cannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoBrought to you by the same people that told you not to believe everything you read on the internet and now only read click bait headlines from Fox or Breitbartlemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1998 cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
arrow-up1998imageBrought to you by the same people that told you not to believe everything you read on the internet and now only read click bait headlines from Fox or Breitbartlemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square69fedilink cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·14 hours agoYou could, but it would be reverted within 24 hours. And by hours I mean minutes. Perhaps even seconds if it’s during CET waking hours.
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoBut by that time, the network had been active for almost a decade and had been able to make some considerable changes to the public record. Plenty of examples like this. Wikipedia is manipulated garbage on anything with political relevance. IDK why people keep defending it.
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoIt depends al lot in the subject and the amount of people with some knowledge about it. About hitler it would last only a very short time, but there have been prank pages that survived for months
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoTrue. I was thinking about the Hitler one in particular, as I’m sure someone would quickly notice such an extensive edit on such a notable topic. In fact, I wonder if there are bots or something for detecting these edits…
You could, but it would be reverted within 24 hours.
And by hours I mean minutes.
Perhaps even seconds if it’s during CET waking hours.
But by that time, the network had been active for almost a decade and had been able to make some considerable changes to the public record.
Plenty of examples like this.
Wikipedia is manipulated garbage on anything with political relevance.
IDK why people keep defending it.
It depends al lot in the subject and the amount of people with some knowledge about it. About hitler it would last only a very short time, but there have been prank pages that survived for months
True. I was thinking about the Hitler one in particular, as I’m sure someone would quickly notice such an extensive edit on such a notable topic.
In fact, I wonder if there are bots or something for detecting these edits…