It& #39;s interesting to me that so much of the tech criticism I see are directed toward Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc - "the big platforms" but not toward Wikipedia. I understand that there are * major * governance differences between these, but...

... somehow I find myself * feeling * equally powerless over Wikipedia policies? This might be a feeling and not a fact (I& #39;m actually unsure about this given my actual education/background, job prospects, social circles, ability to "advance" as WP contributor).

I can& #39;t help but wonder if Wikipedia should exist in the form that it does (what if it was more decentralized?) and if bits of it should exist at all (e.g. I& #39;m not sure if I would want a WP page about me while I& #39;m still alive, even if I understand why these pages and the policies

around these pages exist). Part of me knows that I& #39;m questioning these things because there is a gap between what Wikipedia is and what it strives to be (e.g. less sexist), but isn& #39;t that the same problem with the "big platforms?" What YouTube is and what it strives to be...

... are often the same thing, but when those things don& #39;t match up, the fallout is * very * bad.

Thoughts?

@EthanZ I& #39;m currently writing you an email and it reminded me to tag you in this thread. I would be interested in your thoughts on this at some point in time!!