Robert Gebelhoff, “Science shows Wikipedia is the best part of the Internet”, The Washington Post, (19 October 2016)
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Regardless, this new research shows that Wikipedia editors of different opinions have strived for consensus over time. That's opposed to Facebook or Twitter, where people are siloed into their own self-reinforcing echo chambers. ... Consider this a version of the “miracle of aggregation” – that large groups of people are able to act rationally and solve problems despite having vastly different interests.
— Robert Gebelhoff
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Facebook is a social networking service available from 2006 for potential account holders. It had gained one billion active users by February 2012.
About Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service available from 2006 for potential account holders. It had gained one billion active users by February 2012.
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