Comment on Is Wikipedia's Volunteer Model Facing a Generational Crisis?
arsCynic@piefed.social 3 days ago
Does someone understand the following sentence?
“then present that knowledge in ways that break the virtuous cycle Wikipedia depends on.”
Comment on Is Wikipedia's Volunteer Model Facing a Generational Crisis?
arsCynic@piefed.social 3 days ago
Does someone understand the following sentence?
“then present that knowledge in ways that break the virtuous cycle Wikipedia depends on.”
FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 days ago
Wikipedia's traditional self-sustaining model works like this: Volunteers (editors) write and improve articles for free, motivated by idealism and the desire to share knowledge. This high-quality content attracts a massive number of readers from search engines and direct visits. Among those millions of readers, a small percentage are inspired to become new volunteers/editors, replenishing the workforce. This cycle is "virtuous" because each part fuels the next: Great content leads to more readers which leads to more editors which leads to even better content. AI tools (like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, etc.) disrupt this cycle by intercepting the user before they reach Wikipedia.
arsCynic@piefed.social 3 days ago
Thank you. Totally misinterpreted the word
presentas in being present, causing me to think the sentence didn’t make sense. I need to sleep.