He generally shows most of the signs of the misinformation accounts:

  • Wants to repeatedly tell basically the same narrative and nothing else
  • Narrative is fundamentally false
  • Not interested in any kind of conversation or in learning that what he’s posting is backwards from the values he claims to profess

I also suspect that it’s not a coincidence that this is happening just as the Elon Musks of the world are ramping up attacks on Wikipedia, specially because it is a force for truth in the world that’s less corruptible than a lot of the others, and tends to fight back legally if someone tries to interfere with the free speech or safety of its editors.

Anyway, YSK. I reported him as misinformation, but who knows if that will lead to any result.

Edit: Number of people real salty that I’m talking about this: Lots

  • beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4912·
    20 hours ago

    DOWNLOAD A COPY OF WIKIPEDIA NOW. RIGHT NOW. DO NOT WAIT.

    WIKIPEDIA WILL BE RUINED IN (just guessing) THREE MONTHS (I hope I’m wrong)

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
      36·
      18 hours ago

      Do download a copy of Wikipedia but give them some credit. This isn’t the first nor last attack on information freedom (see internet archive)

    • M600@lemmy.world
      7·
      17 hours ago

      Can I get a TLDR. I’m on the page about downloading it, but there are so many files to download which makes me think I am looking at the wrong stuff.

      • ChogChog@lemmy.world
        10·
        8 hours ago

        Wikipedia is pretty large now, even for text only versions. So the most recommended option to download/read an offline version is by using “Kiwix”.

        Kiwix is a reader designed to open and operate archived websites like Wikipedia that are stored in a .zim (think z-file compression but for websites).

        Kiwix is open sourced and readers can be installed on your pc, phones, self-hosted as a website, etc.

        You can check out their Kiwix library for a list of curated zim’s beyond Wikipedia that are updated on a schedule

        You can also use their zimit tool to archive websites on your own as well.

        It took a day for me to grasp all these concepts since they were designed mostly for Wikipedia archival purposes but it’s amazing how robust the tools and community are.

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 hours ago

        I consider myself pretty savvy but I’m also at a loss. I thought and still think you can download all the text but there are so many readers there, different file types. When I finally got to some raw data it was from 2008.