective resource that people prized and he wanted to hurt it.”

Zoe Williams in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/23/why-is-elon-musk-attacking-wikipedia-because-its-very-existence-offends-him

Why is Elon Musk attacking Wikipedia? Because its very existence offends him

The X owner has no time for a democratic experiment dedicated to knowledge. He would rather yell puerile ‘jokes’ into the ether, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian
Oct 24, 2023 at 2:35pmWeb
Show threadryan onstottOct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick from *creative destroyer* to destroyer, the story of every libertarian ever
Show threadDoug WebbOct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick attack what you can't acquire 🤷
Show threadLewisOct 24, 2023

@JamesGleick

He wants a monopoly on the information the public, his workers and customers, receive.

It has to be oligarch friendly.

He's a power/control freak hence 'working from home is immoral'.

etc etc

Show threadMartinOct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick After a depressing meeting with accounting he probably googled "websites that are not turning a loss", Wikipedia came up and he got jealous.
Show threadDemocracy Matters Oct 24, 2023

@JamesGleick

Great quote.

Show threadJean-Francois MarchalandOct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick just donated to Wikipedia. Non mais ! 😊
Show threadlupus_blackfurOct 24, 2023

@JamesGleick
@DemocracyMattersALot

Well, that's what Elonivsky Mushovite did with Twitter... Just cause it pissed him off.

So, cue the dread music that foreshadows his next $46B tantrum when he buys Wikipedia.

Show threadDoug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Oct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick I didn't know about this. I will IMMEDIATELY send $$ (Canadian, yes, but, really, it's still money, right? Right?) to #Wikipedia
Show threadDoug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦Oct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick I did it: I sent $ to #Wikipedia. Hope that pisses #Musk off.
Show threadGeoff CoffeyOct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick Total aside, but 15 years ago some friends and I dreamed up an idea for a site called "Dickipedia" that was just a compendium of assholes with citations. If that existed today, Musk would be on page 1.
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Oct 24, 2023
@JamesGleick
<<Because it's a fucking waste. All that knowledge and value there and nobody is making a profit from it. A fucking waste.>>