Comments on: The Bitlove LLC spin on their recent implosion, as presented to their captive audience. http://trilema.com/2015/the-bitlove-llc-spin-on-their-recent-implosion-as-presented-to-their-captive-audience/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 20:21:27 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: The value of subhuman life, and other non-themes of scummy preoccupation on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. http://trilema.com/2015/the-bitlove-llc-spin-on-their-recent-implosion-as-presented-to-their-captive-audience/#comment-164948 The value of subhuman life, and other non-themes of scummy preoccupation on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:52:53 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=61069#comment-164948 [...] There's no beating wikipedia for the resolving of conundrums in the vein of which fictitious existence "played the part" of which "other", equally fictious existence in whichever "particular" (sike, they're all the same) soap opera (though I think they call it "daytime drama" now) ? (Intel points out that the expert died recently , so even this limited utility might soon vanish.) [...] [...] There's no beating wikipedia for the resolving of conundrums in the vein of which fictitious existence "played the part" of which "other", equally fictious existence in whichever "particular" (sike, they're all the same) soap opera (though I think they call it "daytime drama" now) ? (Intel points out that the expert died recently , so even this limited utility might soon vanish.) [...]

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2015/the-bitlove-llc-spin-on-their-recent-implosion-as-presented-to-their-captive-audience/#comment-164420 Mircea Popescu Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:15:56 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=61069#comment-164420 2007, huh. That's truly a long-ass time ago. But yeah, if it weren't for the Alphabet state agency and its utterly desperate need for something, anything, no matter how flimsy or discreditable to prop its completely imaginary "market" valuation with... the plug'd have long ago been pulled on this shambling zombie of a "social phenomenon" -- much like it was in fact pulled on "OWS" or whatever <a href="http://trilema.com/2017/in-case-you-were-wondering-where-all-the-worthless-nuland-drones-ended-up/">Nulandism</a>s. How anyone's supposed to buy into this absurdist rigamarole whereby "google is worth a trillion dollars because it links wikipedia pages" is anyone's guess. 2007, huh. That's truly a long-ass time ago.

But yeah, if it weren't for the Alphabet state agency and its utterly desperate need for something, anything, no matter how flimsy or discreditable to prop its completely imaginary "market" valuation with... the plug'd have long ago been pulled on this shambling zombie of a "social phenomenon" -- much like it was in fact pulled on "OWS" or whatever Nulandisms. How anyone's supposed to buy into this absurdist rigamarole whereby "google is worth a trillion dollars because it links wikipedia pages" is anyone's guess.

]]> By: Jim Blowhales http://trilema.com/2015/the-bitlove-llc-spin-on-their-recent-implosion-as-presented-to-their-captive-audience/#comment-164419 Jim Blowhales Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:07:34 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=61069#comment-164419 The difference between 5 edits/month and 3 edits/day was about a degree of magnitude <a href="https://archive.is/DzKRh">back in 2019</a>, with 1/3 being admins and 1/10 being bots. This is about half of the peak back in 2007, arguably the last time anyone took it seriously. The difference between 5 edits/month and 3 edits/day was about a degree of magnitude back in 2019, with 1/3 being admins and 1/10 being bots. This is about half of the peak back in 2007, arguably the last time anyone took it seriously.

]]> By: Vchix http://trilema.com/2015/the-bitlove-llc-spin-on-their-recent-implosion-as-presented-to-their-captive-audience/#comment-164418 Vchix Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:31:23 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=61069#comment-164418 Actually <a href="https://archive.is/wip/VchIx">by their own reporting</a> wikipedia is belaboring under 41000 "active editors". No idea why not an exact figure, but if it means something like "made one edit this month" and the usual 1% rule of internet activity applies, there's a few hundred people actually involved to something like a degree, let's say between a job and a hobby. Still an order of magnitude larger than the factor of 60 you're discussing, but I think three or four orders of magnitude smaller than what <a href="http://trilema.com/2016/the-herd-of-independent-minds-or-has-the-avantgarde-its-own-mass-culture/?b=laws%20that&e=false#select">most people imagine</a> is involved. Just like with <a href="http://trilema.com/2018/fetlikeslol/?b=not%20exactly%20&e=s%20to#select">everything</a> <a href="http://trilema.com/2016/kismia-dating-scam/">else</a>. Actually by their own reporting wikipedia is belaboring under 41000 "active editors". No idea why not an exact figure, but if it means something like "made one edit this month" and the usual 1% rule of internet activity applies, there's a few hundred people actually involved to something like a degree, let's say between a job and a hobby. Still an order of magnitude larger than the factor of 60 you're discussing, but I think three or four orders of magnitude smaller than what most people imagine is involved. Just like with everything else.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2015/the-bitlove-llc-spin-on-their-recent-implosion-as-presented-to-their-captive-audience/#comment-164416 Mircea Popescu Wed, 02 Jun 2021 06:11:48 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=61069#comment-164416 I just never realised anyone gives a shit about wikipedia. I get it, they're the monopolistic, one-and-only-google-approved PBN, but... whatever, who cares ? Why would they ? I suppose it's the favourite copy-paste source for inept middleschoolers "writing" "essays" for their equally inept social workers, but I'm neither twelve years old nor stuck in Wichita. Besides unintentionally comedic content is it known for anything ? I just never realised anyone gives a shit about wikipedia. I get it, they're the monopolistic, one-and-only-google-approved PBN, but... whatever, who cares ? Why would they ? I suppose it's the favourite copy-paste source for inept middleschoolers "writing" "essays" for their equally inept social workers, but I'm neither twelve years old nor stuck in Wichita. Besides unintentionally comedic content is it known for anything ?

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