Asta v. Schröder5d ago

Wikipedia went from "do not cite" to "the last trustworthy source on the internet" in the past 25 years and now it looks like they want to throw it all away because they want to break a union.
The largest community driven project in the world, relying directly on volunteers, and they still do not see the value of their own people.

I hate capitalism

Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia | by Jake Orlowitz | May, 2026 | Medium
https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943

Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia

TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…

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Show threadJuɦo̞ Mæn̪t̪yˈs̠ɑ̝lo̞

@AvSchroeder

AFAIK, this has nothing to do with capitalism¹, and more about hierarchial US corporate culture.

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¹ continuous growth, liberalism, market economy, hoarding of wealth without goal, or any other tangentially linked concept.

May 27 at 4:33pmWeb
Show threadAsta v. Schröder3d ago
@iju same thing
Show threadJuɦo̞ Mæn̪t̪yˈs̠ɑ̝lo̞3d ago

@AvSchroeder

Well, there's a distinction in my head, even if you find it meaningless. (As is your right!)

My personal opinion is grounded upon the fact the foundation is a non-profit, and my personal experiences with US-based nonprofits have been immensely stressful.

Meanwhile there are capitalist workplace cultures which assume that you'll get more value out of employees when they're not terrified for losing their job.

TBS, I dislike capitalism categorically, and hierarchial cultures, too.

Show threadAsta v. Schröder2d ago
@iju I think we are closer in agreement as it looks. I just meant that american Corporate Culture is deeply rooted in a very specific, odious flavor of capitalism, and it permeates everything, even nonprofits and NGOs