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In It to Win It

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Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:36 PM Wednesday

Elon Musk's $1 Billion Offer to Wikipedia Still Stands

https://www.msn.com/en-in/technology/tech-companies/elon-musk-s-1-billion-offer-to-wikipedia-still-stands/ar-AA1wtLf1


Elon Musk claims that Wikipedia's $1 billion offer still stands. Elon Musk's outlandish plan to pay $1 billion to rename Wikipedia is still on the table. In response to a post that said, "Wikipedia is not for sale," Musk made the offer, adding that it would be in effect for at least a year.

Musk responded that the offer is still valid after Doge Designer, who frequently receives Musk's responses on X, recently shared the post's contents.

According to the Doge Designer post, Elon Musk once offered Wikipedia $1 billion to change their name to Dickipedia. Musk quickly replied that it’s true and the offer was still valid. It's unclear if Musk's offer will be accepted by Wikipedia. The offer itself, which was made available in October of last year, has drawn a lot of attention, though.

According to Musk's initial post:

Last year, Musk shared a photo with the caption "Wikipedia is not for sale." Musk criticised it, saying, "Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?" It is certainly not required to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit the entire text onto your phone! So, what is the money for? Enquiring minds want to know.

Then, in a separate post, he said, "I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia," adding that he would do so "in the interests of accuracy."
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Elon Musk's $1 Billion Offer to Wikipedia Still Stands (Original Post) In It to Win It Wednesday OP
He can shove every last dollar of that $1B right up his nazi ass. kysrsoze Wednesday #1
Exactly what I was going to say! Initech Wednesday #6
Elon trolled someone what else is new n/t PedroXimenez Wednesday #2
Fucking CHILD. nt The Unmitigated Gall Wednesday #3
This is the same guy who wanted to start TexasBushwhacker Wednesday #4
He wants to spread his lies, Nazism, misinformation, disinformation to wikipedia CousinIT Wednesday #5
Not to give him any ideas, but why doesn't here start his own MAGA version of Wikipedia? Wiz Imp Wednesday #7
Paging Winston Smith. Report to the Cloning Lab, Inc. BoRaGard Wednesday #8

TexasBushwhacker

(20,737 posts)
4. This is the same guy who wanted to start
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:45 PM
Wednesday

the Texas Institute of Technology and Science". When someone pointed out it would be better to switch it to "Science and Technology" so that it wouldn't spell "TITS" he refused and said he liked it that way. He has a 7th grader's sense of humor.

CousinIT

(10,485 posts)
5. He wants to spread his lies, Nazism, misinformation, disinformation to wikipedia
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:47 PM
Wednesday

Happy to see they told him to go fuck himself.

Wiz Imp

(2,464 posts)
7. Not to give him any ideas, but why doesn't here start his own MAGA version of Wikipedia?
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:52 PM
Wednesday

It would be useless to any sane people except perhaps as entertainment, but the MAGAs would love it. They don't believe in objective reality anyway, so they would have a website that supported their false views on everything.

BoRaGard

(3,184 posts)
8. Paging Winston Smith. Report to the Cloning Lab, Inc.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 03:28 PM
Wednesday

Big Bro needs 10,000 clones to re-write world history, and so-called factual knowledge, and shit like that.

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