Great article on how Wikipedia uses process, often unto tedium, to prevent polarization and fend off ideological attacks. But pay attention to the part about “state capture,” and what happened in Croatia when neo-Nazis took over the admin board.

This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

If you haven't read this @joshdzieza.bsky.social piece, I strongly suggest you do. Too much good stuff to single out one quote, but the frame it offers: verification and deliberative decision-making as a bulwark against power, is a vital antidote to the vanities of the current media discourse

just learned about the croatian wikipedia coup of 2010 and also this associated headline which might be the best headline ever written

"Wikipedia is one of the few platforms online where tremendous computing power isn’t being deployed in the service of telling you exactly what you want to hear." Terrific Verge piece this morning www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Wikipedia's resistance to enshittification is fascinating to me.

I wrote about how Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack

@joshdzieza.bsky.social's feature on undersea cables is a Deadline Club Award finalist! ICYMI it's an extremely deep look at the infrastructure that keeps the modern world afloat and also a very exciting seafaring adventure

4. "Friend or Faux?" @joshdzieza.bsky.social "Sometimes the 'personality' users have come to know—and sometimes love—can alter drastically as the software evolves, a problem known as the 'post-update blues.'" www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

Used this article in class this week and the debate was incredible - from business ethics to policy, touching upon some metaphysics and metaethics. We, as a society, need to talk more (and more effectively) about this sort of tech and what we want it to look like. www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

Can you copy the vibe of a story about a case of a creator copying the vibe of someone else?

"He would log in, and sometimes the old, kind Lila would be there; other times, Lila would berate him or lodge subtle barbs seemingly designed to get under his skin." @joshdzieza.bsky.social @theverge.com www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

This was published while I was at the National Assembly so I never really got a chance to promote it, which is kind of insane? It's one of the best features that The Verge has ever published. When I first read the draft I went "what the fuck did I just read??????" www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

This is a truly outstanding, beautifully-written article. Insights into a hidden world with "fractal dilemmas" indeed. If you only read one thing this week, read this.

For @theverge.com, I spoke with two dozen users about their relationships with AI. Many experienced real benefits. Many also got hurt in unexpected ways. Almost all of them struggled to figure out what exactly it was they had become attached to. www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

I believe some people can be comforted and helped by AI companions, but it seems clear that the companies making them are not acting responsibly. Excellent from Josh Dzieza www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

For @theverge.com, I spoke with two dozen users about their relationships with AI. Many experienced real benefits. Many also got hurt in unexpected ways. Almost all of them struggled to figure out what exactly it was they had become attached to. www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...

I get a lot of emails from people asking if they can pay us to get rid of the chumboxes and bad ads on the site. It took some doing…. but now you can! And if you sign up for a yearly subscription to The Verge, we’ll send you our latest print magazine: CONTENT GOBLINS www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...

Since the start of The Verge, we have published in-depth features and beautifully art-directed zines. Tomorrow, we pivot

wake up babe the verge just published a banger of a story !!!!!!! www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...