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Danie van der Merwe

WikiTok is a Web App Is TikTok for Reading Wikipedia

“WikiTok, which, as its name alludes to, is a web interface that combines TikTok and Wikipedia. Unlike traditional video-sharing platforms, WikiTok offers users a refreshing respite from the relentless algorithms that dominate our digital landscape. ...continues

See gadgeteer.co.za/wikitok-is-a-w

GadgeteerZA · WikiTok is a Web App Is TikTok for Reading Wikipedia“WikiTok, which, as its name alludes to, is a web interface that combines TikTok and Wikipedia. Unlike traditional video-sharing platforms, WikiTok offers
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bignose

The neverending hooks into eyeballs aspect of #TikTok is utterly repellent to me. Keep that addictive zombifying surveillance crap away, please.

Especially awful is the auto-playing video, and the brain-button-mashing attention-grabbing insistence of them.

This project is much more appealing:

“#WikiTok[…], feeds visitors a random list of Wikipedia articles—culled from the Wikipedia API—into a vertically scrolling interface.

“[…], there are currently no videos involved. […] If you see something you like, you can tap "Read More," and the full Wikipedia page on the topic will open in your browser.”

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

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Ars Technica · Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addictionBy Benj Edwards
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Thomas Jenewein

📢 Tooltip: Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

#WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery. Isaac Gemal developed it with Anthropics Claude. What a great idea.

Article on Ars Technica: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

Direct Access: wikitok.vercel.app/

Ars Technica · Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addictionBy Benj Edwards
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Marcus Jaschen

Wochenrückblick, Ausgabe 78 (2025-06)

Themen:

🗺️ Spaß mit dem Katasteramt und etwas Herumnerden mit den Vermessern

🏞️ Panorama-Stitcher: die Suche geht weiter

💻 Die große TeamViewer Enshittification

🦥 GoToSocial

📖 WikiTok

📚 ISBN Visualization

🐚 CLI-Tool der Woche: nightlight

🔊 Techno

#Wochenrückblick #Kataster #Vermessung #GPS #Panorama #Lightroom #Hugin #AffinityPhoto #Panovolo #TeamViewer #RustDesk #GoToSocial #WikiTok #Wikipedia #ISBN #CLI #Raycast #Techno

marcusjaschen.de/blog/2025/202

Marcus Jaschen · Rückblick Kalenderwoche 2025-06
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“a New York-based #AppDeveloper named #IsaacGemal debuted a new site called WikiTok, where users can vertically swipe through an endless stream of Wikipedia article stubs in a manner similar to the interface for video-sharing app TikTok.”

#Wikipedia / #WikiTok / #applications / #apps <arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0>

Ars Technica · Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addictionBy Benj Edwards
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