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Tim Bray on Grokipedia

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175 points Bogdanp | 3 comments | 31 Oct 25 21:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.025s | source
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tptacek ◴[31 Oct 25 21:53 UTC] No.45777117[source]▶
Why give it oxygen?
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tshaddox ◴[31 Oct 25 22:20 UTC] No.45777311[source]▶
Same reason you posted that comment: it's sometimes interesting to discuss a thing even if you dislike the thing.
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1. tptacek ◴[31 Oct 25 22:39 UTC] No.45777484[source]▶
I'm fine with the logic of discussing it here but can't fathom why Tim Bray thought this would be a useful post given his own objectives.
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2. tim333 ◴[31 Oct 25 23:43 UTC] No.45777937[source]▶
I doubt a post saying it was so boring he was unable to finish reading the page about himself is going to bring in many readers.

That's kind of been my impression too. Not that it's terribly biased or anything but just rather boring to read.

3. keeda ◴[31 Oct 25 23:51 UTC] No.45777976[source]▶
I don't know if this is why, but: he's in a unique position of having an article on himself on Grokipedia, and thus being able and willing to compare it with the reality as he remembers it.

That's in contrast to other topics, the nuances of which even seasoned experts could disagree about. Any discussion on that could devolve into the nuances of the topic rather than Grokipedia itself. But it's fair to assume the topmost expert on Tim Bray is Tim Bray, so we should be getting a pretty unbiased review.

As such it could be a useful insight into how Grok and Grokipedia and its owners operate.