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Wikimedia staff in the US have formed a trade union, but the foundation has refused to recognise it (mezha.ua)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I might be mistaken, but aren't Wikipedia's origins in objectivism? It would make sense if so for the foundation to oppose a trade union (in no way am I saying they are in the right though).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Uh, what? The Ayn Rand garbage philosophy? I've never heard that and don't see how that jibes with a free, crowd sourced encyclopedia...

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Jimmy Wales is an objectivist- he moderated online forums related to Ayn Rand before he started Nupedia and Wikipedia.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Yeah the founder is or was into that. Thus the idea that Wikipedia's editorial decisions could essentially be made by algorithms. I have some jokes about it but will spare you for now. The WMF itself is just another tech company with some nonprofit virtue vibes though. Expect a typical campaign.

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