Wikipedia’s founder had some sturdy phrases for Elon Musk this week.
Jimmy Wales, who based the favored web encyclopedia, mentioned X has been overtaken by dangerous actors and is dangerous information for the web.
“Twitter was, and now I guess X sort of is, in a way, the default public square for the world,” he mentioned at a tech convention in Lisbon, Portugal, this week. “And if it’s being overrun by trolls and lunatics, it’s not good for any of us.”
Mr. Wales mentioned customers acknowledge the shift in tone on X and are abandoning it for different platforms.
“I think a lot of people are fleeing Twitter; a lot of thoughtful and serious people are fleeing Twitter,” he mentioned.
His feedback are the newest in a feud between the 2. Recently, the X proprietor supplied Mr. Wales $1 billion if he would change his web site’s identify to a profane rhyme of Wikipedia. Mr. Musk mentioned the positioning has a “nontrivial left-wing bias” and isn’t reliable.
Mr. Wales jumped on the X-competitor bandwagon by launching his personal social media web site, TrustCafe, this 12 months. He mentioned he hoped to construct a extra respectful and reliable group.
