Elon Musk has a weird proposal for Wikipedia.
Elon Musk, in a sequence of posts on X, has proposed a $1 billion provide to Wikipedia in alternate for a reputation change. And it’s really weird.
Elon Musk stays a outstanding determine in information headlines following his acquisition of X (previously Twitter). His quite a few choices have led to important adjustments to the platform, together with its rebranding to X and the removing of legacy checkmarks. Moreover, Musk continues to supply polarising recommendation.
Now, in a latest growth, he has proposed a $1 billion provide to Wikipedia in alternate for a reputation change.
“I will give them a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia,” Elon Musk posted on X. Musk added that that is “in the interests of accuracy.”
Musk was additionally fast to answer to X customers who replied to Musk about the identical. One consumer mentioned, “@Wikipedia, Do it! You can always change it back after you collect (the money). To this, Musk replied, “One year minimum. I mean, I’m a not fool lol.”
The similar day, Musk additionally acted interested by why Wikipedia calls for a lot cash from its readers. “Have you ever wondered why the Wikimedia Foundation wants so much money?”
He added, “It certainly isn’t needed to operate Wikipedia. You can literally fit a copy of the entire text on your phone! So, what’s the money for? Inquiring minds want to know..”
Notably, this comes months after an alternate was noticed between Musk and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. In the latest previous, Jimmy Wales took a dig at Musk for allegedly censoring the individuals who had been essential of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Edrogan, and never permitting free speech.
With that mentioned, it should be famous that Musk is thought for his antics on X, and within the latest previous Musk has made different peculiar remarks as effectively. For occasion, Musk challenged Meta’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg for a cage match.
“Knock, knock … challenge accepted … open the door”. “Thought you might want some tea, so I brought the bags,” Musk mentioned, tagging Mark Zuckerberg’s X account.
But evidently, Zuckerberg was fast to dismiss Musk’s claims after he replied to his feedback on X’s rival—Meta’s Threads app. “I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on. I offered a real date. Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead. If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously,” the Facebook founder wrote, and the cage match by no means occurred.
