Towards automated fact checking with Andreas Vlachos: Wikipedia's potential

The transcript explores Wikipedia's success as a large-scale online conversation platform, highlighting its flat hierarchy and lack of popularity metrics as key factors. It contrasts Wikipedia with other platforms like Wiki Tribune, Facebook, and YouTube, noting differences in user engagement and conversation quality. The discussion also touches on the role of anonymity and the evolution of the web, suggesting that Wikipedia's success was partly due to the unique internet environment at its inception. The importance of community and user motivation in engaging with information is emphasized.

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