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Larry Sanger

@lsanger
14 posts
2026-01-16
Happy 25th anniversary, Wikipedia!
2026-01-16 View on X
The Verge

Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65M+ articles with nearly 15B monthly views, and releases a docuseries

When Wikipedia launched 25 years ago today …Simon Sharwood /The Register:Wikimedia's 25th birthday gift: Letting more AIs scour pages volunteers createdWikimedia Foundation:Celebra...

I remember making this subject-based front page. Probably better than the one they have now.
2026-01-16 View on X
The Verge

Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65M+ articles with nearly 15B monthly views, and releases a docuseries

When Wikipedia launched 25 years ago today …Simon Sharwood /The Register:Wikimedia's 25th birthday gift: Letting more AIs scour pages volunteers createdWikimedia Foundation:Celebra...

Happy 25th anniversary, Wikipedia!
2026-01-16 View on X
Financial Times

A profile of Wikipedia as it faces myriad challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and a legal battle in India

As the website turns 25, it faces myriad challenges from regulators, AI, the far right and Elon Musk

I remember making this subject-based front page. Probably better than the one they have now.
2026-01-16 View on X
Financial Times

A profile of Wikipedia as it faces myriad challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and a legal battle in India

As the website turns 25, it faces myriad challenges from regulators, AI, the far right and Elon Musk

Happy 25th anniversary, Wikipedia!
2026-01-16 View on X
The Verge

The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get “tuned” API access; Google is already a member

for better or worseMatthias Bastian /The Decoder:Some of the largest AI players are now paying Wikipedia for the data they already useAndre Revilla /Engadget:Wikimedia announces AI...

I remember making this subject-based front page. Probably better than the one they have now.
2026-01-16 View on X
The Verge

The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get “tuned” API access; Google is already a member

for better or worseMatthias Bastian /The Decoder:Some of the largest AI players are now paying Wikipedia for the data they already useAndre Revilla /Engadget:Wikimedia announces AI...

2025-12-08
The idea that one could be *fined* for such things is ridiculous.
2025-12-08 View on X
Politico

Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its X post about its €120M fine of X; X terminates the EC's ad account

to post a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video and to artificially increase its reach.  As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our pl...

2025-12-07
The idea that one could be *fined* for such things is ridiculous.
2025-12-07 View on X
Politico

Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about the €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account

Nikita Bier, X's head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying …

2025-10-28
Wikipedia, in light of a strong launch from Grokipedia, you'd better get your house in order—or you'll go the way of the Sears catalog. Are you listening yet? https://larrysanger.org/...
2025-10-28 View on X
Washington Post

Grokipedia, a Grok-based encyclopedia, launches with 885K+ articles, drawing from Wikipedia content; Elon Musk called it “a massive improvement” over Wikipedia

The right-leaning tech magnate is touting his own online encyclopedia as an unbiased alternative, but it went down after about an hour.

My initial impression, looking at my own article and poking around here and there, is that Grokipedia is very OK. The jury's still out as to whether it's actually better than Wikipedia. But at this point I would have to say “maybe”!
2025-10-28 View on X
Washington Post

Grokipedia, a Grok-based encyclopedia, launches with 885K+ articles, drawing from Wikipedia content; Elon Musk called it “a massive improvement” over Wikipedia

The right-leaning tech magnate is touting his own online encyclopedia as an unbiased alternative, but it went down after about an hour.

2021-09-24
“If you take misinformation around Covid, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into a partnership with the World Health Organization.” —Wikipedia's (the WMF's) incoming chief executive, Maryana Iskander https://www.nytimes.com/... | via https://startthis.org/?p=1890
2021-09-24 View on X
New York Times

Interview with Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation's next CEO, on the org's transparency, handling misinformation on Wikipedia pages, and more

Two decades ago, Wikipedia arrived on the scene as a quirky online project that aimed to crowdsource and document all of human knowledge and history in real time. Tweets: @djparekh...

2021-08-17
BlueSky, announced 18 months ago as a Twitter project, announces a new head and a...new project? Don't trust them. True decentralization is contrary to Twitter's business model. https://twitter.com/... | via https://startthis.org/?p=1502
2021-08-17 View on X
The Block

Bluesky, the decentralized social media initiative unveiled by Twitter in 2019, will be led by Jay Graber, a former startup founder and cryptocurrency dev

Bluesky, the decentralized social media initiative unveiled by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at the end of 2019, has a project lead, according to a Monday announcement.

2021-01-10
This is the end of Twitter. It was OK while it lasted. You'll always be able to find me on https://larrysanger.org/, folks. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-10 View on X
Washington Post

As Trump searches for a new social network after his Twitter ban, a shift from mainstream platforms would mark a retreat to insular conservative communities

Twitter's decision to ban President Trump mere days before the end of his term sparked a fierce political backlash among …

2021-01-09
This is the end of Twitter. It was OK while it lasted. You'll always be able to find me on https://larrysanger.org/, folks. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-09 View on X
The Verge

Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”

The president's preferred megaphone is gone  —  Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump Friday days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving four dead.