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Wetin dey happen, my people? Make I yarn you about wetin Elon Musk don carry come our side. Dis billionaire wey sabi scatter ground don launch one new site called Grokipedia. You hear am? E be like say na alternative to Wikipedia and dem launch am on Monday. Na dem plan wey Musk talk for X (formerly Twitter) last month say dem dey create something wey go be ‘massive improvement over Wikipedia.’
As dem launch am, some people dey complain say dem dey face wahala accessing the site. (Just imagine trying to tap fine palm wine and the cup dey shake, na that kind level.) But Business Insider manage check am before 7:30 p.m. ET and see say Grokipedia don get over 885,279 articles. Abeg, compare dat to Wikipedia wey get 7,081,705 articles. E mean say Grokipedia still need ode for work, no be so?
Musk don trend matta plenty times for science and tech realm, but this one be like say him don waka enter wetin no get manual. He don dey talk about how Wikipedia dey hold liberal bias, and even suggest make e followers ‘defund Wikipedia until balance dey.’ Talk about fire for backyard!
Issorite, Musk first gree say him dey build this site to ‘purge out the propaganda.’ You fit imagine wetin him mean with that one? E don create more faya and we dey wait make the site fit match ground o!
But as Grokipedia launch, some criticisms don start to roll in. E resemble Wikipedia for layout but the content? E be like say dem carry some twisting perspective come join am. For example, dem dey downplay plenty topics with important historical inputs. When dem searched for ‘gay marriage,’ na ‘gay pornography’ dem see instead. Who send dem message to scatter our minds like dat?
Matter dey show say even if dis Grokipedia fit chop shoe for Wikipedia side, e still dey carry some serious baggage. The entry wey dem do about slavery get some controversial parts wey fit make person scratch head. Wetin dem dey talk about slavery as a ‘positive good’? Wetin for this kontri no be correct again?
Meanwhile, Musk dey reason say Grokipedia go help rewrite history and remove wrong information. (No be small talk o! I go suggest make dem first check their own computer wey dey run the site make e no vex.) Na so e be, for the time wey Grokipedia don dey live, some entries don don raise plenty eyebrows. Dey all dey with way wey dem link current affairs to past events like dem wan connect jigsaw puzzle.
As for Musk himself and Wikipedia cofounder, Jimmy Wales, e be like say na gbo gbo fight dey between dem. When Wales clocked in with sharp words about Grokipedia, Musk just reply say make dem change their name to ‘Dickipedia’. (I no fit laugh, but I fit shout chai!). So wetin we go for Grokipedia wey no dey enter our mouth if dem dey come with all the edit again?!
For now, we go just dey watch make e no scatter finish. People don start to wonder about consistency and accuracy for online information. E be like say Musk dey try run for place wey technology and culture go dey mix for better. But di real question be: how dem go manage carry dat balance?
As Grokipedia dey unfold, we go dey keep eyes dey watch the way dem handle am. Who know if dem fit stand against Wikipedia, or the thing go just fall like many other tech dreams? Keep your ear to the ground, my paddy; we go dey find out soon!
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