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Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by danabramov on Sunday November 30, 2025 @09:25PM (#46102810)
For me, the scary moment was seeing Grokipedia show up as one of the “sources” in a random Claude query a few days ago. Even if people don’t explicitly choose to use it, poisoning the well is working.
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by stingraycharles on Sunday November 30, 2025 @09:42PM (#46102929)
Yeah I would love it if I could put in some guardrails for this type of stuff, eg never use Grokipedia or Reddit as authoritative sources (I currently put that in my personalization prompt).
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by tavavex on Monday December 01, 2025 @03:01AM (#46104728)
Why not Reddit? Of course, it's far from a paragon of truth, and it's getting more manipulated and overtaken by bots by the minute, but adding "reddit" to my search queries (in search engines, that is) had always been my go-to for finding answers and threads by actual people, especially if we're talking about technical advice or getting an opinion on something. It's like finding forum threads on something I'm interested in.
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by bckr on Sunday November 30, 2025 @09:34PM (#46102883)
“Data voids”
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by qcnguy on Monday December 01, 2025 @03:49AM (#46105050)
Why is it a problem? What do you have against Grokipedia specifically?

For many people it's obvious Wikipedia has already so heavily poisoned the well that having a competitor come along can only create cleaner and purer water for the whole community.

Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by Kye on Monday December 01, 2025 @05:49AM (#46105884)
>> "For many people it's obvious"

[who?][citation needed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template%3AWho

Having standards for this stuff matters even if you don't always like the result.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Word...

>> "Weasel words are words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that something specific and meaningful has been said, when in fact only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated. A common form of weasel wording is through vague attribution, where a statement is dressed with authority, yet has no substantial basis. Phrases such as those above present the appearance of support for statements but can deny the reader the opportunity to assess the source of the viewpoint. They may disguise a biased view. Claims about what people say, think, feel, or believe, and what has been shown, demonstrated, or proved should be clearly attributed."

Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by qcnguy on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:10AM (#46107622)
Citation: go look at how many people are submitting edits to the articles. That is "many" people.
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by Kye on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:14AM (#46108402)
It's not my job to provide support for your point. Examples. It's trivial to cite them if they're in the edit log.
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by qcnguy on Monday December 01, 2025 @02:26PM (#46111874)
How very Wikipedian of you.

Go to grokipedia.com and look at the edit log yourself. It's two clicks. If you care about truth you'll do it.

Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by Steltek on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:05AM (#46107573)
It's very weird to assume good intentions or trustworthy info from Grokipedia but then hold up Wikipedia as "heavily poisoned". Your questions are based on a lot of assumptions that aren't widely shared.
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by flag_fagger on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:22AM (#46108483)
I’m leaning paid shill tbh.
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by tencentshill on Monday December 01, 2025 @11:14AM (#46109133)
It's democracy (as flawed as that can be) vs. one individual billionaire's personal AI.
Re:Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Wikipedia by qcnguy on Monday December 01, 2025 @02:24PM (#46111845)
Nothing about Wikipedia is democratic.