Re:Ibis, a federated Wikipedia alternative
by lifthrasiir on Thursday March 14, 2024 @03:25AM
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Wikipedia articles are not consumed like traditional encyclopedias anyway. I would say that encyclopedias became much less relevant in general, but being one of the first influencial online encyclopedias, Wikipedia came to be used as a volatile source of information even though it didn't strive to be one.
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We used them for further research or quick look up of facts you should know. That seems to be how people use Wikipedia.
We used to copy articles out of them for homework. The more things change…
Re:Ibis, a federated Wikipedia alternative
by lifthrasiir on Thursday March 14, 2024 @03:35AM
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That's how people should use Wikipedia, but people generally don't do so in my understanding.
Re:Ibis, a federated Wikipedia alternative
by blowski on Thursday March 14, 2024 @04:36AM
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How do they use it then?
Re:Ibis, a federated Wikipedia alternative
by szundi on Thursday March 14, 2024 @04:39AM
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As a meager pedestrian, I consume Wikipedia instead of Encyclopedias - that I sometimes did when I was a kid
Re:Ibis, a federated Wikipedia alternative
by bawolff on Thursday March 14, 2024 @05:11AM
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Idk if it was the first. Microsoft encarta was a pretty big player in that space back in the day.
Was Encarta ever released online? I only remember the CD-ROM version.